MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F264.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F264.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11 day GFS valid 18Z MON 16 JUN 25 Station: 47.11,-100.67 Latitude: 47.11 Longitude: -100.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 1 950 484 SFC 939 587 29.4 21.3 61 8.2 23.5 186 13 308.1 311.3 298.7 360.1 17.18 3 900 964 25.0 19.1 70 5.8 20.8 192 23 307.2 310.2 297.6 354.5 15.70 4 850 1463 20.6 18.1 85 2.5 18.8 197 24 307.7 310.6 297.6 354.5 15.51 5 800 1988 22.4 7.9 39 14.5 13.2 223 24 315.0 316.6 294.6 341.2 8.37 6 750 2548 22.0 -6.1 15 28.1 7.6 248 22 320.4 321.1 292.0 331.1 3.23 7 700 3141 17.4 -11.3 13 28.7 4.1 258 25 321.8 322.2 291.6 329.5 2.30 8 650 3766 11.8 -11.2 19 23.1 1.4 247 29 322.3 322.8 291.9 330.7 2.49 9 600 4427 5.6 -13.5 24 19.1 -2.4 241 32 322.6 323.1 291.8 330.2 2.25 10 550 5130 -1.0 -15.7 32 14.6 -6.6 235 35 322.9 323.3 291.7 329.8 2.05 11 500 5880 -8.0 -16.8 49 8.8 -11.1 227 42 323.3 323.7 291.8 330.2 2.05 12 450 6688 -14.0 -35.8 14 21.8 -18.2 236 37 325.7 325.7 290.9 327.2 0.40 13 400 7572 -19.7 -43.8 10 24.1 -23.1 243 38 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.1 0.20 14 350 8549 -26.6 -47.0 13 20.4 -28.8 257 47 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.5 0.16 15 300 9645 -34.0 -52.3 14 18.3 -35.4 266 67 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.9 0.10 16 250 10899 -42.7 -60.5 13 17.8 -43.5 266 84 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.04 17 200 12369 -52.5 -66.9 16 14.4 -52.8 269 83 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 14186 -61.3 -78.6 8 17.3 -61.5 269 69 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.01 19 100 16659 -65.4 -84.0 6 18.6 -65.5 293 27 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5840.49 m Freezing level: 557.75 mb = 5020.82 m = 16472.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.77 mb = 4001.06 m = 13126.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.30 % Est. max temperature: 37.37 C = 99.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.18 mb = 1625.75 m = 5333.78 ft T: 21.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.29 C/km ThetaE index: 25.02 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.59 mb = 3440.30 m = 11286.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.18 C = 109.72 F Cap Strength: 7.43 C Lifted Index: -6.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.40 C Showalter Index: -6.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.59 C Cross Totals Index: 26.06 C K Index: 17.91 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 506.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2232.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 410.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.48 mb = 1737.40 m = 5700.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 608.48 mb = 4311.32 m = 14144.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.48 mb = 13088.01 m = 42939.13 ft B at Equ Level: 2228.30 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.3 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 262.3 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.7 neg: -2.2 tot: 113.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.55 Bulk Rich Number: 42.42 Bulk Shear: 52.64 m/s