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: 44.37,-102.80 Latitude: 44.37 Longitude: -102.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 527 SFC 917 833 26.7 17.4 57 9.3 20.2 116 15 307.3 309.9 296.4 348.9 13.79 3 900 1002 25.1 15.6 56 9.5 18.6 119 22 307.4 309.7 295.5 345.0 12.46 4 850 1501 20.4 14.3 68 6.1 16.3 126 26 307.5 309.8 295.3 344.2 12.13 5 800 2022 16.2 13.4 83 2.8 14.3 143 23 308.4 310.7 295.6 345.2 12.16 6 750 2570 14.6 10.6 77 4.0 12.0 191 20 312.4 314.4 295.6 345.5 10.76 7 700 3152 12.5 2.6 51 9.9 6.8 214 17 316.3 317.6 293.6 337.2 6.61 8 650 3770 8.4 -4.2 41 12.5 2.0 228 18 318.5 319.3 292.4 332.5 4.33 9 600 4424 2.8 -8.1 45 10.8 -2.2 228 21 319.3 320.0 291.9 330.7 3.47 10 550 5121 -3.4 -11.9 52 8.5 -6.9 226 22 320.1 320.6 291.5 329.3 2.79 11 500 5867 -8.7 -16.2 54 7.5 -11.3 237 21 322.4 322.9 291.6 329.7 2.16 12 450 6675 -13.8 -19.0 65 5.2 -15.4 251 24 325.9 326.3 292.4 332.5 1.89 13 400 7561 -19.7 -23.6 71 3.9 -20.8 257 30 329.4 329.6 292.9 334.4 1.42 14 350 8537 -27.3 -30.2 77 2.9 -27.8 257 34 332.0 332.1 293.1 335.2 0.89 15 300 9627 -36.3 -38.8 78 2.5 -36.6 253 38 334.2 334.3 293.3 335.9 0.45 16 250 10863 -46.3 -50.5 62 4.2 -46.6 247 38 337.2 337.2 293.8 337.8 0.15 17 200 12312 -55.8 -60.4 56 4.6 -55.9 248 37 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.6 0.06 18 150 14107 -62.2 -71.7 27 9.6 -62.3 252 31 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.1 0.02 19 100 16628 -61.2 -84.4 3 23.2 -61.5 246 30 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.87 m Freezing level: 577.46 mb = 4738.21 m = 15545.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.15 mb = 4075.48 m = 13370.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.41 % Est. max temperature: 30.24 C = 86.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.31 mb = 2007.49 m = 6586.18 ft T: 16.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 16.25 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 685.35 mb = 3328.43 m = 10919.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.05 C = 96.90 F Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lifted Index: -3.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.30 C Showalter Index: -3.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.10 C Cross Totals Index: 22.97 C K Index: 33.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1176.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 185.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.78 mb = 2239.04 m = 7345.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 594.78 mb = 4494.31 m = 14744.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.78 mb = 12477.35 m = 40935.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1163.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.78 mb = 15251.26 m = 50036.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.0 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 237.0 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 180.0 neg: -0.2 tot: 179.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.29 Bulk Rich Number: 10.29 Bulk Shear: 114.39 m/s