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: 44.85,-99.02 Latitude: 44.85 Longitude: -99.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 7 1 950 454 SFC 948 475 31.4 21.5 56 9.9 24.1 61 10 309.2 312.5 299.0 361.8 17.28 3 900 938 28.1 17.0 51 11.1 20.3 77 14 310.5 313.1 297.1 352.3 13.71 4 850 1443 23.7 15.6 60 8.2 18.1 103 12 311.0 313.5 296.9 351.4 13.19 5 800 1970 19.3 13.4 69 5.9 15.3 136 12 311.7 314.0 296.4 349.1 12.17 6 750 2523 18.0 -0.4 29 18.4 7.9 194 12 316.1 317.1 292.2 331.9 4.94 7 700 3111 15.8 -10.4 15 26.2 3.7 237 21 320.0 320.4 291.2 328.2 2.46 8 650 3734 11.3 -11.5 19 22.8 1.1 248 30 321.8 322.2 291.7 330.0 2.44 9 600 4394 5.3 -16.3 19 21.5 -3.2 252 32 322.2 322.6 291.2 328.3 1.79 10 550 5096 -0.7 -23.6 16 22.9 -7.9 260 35 323.3 323.5 290.9 327.0 1.04 11 500 5848 -6.9 -25.5 21 18.6 -12.2 263 42 324.6 324.8 291.2 328.0 0.96 12 450 6659 -13.0 -34.0 15 21.0 -17.4 261 49 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.7 0.48 13 400 7547 -18.6 -37.5 17 18.8 -22.0 264 56 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.2 0.38 14 350 8527 -25.9 -42.2 20 16.2 -28.0 262 64 333.8 333.8 293.0 334.8 0.27 15 300 9624 -34.2 -49.3 20 15.1 -35.4 260 70 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.7 0.14 16 250 10872 -44.5 -53.6 35 9.1 -45.0 263 72 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.3 0.10 17 200 12329 -55.0 -61.1 47 6.1 -55.2 270 76 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.05 18 150 14127 -61.7 -74.0 18 12.3 -61.8 271 62 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16628 -63.9 -84.5 4 20.6 -64.1 260 39 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5840.54 m Freezing level: 555.49 mb = 5018.63 m = 16465.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.44 mb = 3894.48 m = 12777.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.23 % Est. max temperature: 33.99 C = 93.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.15 mb = 1732.22 m = 5683.07 ft T: 21.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.29 C/km ThetaE index: 33.58 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.90 mb = 3467.48 m = 11376.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.97 C = 109.34 F Cap Strength: 4.05 C Lifted Index: -5.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.05 C Showalter Index: -4.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.65 C Cross Totals Index: 22.47 C K Index: 19.98 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2180.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 243.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.30 mb = 2227.48 m = 7307.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.30 mb = 4375.98 m = 14356.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.30 mb = 13297.34 m = 43625.91 ft B at Equ Level: 2166.65 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.4 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 278.4 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 267.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 267.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.40 Bulk Rich Number: 11.50 Bulk Shear: 189.58 m/s