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: 47.07,-97.76 Latitude: 47.07 Longitude: -97.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -25 SFC 954 386 24.9 23.1 89 1.9 23.6 133 11 302.1 305.6 298.3 358.1 18.93 2 950 419 24.7 22.6 88 2.2 23.2 137 13 302.3 305.7 298.1 356.8 18.43 3 900 892 21.2 20.8 97 0.4 20.9 151 23 303.4 306.6 297.7 355.1 17.42 4 850 1390 22.9 11.3 48 11.6 15.4 189 31 310.2 312.0 294.5 340.7 9.97 5 800 1918 23.3 7.0 35 16.2 13.1 205 33 315.9 317.5 294.5 340.7 7.88 6 750 2480 21.4 3.1 30 18.3 10.4 220 37 319.8 321.1 294.4 340.3 6.38 7 700 3073 17.4 0.4 32 17.0 7.7 229 41 321.8 322.9 294.3 340.0 5.62 8 650 3699 12.2 -2.2 37 14.4 4.4 232 44 322.7 323.7 294.1 339.1 5.01 9 600 4363 6.2 -3.5 50 9.7 1.1 225 46 323.3 324.2 294.1 339.4 4.91 10 550 5068 -0.2 -5.4 68 5.2 -2.7 227 48 323.9 324.8 294.1 339.3 4.67 11 500 5822 -6.8 -9.8 79 3.0 -8.1 234 46 324.7 325.4 293.5 336.8 3.62 12 450 6635 -13.2 -16.0 79 2.9 -14.2 238 39 326.7 327.2 293.0 335.0 2.43 13 400 7521 -19.8 -22.3 81 2.5 -20.5 242 39 329.2 329.5 293.0 334.8 1.60 14 350 8498 -26.2 -39.1 29 12.9 -28.0 248 62 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.8 0.37 15 300 9591 -35.3 -49.5 22 14.2 -36.4 244 60 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.2 0.14 16 250 10836 -44.5 -58.7 19 14.1 -45.1 243 71 339.8 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.06 17 200 12297 -53.4 -66.3 19 12.9 -53.7 243 77 348.1 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.03 18 150 14119 -59.6 -79.8 6 20.2 -59.8 251 58 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.00 19 100 16616 -63.3 -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: 5847.59 m Freezing level: 551.27 mb = 5050.19 m = 16568.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.89 mb = 4555.60 m = 14946.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.18 % Est. max temperature: 38.10 C = 100.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.59 mb = 618.16 m = 2028.07 ft T: 23.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.81 C/km ThetaE index: 17.48 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.37 mb = 3363.02 m = 11033.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.72 C = 112.50 F Cap Strength: 7.61 C Lifted Index: -4.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.13 C Showalter Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.74 C Cross Totals Index: 18.16 C K Index: 24.05 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1895.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 569.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.01 mb = 1257.55 m = 4125.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 578.01 mb = 4665.39 m = 15306.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.01 mb = 12688.41 m = 41628.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1892.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.01 mb = 16141.20 m = 52956.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.7 at 38.8 knts Storm direction: 250.7 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 431.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 431.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 144.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.49 Bulk Rich Number: 9.76 Bulk Shear: 194.15 m/s