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: 44.87,-97.39 Latitude: 44.87 Longitude: -97.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 18 1 950 464 SFC 941 547 31.5 22.6 59 8.9 24.9 99 2 310.0 313.5 300.0 367.0 18.68 3 900 948 28.3 18.5 56 9.7 21.3 154 5 310.6 313.5 298.1 356.8 15.10 4 850 1453 23.7 17.3 67 6.5 19.2 176 8 311.0 313.8 297.9 356.1 14.75 5 800 1981 19.4 15.5 78 3.9 16.7 188 14 311.8 314.5 297.7 354.7 13.99 6 750 2534 17.2 2.6 38 14.6 8.8 213 13 315.2 316.4 293.0 334.7 6.15 7 700 3120 15.1 -13.4 13 28.6 2.7 247 17 319.2 319.6 290.5 325.7 1.93 8 650 3741 10.5 -13.3 17 23.8 0.3 256 26 320.8 321.2 291.1 327.9 2.11 9 600 4400 5.0 -15.3 21 20.4 -3.1 260 35 321.9 322.3 291.3 328.5 1.93 10 550 5102 -1.3 -22.6 18 21.3 -8.2 257 35 322.5 322.7 290.7 326.4 1.13 11 500 5851 -7.3 -29.4 15 22.1 -13.0 267 37 324.1 324.2 290.7 326.5 0.67 12 450 6663 -12.5 -36.7 11 24.1 -17.3 268 44 327.5 327.6 291.4 328.9 0.37 13 400 7551 -18.9 -38.7 16 19.8 -22.2 269 51 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.7 0.34 14 350 8530 -26.4 -41.3 23 14.9 -28.4 269 59 333.2 333.2 292.9 334.3 0.29 15 300 9625 -34.7 -46.9 28 12.1 -35.8 267 69 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.1 0.19 16 250 10871 -44.7 -52.1 43 7.4 -45.0 270 75 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.2 0.12 17 200 12329 -54.4 -64.1 29 9.7 -54.6 277 74 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.03 18 150 14140 -60.9 -75.5 13 14.6 -61.0 274 39 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16629 -62.3 -84.3 4 22.0 -62.5 274 31 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.69 m Freezing level: 560.47 mb = 4954.70 m = 16255.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.40 mb = 3799.98 m = 12466.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.62 % Est. max temperature: 33.88 C = 92.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.11 mb = 1680.37 m = 5512.97 ft T: 21.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.22 C/km ThetaE index: 41.31 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.12 mb = 3082.35 m = 10112.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.34 C = 104.62 F Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lifted Index: -7.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.30 C Showalter Index: -6.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.67 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.07 C Cross Totals Index: 24.60 C K Index: 19.78 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 394.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2953.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 118.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 788.47 mb = 2105.29 m = 6907.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.47 mb = 3953.64 m = 12971.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.47 mb = 13598.87 m = 44615.18 ft B at Equ Level: 2939.73 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.2 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 282.2 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 134.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.69 Bulk Rich Number: 34.68 Bulk Shear: 85.17 m/s