MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F279.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F279.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 279 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 46.06,-103.67 Latitude: 46.06 Longitude: -103.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -11 1 950 427 2 900 897 SFC 899 906 23.1 16.3 65 6.8 18.5 54 13 305.5 307.9 295.4 344.6 13.09 4 850 1397 22.5 14.1 59 8.4 16.8 81 25 309.7 312.0 295.8 346.2 11.98 5 800 1922 19.5 12.3 63 7.2 14.7 125 21 312.0 314.1 295.9 346.8 11.31 6 750 2477 18.9 4.3 38 14.6 10.1 187 26 317.1 318.4 294.1 339.1 6.95 7 700 3067 16.5 -2.8 26 19.3 6.2 213 37 320.8 321.7 293.2 335.3 4.45 8 650 3692 11.3 -5.3 31 16.7 2.9 223 40 321.8 322.6 293.0 334.8 3.95 9 600 4353 5.6 -10.1 31 15.7 -1.5 236 40 322.6 323.2 292.4 332.5 2.95 10 550 5056 -1.0 -13.1 39 12.1 -5.9 243 40 322.9 323.4 292.1 331.4 2.54 11 500 5806 -7.7 -18.3 42 10.6 -11.3 243 49 323.6 324.0 291.7 329.8 1.81 12 450 6616 -14.1 -29.7 25 15.7 -17.7 248 71 325.6 325.7 291.2 328.2 0.72 13 400 7497 -21.2 -31.9 38 10.7 -23.2 240 73 327.5 327.6 291.7 329.9 0.66 14 350 8467 -29.0 -33.2 67 4.1 -29.7 234 82 329.6 329.8 292.3 332.1 0.67 15 300 9548 -37.9 -39.2 87 1.3 -38.1 236 88 331.9 332.0 292.7 333.5 0.42 16 250 10780 -46.9 -49.1 78 2.2 -47.0 237 95 336.3 336.4 293.6 337.0 0.17 17 200 12225 -56.4 -60.6 59 4.2 -56.5 247 87 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.05 18 150 14025 -59.8 -76.6 9 16.8 -60.0 256 71 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16589 -58.0 -84.6 2 26.6 -58.3 249 32 415.7 415.7 307.2 415.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.78 m Freezing level: 557.54 mb = 4949.85 m = 16239.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.11 mb = 4120.81 m = 13519.54 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.28 % Est. max temperature: 34.50 C = 94.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.27 mb = 1779.76 m = 5839.02 ft T: 20.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.85 C/km ThetaE index: 18.59 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 636.13 mb = 3869.94 m = 12696.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.23 C = 102.61 F Cap Strength: 7.08 C Lifted Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.08 C Showalter Index: -3.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.23 C Cross Totals Index: 21.80 C K Index: 24.99 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1527.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 478.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.45 mb = 2403.76 m = 7886.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 561.45 mb = 4889.45 m = 16041.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.45 mb = 12498.68 m = 41005.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1515.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.45 mb = 15360.60 m = 50395.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.4 at 39.6 knts Storm direction: 259.4 at 29.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 736.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 736.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 245.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.9 stream: 12.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.15 Bulk Rich Number: 3.48 Bulk Shear: 439.06 m/s