MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F171.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F171.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 171 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 12 JUN 25 Station: 46.20,-96.19 Latitude: 46.20 Longitude: -96.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 SFC 964 350 28.3 20.0 61 8.3 22.3 183 15 304.6 307.5 296.8 350.6 15.43 2 950 479 26.7 17.3 57 9.4 20.2 185 23 304.3 306.7 295.2 343.7 13.22 3 900 953 22.0 15.2 66 6.8 17.4 188 30 304.2 306.4 294.4 340.4 12.17 4 850 1447 17.3 13.8 80 3.5 15.0 193 33 304.3 306.4 294.1 339.4 11.78 5 800 1962 14.1 11.2 83 2.9 12.3 207 37 306.2 308.1 293.8 337.8 10.52 6 750 2509 14.1 4.7 53 9.5 8.6 220 38 311.9 313.3 292.8 334.1 7.14 7 700 3087 10.1 2.6 60 7.5 5.8 225 40 313.6 314.9 292.9 334.3 6.58 8 650 3699 5.8 0.4 68 5.4 2.9 228 39 315.5 316.7 293.0 334.8 6.09 9 600 4349 0.6 -2.8 78 3.4 -1.2 232 40 316.8 317.8 292.6 333.3 5.18 10 550 5041 -4.8 -8.5 76 3.6 -6.4 236 40 318.4 319.1 291.8 330.3 3.67 11 500 5784 -9.4 -20.9 39 11.5 -12.9 242 37 321.6 321.9 290.7 326.6 1.44 12 450 6591 -13.7 -29.7 25 16.0 -17.4 252 37 326.0 326.2 291.3 328.6 0.73 13 400 7476 -20.0 -35.2 25 15.1 -22.7 254 37 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.8 0.48 14 350 8450 -27.4 -43.8 20 16.4 -29.3 252 33 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.7 0.23 15 300 9540 -36.0 -47.9 28 11.9 -36.9 241 32 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.4 0.17 16 250 10778 -46.5 -49.3 73 2.8 -46.7 231 32 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.6 0.17 17 200 12220 -58.0 -58.4 95 0.4 -58.0 229 32 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.2 0.07 18 150 14006 -60.7 -71.5 23 10.8 -60.9 251 22 365.4 365.4 299.8 365.5 0.02 19 100 16530 -61.2 -84.9 3 23.7 -61.4 294 18 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.71 m Freezing level: 594.73 mb = 4421.94 m = 14507.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.25 mb = 4158.46 m = 13643.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.37 % Est. max temperature: 29.30 C = 84.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.52 mb = 1400.86 m = 4595.94 ft T: 17.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 16.56 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.25 mb = 2720.98 m = 8927.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.16 C = 97.08 F Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lifted Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.79 C Showalter Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.66 C Cross Totals Index: 23.20 C K Index: 32.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 406.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 876.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 121.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.41 mb = 1737.48 m = 5700.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.41 mb = 3870.79 m = 12699.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.41 mb = 12332.52 m = 40460.54 ft B at Equ Level: 867.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.41 mb = 14596.96 m = 47889.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.1 at 36.5 knts Storm direction: 253.1 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 267.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 267.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.27 Bulk Rich Number: 12.92 Bulk Shear: 67.84 m/s