MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F270.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F270.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 270 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 44.44,-98.15 Latitude: 44.44 Longitude: -98.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 960 411 29.4 24.7 76 4.8 25.8 148 18 306.1 310.0 300.3 368.6 20.75 2 950 507 28.7 23.7 75 5.0 25.0 152 27 306.3 310.0 299.8 366.1 19.83 3 900 987 25.8 21.9 79 3.9 22.9 171 36 308.1 311.6 299.6 364.7 18.70 4 850 1493 26.1 17.2 58 8.9 19.7 207 39 313.5 316.3 298.5 358.8 14.67 5 800 2026 24.4 11.8 45 12.6 15.9 235 34 317.1 319.3 297.0 351.5 10.95 6 750 2590 22.8 -1.5 20 24.3 9.2 245 24 321.3 322.2 293.4 336.2 4.57 7 700 3184 17.7 -2.9 24 20.6 6.6 254 20 322.1 323.0 293.4 336.5 4.41 8 650 3811 12.2 -5.1 29 17.3 3.4 255 21 322.8 323.6 293.3 336.1 4.03 9 600 4474 6.3 -5.9 41 12.2 0.2 257 23 323.4 324.2 293.6 336.9 4.09 10 550 5179 -0.2 -7.4 58 7.2 -3.6 266 26 323.8 324.6 293.6 337.0 3.99 11 500 5932 -7.0 -14.5 55 7.5 -9.9 261 25 324.5 325.0 292.5 332.9 2.48 12 450 6745 -12.2 -45.2 5 33.0 -17.5 275 24 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.5 0.15 13 400 7634 -18.2 -50.4 4 32.2 -22.2 277 29 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.09 14 350 8618 -24.9 -53.0 5 28.1 -27.6 287 41 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.5 0.08 15 300 9721 -32.4 -57.6 6 25.2 -34.1 285 53 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.05 16 250 10980 -42.4 -59.9 13 17.5 -43.2 283 60 343.0 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.05 17 200 12453 -52.3 -62.1 30 9.8 -52.5 279 59 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.2 0.05 18 150 14272 -62.6 -77.3 12 14.7 -62.7 276 48 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16713 -68.6 -83.2 11 14.6 -68.7 286 35 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5876.58 m Freezing level: 551.70 mb = 5155.05 m = 16912.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.43 mb = 4508.65 m = 14791.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.26 % Est. max temperature: 39.57 C = 103.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.66 mb = 1019.63 m = 3345.19 ft T: 25.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.99 C/km ThetaE index: 32.40 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.61 mb = 3188.71 m = 10461.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.26 C = 113.46 F Cap Strength: 6.16 C Lifted Index: -8.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.51 C Showalter Index: -6.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.24 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.06 C Cross Totals Index: 24.18 C K Index: 29.62 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 600.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3479.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 382.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.81 mb = 1536.00 m = 5039.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.81 mb = 4058.87 m = 13316.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 140.81 mb = 14652.45 m = 48071.76 ft B at Equ Level: 3446.02 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.6 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 267.6 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 510.8 neg: -13.0 tot: 497.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 165.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.0 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 11.10 Bulk Rich Number: 20.89 Bulk Shear: 166.60 m/s