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,-102.8 Latitude: 44.31 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 -26 1 950 414 SFC 905 843 31.5 17.9 45 13.5 21.8 70 10 313.4 316.2 298.3 358.0 14.44 3 900 894 31.5 16.1 40 15.4 20.6 73 13 314.0 316.4 297.4 353.9 12.89 4 850 1406 30.2 10.8 30 19.4 17.2 126 14 317.7 319.6 296.2 348.1 9.61 5 800 1945 27.8 3.7 21 24.1 13.1 170 18 320.8 322.0 294.6 340.9 6.24 6 750 2511 23.0 0.0 22 23.0 9.9 195 22 321.6 322.6 293.9 338.2 5.12 7 700 3105 17.6 -2.0 26 19.6 6.9 209 26 322.0 322.9 293.7 337.4 4.73 8 650 3731 11.9 -3.8 33 15.7 3.7 217 31 322.4 323.3 293.6 337.0 4.44 9 600 4394 6.0 -5.9 42 11.8 0.1 224 37 323.0 323.8 293.4 336.6 4.12 10 550 5099 -0.3 -8.2 55 8.0 -4.0 228 44 323.8 324.5 293.4 336.2 3.74 11 500 5852 -7.0 -10.6 76 3.6 -8.5 231 54 324.5 325.1 293.3 335.9 3.41 12 450 6665 -13.3 -14.5 90 1.3 -13.7 234 62 326.6 327.1 293.3 335.9 2.76 13 400 7551 -19.8 -21.2 89 1.3 -20.2 234 63 329.2 329.6 293.2 335.4 1.77 14 350 8525 -27.6 -29.8 82 2.2 -28.0 241 55 331.5 331.7 293.0 334.8 0.92 15 300 9616 -35.3 -41.8 52 6.5 -36.0 252 71 335.6 335.7 293.5 336.8 0.33 16 250 10859 -45.6 -51.9 49 6.3 -45.9 254 82 338.3 338.4 294.0 338.8 0.13 17 200 12309 -55.9 -61.4 50 5.5 -56.0 263 101 344.2 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.05 18 150 14109 -61.7 -77.3 11 15.6 -61.9 267 89 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16626 -63.0 -84.2 4 21.3 -63.2 231 37 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5878.70 m Freezing level: 552.13 mb = 5068.60 m = 16629.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.03 mb = 4407.18 m = 14459.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.93 % Est. max temperature: 39.32 C = 102.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 744.24 mb = 2577.17 m = 8455.17 ft T: 22.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.96 C/km ThetaE index: 22.16 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 601.37 mb = 4375.25 m = 14354.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.77 C = 105.39 F Cap Strength: 4.59 C Lifted Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.26 C Showalter Index: -3.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.01 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.18 C Cross Totals Index: 17.82 C K Index: 28.42 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.47 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1516.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 366.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 649.43 mb = 3738.68 m = 12265.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 564.43 mb = 4888.94 m = 16039.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.43 mb = 12816.30 m = 42047.72 ft B at Equ Level: 1501.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.43 mb = 15789.23 m = 51801.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.9 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 249.9 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 326.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 326.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.67 Bulk Rich Number: 5.97 Bulk Shear: 254.13 m/s