MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F276.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F276.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 43.97,-103.11 Latitude: 43.97 Longitude: -103.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -19 1 950 421 2 900 896 SFC 882 1072 29.6 17.5 48 12.1 20.9 78 7 313.8 316.5 298.4 358.4 14.41 4 850 1405 28.8 13.9 40 14.9 18.5 103 9 316.3 318.6 297.3 353.2 11.81 5 800 1942 27.6 5.1 24 22.5 13.7 159 15 320.6 321.9 295.0 342.7 6.90 6 750 2509 24.1 -1.5 18 25.5 9.7 183 21 322.7 323.6 293.7 337.7 4.58 7 700 3106 18.8 -4.0 21 22.8 6.6 197 24 323.3 324.1 293.5 336.7 4.07 8 650 3734 12.9 -5.9 27 18.7 3.4 208 28 323.5 324.3 293.3 336.1 3.79 9 600 4398 6.5 -7.7 35 14.2 -0.3 217 33 323.7 324.4 293.2 335.6 3.57 10 550 5104 0.1 -9.7 48 9.8 -4.3 225 39 324.2 324.8 293.1 335.3 3.32 11 500 5858 -6.9 -11.2 72 4.2 -8.7 231 46 324.6 325.2 293.2 335.5 3.26 12 450 6670 -13.4 -14.4 93 0.9 -13.8 238 58 326.4 326.9 293.3 335.8 2.79 13 400 7554 -20.3 -22.4 83 2.2 -20.8 234 64 328.6 329.0 292.9 334.2 1.58 14 350 8527 -28.9 -30.3 87 1.5 -29.1 235 61 329.8 330.0 292.5 333.0 0.88 15 300 9614 -35.5 -42.2 50 6.8 -36.1 253 76 335.4 335.5 293.4 336.6 0.31 16 250 10856 -45.7 -52.1 49 6.3 -46.0 253 87 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.6 0.12 17 200 12306 -55.8 -61.8 47 6.1 -55.9 263 106 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.05 18 150 14110 -60.3 -78.5 7 18.2 -60.5 265 87 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16631 -63.0 -84.3 4 21.3 -63.1 228 33 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5876.28 m Freezing level: 549.42 mb = 5112.72 m = 16773.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.13 mb = 4341.52 m = 14243.66 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.91 % Est. max temperature: 38.41 C = 101.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.36 mb = 2621.35 m = 8600.12 ft T: 23.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.35 C/km ThetaE index: 23.09 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 596.68 mb = 4443.44 m = 14578.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.18 C = 102.53 F Cap Strength: 5.01 C Lifted Index: -3.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.92 C Showalter Index: -5.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.54 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.73 C Cross Totals Index: 20.80 C K Index: 26.83 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1727.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 377.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 645.25 mb = 3795.15 m = 12451.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 560.25 mb = 4954.25 m = 16253.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.25 mb = 12958.23 m = 42513.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1696.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.25 mb = 16024.17 m = 52572.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.9 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 248.9 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 278.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 278.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.48 Bulk Rich Number: 9.10 Bulk Shear: 189.92 m/s