MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 16 JUN 25 Station: 44.91,-103.27 Latitude: 44.91 Longitude: -103.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 1 950 507 SFC 909 901 31.3 17.3 43 14.0 21.3 120 14 312.8 315.5 297.8 355.4 13.80 3 900 987 30.4 15.7 41 14.7 20.1 123 18 312.8 315.2 297.0 351.5 12.53 4 850 1495 25.6 14.0 49 11.6 17.7 132 21 313.0 315.2 296.5 349.7 11.91 5 800 2024 20.7 12.9 61 7.8 15.4 143 21 313.2 315.5 296.5 349.6 11.76 6 750 2580 18.8 5.7 42 13.1 10.7 189 13 317.0 318.5 294.6 341.3 7.68 7 700 3169 14.9 0.2 37 14.7 6.6 231 15 319.0 320.1 293.5 336.8 5.55 8 650 3790 9.5 -2.8 42 12.4 3.0 238 16 319.7 320.7 293.1 335.2 4.78 9 600 4447 3.8 -7.1 45 10.9 -1.4 244 18 320.5 321.3 292.4 332.8 3.74 10 550 5146 -2.2 -12.0 47 9.8 -6.2 255 24 321.5 322.1 291.9 330.8 2.78 11 500 5896 -7.3 -24.9 23 17.6 -12.4 264 35 324.1 324.3 291.0 327.7 1.01 12 450 6706 -14.0 -31.8 21 17.8 -17.9 270 35 325.7 325.8 291.1 327.9 0.59 13 400 7587 -21.0 -35.5 26 14.6 -23.5 270 38 327.8 327.8 291.6 329.5 0.46 14 350 8559 -27.9 -43.6 21 15.7 -29.7 267 45 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.0 0.23 15 300 9648 -35.4 -49.3 23 13.9 -36.5 263 57 335.4 335.4 293.3 336.0 0.14 16 250 10894 -43.7 -59.1 17 15.4 -44.3 266 71 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.05 17 200 12367 -52.1 -67.9 13 15.8 -52.4 270 88 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.02 18 150 14191 -59.8 -80.0 5 20.2 -60.0 267 65 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16687 -64.9 -83.9 6 19.0 -65.1 248 34 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.16 m Freezing level: 568.08 mb = 4893.34 m = 16054.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.78 mb = 4233.96 m = 13890.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.52 % Est. max temperature: 34.64 C = 94.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 742.48 mb = 2666.33 m = 8747.71 ft T: 18.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.16 C/km ThetaE index: 27.73 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 658.01 mb = 3687.22 m = 12097.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.84 C = 100.12 F Cap Strength: 4.74 C Lifted Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.18 C Showalter Index: -4.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.94 C Cross Totals Index: 21.34 C K Index: 32.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1703.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 198.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 720.24 mb = 2925.76 m = 9598.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 615.24 mb = 4241.13 m = 13914.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.24 mb = 12519.93 m = 41075.39 ft B at Equ Level: 1686.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.24 mb = 15814.04 m = 51882.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.5 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 267.5 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 151.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.51 Bulk Rich Number: 11.12 Bulk Shear: 153.19 m/s