MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F300.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F300.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 44.62,-98.79 Latitude: 44.62 Longitude: -98.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4 1 950 452 SFC 949 458 32.4 21.5 53 10.9 24.3 61 8 310.1 313.4 299.2 362.8 17.26 3 900 938 29.1 16.7 47 12.4 20.4 84 12 311.5 314.0 297.2 352.6 13.40 4 850 1444 24.7 15.3 56 9.4 18.2 115 11 312.0 314.5 297.0 351.9 12.97 5 800 1972 20.1 13.7 67 6.4 15.7 142 13 312.5 314.9 296.8 350.7 12.40 6 750 2526 18.0 2.9 36 15.1 9.2 185 14 316.1 317.4 293.3 336.1 6.31 7 700 3115 16.1 -9.2 17 25.4 4.1 236 20 320.3 320.9 291.5 329.3 2.71 8 650 3738 11.6 -11.9 18 23.4 1.1 250 27 322.1 322.5 291.7 330.0 2.37 9 600 4399 5.4 -14.3 23 19.7 -2.7 253 30 322.4 322.8 291.6 329.5 2.11 10 550 5101 -0.9 -20.5 21 19.6 -7.6 260 32 323.0 323.3 291.0 327.7 1.36 11 500 5853 -7.0 -25.8 21 18.8 -12.3 266 39 324.5 324.7 291.1 327.8 0.94 12 450 6664 -12.7 -34.0 15 21.3 -17.2 265 48 327.2 327.3 291.5 329.0 0.48 13 400 7553 -18.5 -37.3 17 18.9 -21.8 265 55 331.0 331.0 292.4 332.4 0.39 14 350 8533 -26.1 -42.4 20 16.4 -28.2 262 63 333.6 333.6 293.0 334.6 0.26 15 300 9631 -34.1 -50.5 18 16.4 -35.4 261 69 337.3 337.3 293.8 337.8 0.12 16 250 10878 -44.6 -55.4 29 10.8 -45.1 263 70 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.1 0.08 17 200 12335 -55.2 -60.4 52 5.2 -55.4 271 77 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.6 0.06 18 150 14133 -61.5 -74.1 17 12.7 -61.6 275 61 364.1 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16632 -64.1 -84.4 5 20.3 -64.3 265 38 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.69 m Freezing level: 557.06 mb = 5002.13 m = 16411.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.13 mb = 3929.54 m = 12892.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.20 % Est. max temperature: 34.83 C = 94.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.41 mb = 1848.67 m = 6065.12 ft T: 21.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.43 C/km ThetaE index: 33.49 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 664.06 mb = 3558.27 m = 11673.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.67 C = 110.61 F Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lifted Index: -5.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.26 C Showalter Index: -4.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.67 C Cross Totals Index: 22.28 C K Index: 21.61 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.48 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2285.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 243.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.86 mb = 2369.16 m = 7772.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 608.86 mb = 4278.16 m = 14035.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.86 mb = 13392.56 m = 43938.30 ft B at Equ Level: 2267.30 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.6 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 277.6 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 257.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 257.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.39 Bulk Rich Number: 14.70 Bulk Shear: 155.45 m/s