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: 44.31,-102.48 Latitude: 44.31 Longitude: -102.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -23 1 950 418 SFC 910 806 32.7 18.1 42 14.6 22.2 60 9 314.2 317.0 298.5 359.1 14.49 3 900 900 32.4 15.6 36 16.8 20.6 62 11 314.9 317.3 297.4 353.7 12.48 4 850 1413 30.9 11.7 31 19.2 17.9 140 14 318.5 320.5 296.8 350.8 10.22 5 800 1953 27.3 6.3 26 21.1 14.1 172 17 320.3 321.7 295.3 344.2 7.49 6 750 2518 22.4 2.5 27 19.9 10.6 192 19 320.9 322.1 294.5 340.6 6.13 7 700 3112 16.9 0.6 33 16.2 7.6 203 21 321.2 322.3 294.3 339.7 5.73 8 650 3737 11.0 -1.3 42 12.3 4.3 213 24 321.4 322.5 294.0 338.9 5.36 9 600 4398 5.2 -3.8 52 9.0 0.5 223 31 322.1 323.1 293.8 337.9 4.83 10 550 5101 -0.8 -6.6 65 5.8 -3.6 227 39 323.2 324.0 293.6 337.2 4.25 11 500 5855 -6.7 -10.5 75 3.8 -8.3 231 50 324.9 325.6 293.4 336.4 3.45 12 450 6668 -13.0 -15.2 84 2.2 -13.9 236 56 326.8 327.4 293.2 335.7 2.60 13 400 7555 -19.6 -20.9 90 1.2 -20.0 239 56 329.5 329.8 293.3 335.8 1.81 14 350 8532 -26.8 -29.0 82 2.2 -27.2 244 51 332.6 332.8 293.4 336.2 1.00 15 300 9624 -35.6 -39.4 68 3.8 -36.1 253 64 335.1 335.2 293.5 336.7 0.42 16 250 10866 -45.5 -51.5 51 6.0 -45.9 257 79 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.9 0.13 17 200 12316 -55.9 -61.4 50 5.4 -56.1 265 99 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.05 18 150 14115 -62.2 -77.0 12 14.8 -62.3 269 88 362.9 362.9 299.2 363.0 0.01 19 100 16626 -63.6 -84.1 5 20.5 -63.7 235 39 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5877.68 m Freezing level: 556.32 mb = 5012.27 m = 16444.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.33 mb = 4488.36 m = 14725.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.73 % Est. max temperature: 39.04 C = 102.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 736.68 mb = 2672.43 m = 8767.72 ft T: 20.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.60 C/km ThetaE index: 23.44 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 619.53 mb = 4133.40 m = 13560.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.11 C = 104.20 F Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lifted Index: -4.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.26 C Showalter Index: -4.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.99 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.58 C Cross Totals Index: 18.41 C K Index: 33.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1889.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 253.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 656.39 mb = 3654.32 m = 11989.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 591.39 mb = 4514.85 m = 14812.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.39 mb = 13281.38 m = 43573.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1854.26 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.9 at 30.6 knts Storm direction: 248.9 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 264.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 264.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.77 Bulk Rich Number: 9.42 Bulk Shear: 200.63 m/s