MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F270.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F270.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 270 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 16 JUN 25 Station: 50.02,-101.41 Latitude: 50.02 Longitude: -101.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 1 950 478 SFC 944 532 20.2 17.5 85 2.7 18.4 238 8 298.2 300.6 293.6 337.2 13.43 3 900 943 16.4 15.3 93 1.1 15.7 250 16 298.4 300.7 292.8 334.1 12.26 4 850 1428 13.6 13.1 97 0.5 13.3 258 20 300.4 302.4 292.6 333.3 11.21 5 800 1939 13.8 6.3 60 7.5 9.4 245 25 305.9 307.3 291.3 328.6 7.50 6 750 2481 11.6 -9.8 21 21.4 2.3 242 30 309.2 309.6 287.7 316.9 2.42 7 700 3053 7.2 -13.9 21 21.2 -1.0 248 38 310.5 310.9 287.6 316.6 1.86 8 650 3659 4.9 -26.2 8 31.0 -4.4 247 57 314.5 314.6 287.7 316.9 0.70 9 600 4306 1.5 -27.5 9 29.0 -6.8 247 63 317.9 318.0 288.8 320.2 0.67 10 550 5001 -3.4 -21.6 23 18.2 -9.2 252 70 320.0 320.3 290.0 324.3 1.23 11 500 5744 -10.2 -20.3 44 10.1 -13.3 254 69 320.6 320.9 290.5 325.8 1.53 12 450 6546 -16.6 -20.4 73 3.8 -17.7 252 78 322.3 322.7 291.2 328.1 1.68 13 400 7419 -23.8 -26.9 75 3.1 -24.5 244 83 324.1 324.3 291.1 327.8 1.05 14 350 8377 -32.0 -32.9 92 0.9 -32.1 247 81 325.6 325.7 291.2 328.1 0.69 15 300 9445 -41.0 -41.5 95 0.4 -41.1 250 79 327.5 327.6 291.4 328.8 0.34 16 250 10655 -52.1 -52.3 98 0.2 -52.1 254 85 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.1 0.12 17 200 12075 -55.8 -65.6 28 9.8 -55.9 253 76 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.03 18 150 13927 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 252 51 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 19 100 16534 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.6 246 28 419.3 419.3 307.6 419.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.40 m Freezing level: 584.66 mb = 4519.41 m = 14827.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.49 mb = 2871.35 m = 9420.33 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.17 % Est. max temperature: 28.10 C = 82.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.55 mb = 871.44 m = 2859.02 ft T: 17.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 20.65 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.95 mb = 1241.28 m = 4072.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.58 C = 70.84 F Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lifted Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.36 C Showalter Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.78 C Cross Totals Index: 23.30 C K Index: 15.70 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 265.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 675.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 251.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.74 mb = 1165.46 m = 3823.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 521.74 mb = 5412.06 m = 17755.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.74 mb = 11418.41 m = 37461.51 ft B at Equ Level: 650.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.74 mb = 13055.66 m = 42833.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.8 at 47.8 knts Storm direction: 279.8 at 35.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 4.4 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 223.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 223.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 4.18 Bulk Shear: 161.66 m/s