MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F174.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F174.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 174 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 13 JUN 25 Station: 45.25,-97.44 Latitude: 45.25 Longitude: -97.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 462 SFC 941 547 27.5 20.7 67 6.8 22.6 200 10 305.9 309.0 297.8 355.6 16.56 3 900 941 25.3 16.5 58 8.8 19.2 207 22 307.5 310.0 296.1 347.5 13.24 4 850 1441 21.1 14.1 64 7.0 16.4 220 25 308.3 310.5 295.4 344.5 11.97 5 800 1963 16.6 12.2 75 4.4 13.7 235 28 308.8 310.9 295.0 343.0 11.25 6 750 2509 12.3 8.8 80 3.4 10.1 245 27 309.9 311.7 294.1 339.1 9.55 7 700 3086 10.3 -3.0 39 13.2 3.5 244 28 313.8 314.7 291.1 327.8 4.39 8 650 3697 6.1 -9.7 31 15.7 -0.9 246 31 315.8 316.4 290.3 325.1 2.82 9 600 4347 1.6 -15.9 26 17.5 -5.0 254 32 318.0 318.4 290.0 324.2 1.84 10 550 5043 -2.0 -26.2 14 24.2 -9.1 263 30 321.7 321.9 290.2 324.6 0.82 11 500 5793 -6.7 -30.0 14 23.3 -12.6 263 28 324.9 325.0 290.9 327.1 0.63 12 450 6605 -13.2 -31.9 19 18.7 -17.3 262 27 326.7 326.8 291.4 328.9 0.59 13 400 7489 -20.4 -36.0 24 15.5 -23.1 253 25 328.4 328.5 291.7 330.1 0.44 14 350 8462 -28.3 -41.8 26 13.6 -29.9 243 27 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.7 0.28 15 300 9547 -37.0 -47.5 33 10.5 -37.8 243 32 333.2 333.3 292.8 333.9 0.17 16 250 10780 -47.1 -50.6 67 3.5 -47.3 247 41 336.0 336.1 293.5 336.6 0.15 17 200 12224 -56.4 -63.8 39 7.4 -56.6 249 36 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.04 18 150 14027 -60.6 -74.8 14 14.3 -60.7 283 22 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16549 -61.8 -84.8 3 23.0 -62.0 295 11 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.93 m Freezing level: 577.71 mb = 4657.29 m = 15279.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.84 mb = 3573.44 m = 11723.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.54 % Est. max temperature: 30.54 C = 86.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.73 mb = 1412.66 m = 4634.64 ft T: 21.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 31.44 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.51 mb = 2236.71 m = 7338.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.89 C = 87.60 F Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lifted Index: -3.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: -1.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.84 C Cross Totals Index: 20.79 C K Index: 28.69 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 356.43 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1807.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.42 mb = 2011.16 m = 6598.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.42 mb = 2392.19 m = 7848.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 710.42 mb = 2962.26 m = 9718.57 ft B at Equ Level: 12.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.42 mb = 15932.13 m = 52270.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.3 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 277.3 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 158.0 neg: -0.4 tot: 157.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.68 Bulk Rich Number: 39.01 Bulk Shear: 46.33 m/s