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: 44.51,-102.79 Latitude: 44.51 Longitude: -102.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -27 1 950 413 SFC 908 813 31.3 17.5 44 13.7 21.5 77 11 312.9 315.6 298.0 356.2 14.02 3 900 893 30.8 15.4 39 15.5 20.1 81 14 313.3 315.6 296.9 351.3 12.30 4 850 1404 29.8 10.1 29 19.8 16.8 134 16 317.4 319.2 295.8 346.2 9.14 5 800 1942 27.7 3.3 21 24.4 12.9 176 19 320.6 321.8 294.4 340.2 6.06 6 750 2508 22.8 -1.2 20 24.0 9.4 205 24 321.4 322.3 293.4 336.6 4.68 7 700 3102 17.4 -3.9 23 21.3 6.1 221 28 321.8 322.6 293.1 335.3 4.10 8 650 3727 12.0 -5.9 28 17.8 2.9 228 33 322.5 323.2 293.0 335.0 3.79 9 600 4390 6.3 -7.7 36 14.0 -0.4 232 41 323.4 324.1 293.1 335.2 3.56 10 550 5096 0.1 -9.6 48 9.7 -4.3 233 49 324.2 324.9 293.2 335.4 3.37 11 500 5850 -7.0 -11.1 72 4.2 -8.7 234 60 324.5 325.2 293.2 335.5 3.27 12 450 6662 -13.3 -14.7 90 1.3 -13.8 233 66 326.5 327.0 293.3 335.7 2.72 13 400 7548 -19.8 -20.4 95 0.6 -20.0 233 65 329.2 329.6 293.3 335.8 1.88 14 350 8523 -27.3 -28.6 88 1.3 -27.6 244 52 331.9 332.1 293.2 335.7 1.03 15 300 9614 -35.6 -40.0 64 4.4 -36.1 251 68 335.2 335.3 293.5 336.7 0.39 16 250 10856 -45.6 -51.3 52 5.7 -45.9 253 82 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.8 0.14 17 200 12305 -56.1 -61.0 55 4.8 -56.2 261 101 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.05 18 150 14102 -62.4 -76.8 13 14.4 -62.6 266 93 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16623 -62.2 -84.4 4 22.2 -62.4 235 37 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5877.19 m Freezing level: 549.32 mb = 5105.87 m = 16751.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.61 mb = 4299.63 m = 14106.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.38 % Est. max temperature: 39.37 C = 102.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 744.35 mb = 2572.86 m = 8441.04 ft T: 22.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.89 C/km ThetaE index: 21.14 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 594.43 mb = 4465.84 m = 14651.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.53 C = 106.75 F Cap Strength: 5.16 C Lifted Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.66 C Showalter Index: -2.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 36.82 C Cross Totals Index: 17.03 C K Index: 25.54 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 308.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1300.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 428.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 651.20 mb = 3711.85 m = 12177.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 546.20 mb = 5150.38 m = 16897.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.20 mb = 12751.13 m = 41833.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1283.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.20 mb = 15689.21 m = 51473.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.8 at 38.1 knts Storm direction: 254.8 at 28.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 372.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 372.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 124.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.67 Bulk Rich Number: 4.27 Bulk Shear: 304.53 m/s