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: 46.8,-101.38 Latitude: 46.80 Longitude: -101.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 928 644 22.8 19.2 80 3.5 20.3 37 7 302.3 305.1 296.1 347.6 15.31 3 900 913 24.9 17.7 64 7.3 19.8 58 17 307.2 309.9 296.7 350.2 14.26 4 850 1414 21.8 16.1 70 5.7 17.8 99 10 309.0 311.5 296.7 350.4 13.66 5 800 1939 18.9 14.1 73 4.9 15.6 168 19 311.3 313.7 296.7 350.3 12.72 6 750 2491 16.4 8.2 58 8.2 11.2 195 29 314.4 316.2 295.0 342.9 9.14 7 700 3076 13.8 1.9 44 12.0 6.9 216 34 317.8 319.0 293.7 337.7 6.26 8 650 3697 9.9 -5.3 34 15.2 2.2 230 40 320.2 320.9 292.6 333.1 3.95 9 600 4355 4.4 -9.1 37 13.6 -1.7 237 39 321.3 321.9 292.2 331.8 3.20 10 550 5056 -1.5 -12.8 42 11.3 -6.1 244 36 322.3 322.8 292.0 331.0 2.60 11 500 5806 -7.8 -15.2 55 7.4 -10.5 250 44 323.5 324.0 292.1 331.4 2.34 12 450 6615 -13.6 -24.5 39 11.0 -16.6 254 65 326.2 326.4 291.8 330.3 1.17 13 400 7500 -19.8 -35.0 25 15.1 -22.6 248 69 329.2 329.3 292.0 331.0 0.49 14 350 8475 -27.6 -36.3 43 8.7 -28.9 237 72 331.5 331.6 292.6 333.3 0.49 15 300 9561 -37.3 -38.9 85 1.6 -37.4 237 81 332.9 332.9 292.9 334.5 0.44 16 250 10792 -47.5 -47.8 97 0.3 -47.5 244 93 335.4 335.5 293.4 336.2 0.20 17 200 12229 -58.1 -58.8 91 0.7 -58.1 250 93 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.1 0.07 18 150 14034 -56.6 -73.0 11 16.4 -56.9 244 65 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.6 0.01 19 100 16593 -62.2 -84.1 4 21.8 -62.4 238 36 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.21 m Freezing level: 562.69 mb = 4877.68 m = 16002.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.81 mb = 4061.34 m = 13324.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.62 % Est. max temperature: 32.89 C = 91.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.20 mb = 1098.16 m = 3602.84 ft T: 23.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.92 C/km ThetaE index: 19.41 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.73 mb = 3139.56 m = 10300.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.17 C = 100.70 F Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lifted Index: -4.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.25 C Showalter Index: -5.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.58 C Cross Totals Index: 23.90 C K Index: 33.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.93 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2139.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 258.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.40 mb = 1901.85 m = 6239.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 598.40 mb = 4376.38 m = 14358.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.40 mb = 12945.73 m = 42472.34 ft B at Equ Level: 2106.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.40 mb = 16083.64 m = 52767.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.4 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 262.4 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 550.5 neg: -9.5 tot: 541.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 180.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.5 stream: 10.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.73 Bulk Rich Number: 7.25 Bulk Shear: 295.16 m/s