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: 46.60,-101.54 Latitude: 46.60 Longitude: -101.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -1 1 950 440 SFC 926 666 23.2 19.1 78 4.1 20.4 55 6 303.0 305.8 296.2 348.1 15.22 3 900 914 25.2 17.6 63 7.6 19.9 63 17 307.5 310.2 296.7 350.4 14.20 4 850 1415 22.1 16.1 69 6.0 17.9 103 13 309.3 311.9 296.8 351.0 13.69 5 800 1940 19.1 13.4 69 5.7 15.3 164 19 311.6 313.9 296.4 349.0 12.20 6 750 2493 16.3 8.8 61 7.5 11.5 196 32 314.3 316.1 295.3 343.9 9.50 7 700 3078 13.8 2.8 47 11.0 7.3 214 35 317.8 319.1 294.1 339.0 6.68 8 650 3699 10.1 -5.4 33 15.5 2.3 233 38 320.3 321.1 292.6 333.2 3.92 9 600 4357 4.7 -8.9 37 13.5 -1.6 240 39 321.5 322.2 292.3 332.3 3.26 10 550 5058 -1.2 -12.4 42 11.2 -5.8 249 39 322.7 323.2 292.2 331.7 2.69 11 500 5809 -7.3 -15.9 50 8.5 -10.5 253 52 324.1 324.5 292.2 331.7 2.22 12 450 6621 -13.2 -26.1 33 13.0 -16.6 254 67 326.7 326.9 291.8 330.2 1.01 13 400 7506 -19.6 -30.8 36 11.2 -22.0 245 63 329.5 329.6 292.3 332.1 0.73 14 350 8482 -27.4 -33.8 54 6.4 -28.5 231 64 331.8 331.9 292.8 334.1 0.63 15 300 9570 -36.9 -38.5 85 1.6 -37.1 235 78 333.4 333.5 293.1 335.1 0.46 16 250 10802 -47.4 -47.8 96 0.4 -47.4 244 94 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.5 0.20 17 200 12239 -58.1 -58.8 92 0.7 -58.1 252 93 340.7 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.07 18 150 14040 -57.0 -78.9 5 21.8 -57.3 244 63 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.9 0.01 19 100 16601 -63.3 -84.0 4 20.6 -63.5 237 34 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.01 m Freezing level: 560.13 mb = 4916.13 m = 16128.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.20 mb = 4084.51 m = 13400.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.12 % Est. max temperature: 32.88 C = 91.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.61 mb = 1194.68 m = 3919.52 ft T: 23.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.73 C/km ThetaE index: 20.71 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.97 mb = 3162.22 m = 10374.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.03 C = 100.45 F Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lifted Index: -4.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.11 C Showalter Index: -4.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.48 C Cross Totals Index: 23.45 C K Index: 34.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 349.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2109.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 250.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.56 mb = 1977.08 m = 6486.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 591.56 mb = 4471.08 m = 14668.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.56 mb = 12844.99 m = 42141.84 ft B at Equ Level: 2100.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.56 mb = 15910.54 m = 52199.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.5 at 36.2 knts Storm direction: 264.5 at 27.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 608.3 neg: -17.1 tot: 591.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 197.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: 11.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.50 Bulk Rich Number: 6.53 Bulk Shear: 322.90 m/s