MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 15 JUN 25 Station: 43.56,-102.88 Latitude: 43.56 Longitude: -102.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 530 SFC 909 914 21.8 19.0 84 2.8 19.9 25 18 303.2 306.0 296.4 348.9 15.43 3 900 999 21.2 18.8 87 2.3 19.5 25 24 303.3 306.2 296.4 349.0 15.39 4 850 1494 19.7 17.9 89 1.8 18.4 37 25 306.7 309.6 297.3 352.9 15.34 5 800 2018 19.9 13.9 68 6.0 15.8 70 12 312.4 314.8 296.9 351.2 12.61 6 750 2576 20.5 -1.0 24 21.5 8.6 178 8 318.8 319.8 292.9 334.2 4.75 7 700 3166 15.8 -4.6 24 20.4 5.2 200 17 320.0 320.7 292.4 332.6 3.88 8 650 3788 10.2 -7.2 29 17.4 1.8 212 21 320.5 321.2 292.2 331.8 3.43 9 600 4446 3.9 -8.5 40 12.5 -1.8 220 21 320.7 321.3 292.2 331.7 3.35 10 550 5145 -2.7 -10.1 57 7.3 -5.9 231 20 320.8 321.5 292.1 331.5 3.23 11 500 5892 -8.7 -14.4 63 5.7 -10.8 247 33 322.5 323.0 292.0 330.9 2.52 12 450 6700 -14.1 -27.9 30 13.8 -17.4 253 40 325.5 325.7 291.3 328.6 0.86 13 400 7582 -20.9 -34.8 28 13.9 -23.4 268 33 327.9 328.0 291.6 329.7 0.50 14 350 8552 -29.0 -39.4 36 10.4 -30.3 263 33 329.7 329.7 292.0 331.0 0.36 15 300 9635 -37.2 -50.9 23 13.7 -38.1 261 29 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.4 0.12 16 250 10870 -46.2 -56.2 31 10.0 -46.6 264 28 337.4 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.08 17 200 12318 -56.2 -64.9 33 8.7 -56.4 246 13 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.03 18 150 14128 -57.2 -76.9 7 19.7 -57.5 239 37 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.5 0.01 19 100 16672 -62.7 -84.3 4 21.6 -62.9 263 21 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.85 m Freezing level: 570.45 mb = 4858.98 m = 15941.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.13 mb = 4108.90 m = 13480.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.06 % Est. max temperature: 35.94 C = 96.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.46 mb = 1268.50 m = 4161.71 ft T: 20.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.97 C/km ThetaE index: 24.30 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.79 mb = 3362.90 m = 11033.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.36 C = 101.05 F Cap Strength: 7.02 C Lifted Index: -6.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.81 C Showalter Index: -6.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.32 C Cross Totals Index: 26.54 C K Index: 25.81 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 413.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2371.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 350.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.36 mb = 1758.87 m = 5770.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.36 mb = 4318.90 m = 14169.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.36 mb = 13003.28 m = 42661.17 ft B at Equ Level: 2342.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.36 mb = 16110.64 m = 52855.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.4 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 265.4 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 345.5 neg: -22.3 tot: 323.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 107.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.38 Bulk Rich Number: 8.71 Bulk Shear: 272.27 m/s