MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F315.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F315.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 315 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 47.06,-97.81 Latitude: 47.06 Longitude: -97.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -26 SFC 953 394 24.8 23.0 90 1.8 23.5 132 11 302.1 305.6 298.3 358.0 18.89 2 950 418 24.7 22.6 88 2.1 23.2 136 13 302.3 305.7 298.1 356.9 18.46 3 900 891 21.2 20.8 97 0.4 20.9 150 23 303.4 306.6 297.7 355.0 17.40 4 850 1389 22.9 11.3 48 11.7 15.3 189 31 310.2 312.1 294.4 340.5 9.92 5 800 1918 23.4 6.9 35 16.5 13.1 206 34 316.1 317.6 294.5 340.7 7.82 6 750 2479 21.5 3.0 30 18.5 10.4 220 37 319.9 321.1 294.4 340.2 6.33 7 700 3072 17.5 0.3 31 17.2 7.6 229 42 321.8 322.9 294.3 339.9 5.58 8 650 3699 12.2 -2.3 36 14.5 4.4 232 44 322.8 323.8 294.1 339.0 4.97 9 600 4363 6.2 -3.7 49 9.9 1.1 225 46 323.3 324.3 294.1 339.3 4.86 10 550 5068 -0.1 -5.5 67 5.3 -2.8 227 48 323.9 324.8 294.1 339.1 4.62 11 500 5822 -6.8 -9.9 79 3.1 -8.2 234 46 324.7 325.4 293.5 336.7 3.60 12 450 6635 -13.2 -16.0 80 2.8 -14.2 238 39 326.7 327.2 293.0 335.0 2.45 13 400 7521 -19.8 -22.0 83 2.2 -20.4 242 39 329.2 329.5 293.0 335.0 1.64 14 350 8498 -26.2 -39.0 29 12.8 -28.1 248 62 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.8 0.37 15 300 9591 -35.4 -49.6 22 14.2 -36.5 244 60 335.5 335.6 293.3 336.1 0.14 16 250 10835 -44.6 -58.7 19 14.1 -45.1 243 72 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.1 0.06 17 200 12296 -53.4 -66.4 19 13.0 -53.7 243 77 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.03 18 150 14119 -59.6 -79.8 6 20.1 -59.9 251 59 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.00 19 100 16616 -63.4 -84.0 4 20.7 -63.6 232 21 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.03 m Freezing level: 551.16 mb = 5051.64 m = 16573.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.11 mb = 4552.50 m = 14935.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.72 % Est. max temperature: 38.28 C = 100.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.05 mb = 622.45 m = 2042.12 ft T: 23.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.83 C/km ThetaE index: 17.50 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.80 mb = 3382.31 m = 11096.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.71 C = 112.47 F Cap Strength: 7.74 C Lifted Index: -4.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.24 C Showalter Index: -0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.78 C Cross Totals Index: 18.10 C K Index: 23.85 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1872.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 580.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.04 mb = 1276.72 m = 4188.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 576.04 mb = 4692.97 m = 15396.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.04 mb = 12754.80 m = 41845.95 ft B at Equ Level: 1861.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.04 mb = 16254.55 m = 53327.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.7 at 39.0 knts Storm direction: 250.7 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 442.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 442.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 147.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.55 Bulk Rich Number: 9.48 Bulk Shear: 197.46 m/s