MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 6Z MON 16 JUN 25 Station: 46.68,-104.33 Latitude: 46.68 Longitude: -104.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25 1 950 464 SFC 909 844 22.2 18.4 79 3.8 19.5 165 15 303.4 306.2 296.0 347.3 14.77 3 900 934 22.8 18.1 75 4.7 19.5 168 23 305.0 307.7 296.4 348.8 14.69 4 850 1434 25.5 13.6 48 11.9 17.4 199 48 312.8 315.1 296.3 348.6 11.58 5 800 1968 25.3 7.2 31 18.1 13.8 214 47 318.1 319.6 295.1 343.4 7.97 6 750 2531 21.0 1.0 26 20.0 9.5 225 41 319.4 320.5 293.6 337.1 5.50 7 700 3121 15.8 -2.9 28 18.7 5.8 235 38 320.0 320.8 292.9 334.3 4.42 8 650 3743 9.9 -5.3 34 15.3 2.2 241 36 320.2 321.0 292.6 333.1 3.95 9 600 4401 4.0 -8.3 40 12.3 -1.7 244 38 320.8 321.5 292.3 332.0 3.41 10 550 5100 -2.1 -11.4 49 9.4 -6.0 241 47 321.6 322.2 292.0 331.3 2.90 11 500 5848 -8.7 -16.3 55 7.5 -11.4 241 53 322.4 322.8 291.6 329.6 2.15 12 450 6653 -15.8 -23.4 52 7.6 -17.9 244 55 323.3 323.6 291.1 327.8 1.28 13 400 7530 -21.7 -30.2 46 8.5 -23.4 248 53 326.7 326.9 291.6 329.5 0.78 14 350 8499 -29.4 -38.2 42 8.8 -30.5 252 55 329.2 329.2 291.9 330.7 0.40 15 300 9578 -38.5 -44.4 53 6.0 -38.9 256 54 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.1 0.25 16 250 10803 -48.6 -53.6 56 5.0 -48.8 260 50 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.10 17 200 12242 -56.6 -62.3 49 5.7 -56.8 267 31 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.04 18 150 14042 -59.4 -79.7 6 20.2 -59.6 253 52 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.00 19 100 16589 -60.4 -84.3 3 23.9 -60.6 241 44 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.68 m Freezing level: 566.97 mb = 4862.87 m = 15954.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.39 mb = 4112.90 m = 13493.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.85 % Est. max temperature: 37.47 C = 99.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.25 mb = 1329.38 m = 4361.42 ft T: 24.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.00 C/km ThetaE index: 21.02 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.27 mb = 3726.71 m = 12226.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.45 C = 101.21 F Cap Strength: 7.82 C Lifted Index: -5.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.81 C Showalter Index: -5.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.56 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.23 C Cross Totals Index: 22.33 C K Index: 29.13 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 572.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2124.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 471.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 737.74 mb = 2671.69 m = 8765.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 592.74 mb = 4498.62 m = 14759.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.74 mb = 12806.86 m = 42016.76 ft B at Equ Level: 2094.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.74 mb = 15836.28 m = 51955.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.2 at 43.8 knts Storm direction: 262.2 at 32.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 531.4 neg: -0.2 tot: 531.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 177.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.01 Bulk Rich Number: 14.40 Bulk Shear: 147.47 m/s