MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 15 JUN 25 Station: 44.31,-104.77 Latitude: 44.31 Longitude: -104.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 66 1 950 505 2 900 972 SFC 858 1391 24.7 16.0 58 8.7 18.6 68 8 311.2 313.7 297.1 352.3 13.43 4 850 1472 23.8 15.1 59 8.6 17.8 74 10 311.0 313.5 296.7 350.3 12.83 5 800 2000 21.9 10.6 49 11.3 14.4 121 7 314.5 316.4 295.7 345.8 10.06 6 750 2557 18.2 7.5 49 10.8 11.4 177 11 316.4 318.0 295.2 343.6 8.68 7 700 3144 13.1 5.7 61 7.4 8.6 190 14 317.0 318.6 295.0 342.9 8.22 8 650 3761 7.7 2.7 71 5.0 4.8 210 17 317.7 319.1 294.4 340.5 7.20 9 600 4416 2.3 -1.4 77 3.7 0.4 230 21 318.8 319.9 293.6 337.3 5.78 10 550 5112 -3.2 -8.0 70 4.8 -5.4 237 28 320.3 321.0 292.4 332.7 3.81 11 500 5859 -8.2 -16.4 52 8.1 -11.1 236 33 323.0 323.4 291.8 330.3 2.13 12 450 6669 -13.3 -23.4 42 10.1 -16.2 238 32 326.6 326.8 292.0 331.1 1.29 13 400 7555 -19.6 -27.9 48 8.3 -21.5 240 31 329.5 329.7 292.5 333.0 0.97 14 350 8532 -27.4 -34.8 50 7.4 -28.6 232 35 331.8 331.9 292.7 333.9 0.57 15 300 9620 -36.4 -44.6 43 8.2 -37.2 226 38 334.0 334.1 293.0 335.0 0.24 16 250 10857 -46.0 -55.0 36 9.0 -46.4 228 36 337.6 337.6 293.8 338.0 0.09 17 200 12309 -55.4 -62.9 39 7.4 -55.6 237 31 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.04 18 150 14105 -61.9 -73.2 21 11.3 -62.0 238 26 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16624 -62.0 -84.3 4 22.3 -62.2 236 28 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.95 m Freezing level: 579.25 mb = 4704.54 m = 15434.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.77 mb = 4458.84 m = 14628.55 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.38 % Est. max temperature: 30.13 C = 86.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 754.97 mb = 2500.34 m = 8203.11 ft T: 18.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.84 C/km ThetaE index: 22.08 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 657.71 mb = 3663.08 m = 12017.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.82 C = 87.47 F Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lifted Index: -4.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.94 C Showalter Index: -5.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.31 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.96 C Cross Totals Index: 23.35 C K Index: 39.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1465.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 130.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 693.35 mb = 3223.24 m = 10574.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.35 mb = 4038.35 m = 13249.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.35 mb = 12683.87 m = 41613.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1444.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.35 mb = 15577.79 m = 51107.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.5 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 256.5 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 143.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.04 Bulk Rich Number: 13.35 Bulk Shear: 109.79 m/s