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,-99.18 Latitude: 44.85 Longitude: -99.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 453 SFC 944 509 31.3 20.8 54 10.5 23.6 64 10 309.5 312.6 298.7 360.1 16.62 3 900 937 28.2 16.7 50 11.5 20.1 77 15 310.6 313.1 297.0 351.5 13.40 4 850 1441 23.7 15.2 59 8.5 17.8 100 13 311.0 313.4 296.7 350.5 12.90 5 800 1968 19.3 12.9 66 6.4 15.0 130 12 311.8 314.0 296.2 348.0 11.79 6 750 2522 18.1 -0.5 28 18.6 7.9 193 12 316.2 317.2 292.3 332.0 4.94 7 700 3109 15.9 -10.2 16 26.0 3.8 236 21 320.0 320.5 291.3 328.4 2.52 8 650 3732 11.3 -11.5 19 22.8 1.1 247 30 321.8 322.3 291.7 330.0 2.44 9 600 4393 5.3 -17.3 18 22.6 -3.4 252 32 322.3 322.6 291.1 327.9 1.64 10 550 5095 -0.6 -22.3 18 21.7 -7.7 260 35 323.4 323.6 291.0 327.4 1.16 11 500 5847 -6.9 -24.8 23 17.9 -12.1 262 43 324.6 324.8 291.2 328.2 1.02 12 450 6658 -13.0 -32.9 17 20.0 -17.3 261 50 326.9 327.0 291.4 328.9 0.53 13 400 7546 -18.8 -37.3 18 18.5 -22.0 263 57 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.1 0.39 14 350 8526 -26.0 -42.0 21 16.0 -28.1 262 65 333.7 333.7 293.0 334.7 0.27 15 300 9623 -34.2 -49.1 21 14.9 -35.5 260 71 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.7 0.15 16 250 10870 -44.5 -53.9 35 9.4 -45.0 262 73 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.3 0.10 17 200 12327 -54.9 -61.4 44 6.5 -55.1 269 76 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.05 18 150 14127 -61.7 -73.9 18 12.2 -61.9 270 62 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16629 -64.1 -84.5 5 20.3 -64.3 257 39 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5840.04 m Freezing level: 555.19 mb = 5021.92 m = 16475.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.94 mb = 3886.97 m = 12752.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.71 % Est. max temperature: 34.03 C = 93.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.35 mb = 1845.58 m = 6054.99 ft T: 20.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.32 C/km ThetaE index: 31.67 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 663.09 mb = 3564.81 m = 11695.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.93 C = 109.28 F Cap Strength: 4.47 C Lifted Index: -5.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.47 C Showalter Index: -4.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.65 C Cross Totals Index: 22.13 C K Index: 19.85 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1974.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 266.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.97 mb = 2307.35 m = 7569.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 593.97 mb = 4474.23 m = 14679.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.97 mb = 13199.53 m = 43305.02 ft B at Equ Level: 1957.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.3 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 278.3 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 283.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 283.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.33 Bulk Rich Number: 9.71 Bulk Shear: 203.34 m/s