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: 46.87,-100.91 Latitude: 46.87 Longitude: -100.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 8 1 950 452 SFC 936 584 29.8 20.2 56 9.7 22.8 344 3 308.8 311.8 298.2 357.6 16.10 3 900 934 26.9 17.2 55 9.7 20.1 316 1 309.2 311.9 296.9 351.3 13.84 4 850 1436 22.3 16.2 69 6.1 18.1 182 5 309.5 312.1 297.0 351.4 13.79 5 800 1960 17.6 15.1 86 2.5 15.9 178 11 309.9 312.5 297.0 351.5 13.66 6 750 2510 13.9 12.8 93 1.2 13.1 183 23 311.7 314.1 296.6 350.0 12.47 7 700 3092 13.9 -2.8 31 16.7 5.1 217 29 317.9 318.7 292.3 332.2 4.44 8 650 3713 10.4 -12.2 19 22.6 0.5 237 40 320.7 321.1 291.3 328.4 2.30 9 600 4372 5.2 -18.4 16 23.6 -3.6 237 45 322.2 322.5 290.9 327.3 1.49 10 550 5074 -1.1 -21.3 20 20.2 -7.8 236 45 322.8 323.0 290.9 327.2 1.27 11 500 5824 -7.9 -26.9 20 19.0 -13.0 238 42 323.4 323.5 290.7 326.4 0.84 12 450 6631 -15.2 -29.8 28 14.6 -18.4 240 42 324.2 324.3 290.8 326.7 0.72 13 400 7507 -22.6 -32.4 40 9.9 -24.4 242 45 325.7 325.8 291.1 327.9 0.63 14 350 8472 -29.9 -40.7 34 10.7 -31.2 250 55 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.6 0.31 15 300 9552 -37.9 -42.7 61 4.8 -38.4 253 72 331.9 332.0 292.5 333.0 0.29 16 250 10784 -46.4 -46.4 100 -0.0 -46.4 254 97 337.1 337.1 293.8 338.0 0.24 17 200 12230 -57.3 -57.5 98 0.2 -57.3 263 114 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.3 0.08 18 150 14021 -59.3 -77.3 8 18.0 -59.5 262 79 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16584 -60.1 -84.3 3 24.3 -60.3 230 32 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.33 m Freezing level: 558.75 mb = 4950.90 m = 16242.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.04 mb = 3788.78 m = 12430.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.35 % Est. max temperature: 31.45 C = 88.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.92 mb = 1810.92 m = 5941.27 ft T: 18.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.00 C/km ThetaE index: 25.15 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.84 mb = 2342.86 m = 7686.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.21 C = 89.97 F Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lifted Index: -5.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.63 C Showalter Index: -5.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.23 C Cross Totals Index: 24.17 C K Index: 29.76 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.30 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2700.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 116.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.58 mb = 2115.00 m = 6938.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.58 mb = 4364.13 m = 14317.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.58 mb = 13220.32 m = 43373.21 ft B at Equ Level: 2661.31 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.0 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 260.0 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 2.8 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 306.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 306.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.75 Bulk Rich Number: 22.31 Bulk Shear: 121.06 m/s