MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F318.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F318.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 318 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 47.45,-100.21 Latitude: 47.45 Longitude: -100.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -62 1 950 379 SFC 929 582 30.0 19.8 54 10.2 22.6 161 8 309.7 312.7 298.3 357.9 15.84 3 900 859 26.8 17.2 56 9.6 20.0 173 12 309.1 311.7 296.8 351.1 13.81 4 850 1361 22.2 15.9 68 6.3 17.8 183 15 309.4 311.9 296.7 350.4 13.49 5 800 1887 22.9 8.6 40 14.3 13.7 209 29 315.5 317.2 295.1 343.1 8.80 6 750 2449 21.5 -0.1 24 21.7 9.3 217 40 319.9 320.9 293.4 336.3 5.05 7 700 3040 16.1 -1.9 29 18.0 6.3 218 42 320.3 321.3 293.3 335.8 4.76 8 650 3663 10.6 -3.7 36 14.3 3.1 219 43 320.9 321.8 293.2 335.5 4.47 9 600 4323 4.6 -5.4 48 10.1 -0.4 222 42 321.5 322.3 293.2 335.4 4.25 10 550 5025 -1.5 -7.4 65 5.8 -4.3 221 44 322.2 323.0 293.2 335.4 4.00 11 500 5776 -6.7 -10.4 75 3.7 -8.3 216 49 324.8 325.5 293.4 336.4 3.46 12 450 6591 -12.0 -13.6 88 1.5 -12.6 205 54 328.1 328.7 293.9 338.3 2.98 13 400 7481 -18.6 -21.3 79 2.7 -19.4 217 60 330.8 331.2 293.6 337.0 1.74 14 350 8463 -25.6 -30.4 64 4.9 -26.5 216 59 334.3 334.5 293.7 337.5 0.87 15 300 9561 -34.3 -39.8 57 5.5 -34.9 219 66 337.1 337.2 294.0 338.6 0.40 16 250 10808 -44.5 -50.2 53 5.7 -44.8 226 78 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.5 0.15 17 200 12265 -55.0 -64.7 29 9.7 -55.2 230 95 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.03 18 150 14076 -59.6 -78.3 7 18.8 -59.7 234 77 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16611 -60.6 -84.3 3 23.6 -60.9 203 27 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5838.47 m Freezing level: 562.56 mb = 4848.34 m = 15906.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.55 mb = 4247.09 m = 13933.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.01 % Est. max temperature: 37.57 C = 99.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.64 mb = 1880.47 m = 6169.44 ft T: 22.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.36 C/km ThetaE index: 22.51 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.53 mb = 3464.84 m = 11367.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.89 C = 105.61 F Cap Strength: 8.02 C Lifted Index: -4.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.20 C Showalter Index: -3.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.92 C Cross Totals Index: 22.65 C K Index: 26.83 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 414.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1658.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 415.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.36 mb = 2159.50 m = 7084.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.36 mb = 4318.12 m = 14166.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.36 mb = 12915.74 m = 42373.95 ft B at Equ Level: 1634.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.36 mb = 15994.91 m = 52476.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.6 at 38.0 knts Storm direction: 244.6 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 217.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 217.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.14 Bulk Rich Number: 13.37 Bulk Shear: 124.05 m/s