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: 44.51,-98.21 Latitude: 44.51 Longitude: -98.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 960 411 29.6 24.7 75 4.9 25.9 149 18 306.3 310.2 300.4 369.2 20.85 2 950 505 29.0 23.8 73 5.2 25.1 152 27 306.6 310.3 299.9 366.6 19.88 3 900 985 26.0 21.9 78 4.1 23.0 170 36 308.3 311.8 299.7 365.0 18.68 4 850 1491 26.2 17.1 57 9.1 19.7 206 39 313.6 316.4 298.4 358.7 14.60 5 800 2025 24.5 11.8 45 12.7 16.0 234 35 317.3 319.4 297.0 351.6 10.93 6 750 2589 22.7 -1.0 21 23.7 9.4 244 25 321.3 322.2 293.5 336.8 4.76 7 700 3183 17.7 -2.1 26 19.7 6.8 254 21 322.0 323.0 293.7 337.4 4.69 8 650 3810 12.2 -4.4 31 16.6 3.5 254 22 322.7 323.6 293.5 336.6 4.23 9 600 4473 6.2 -5.5 43 11.8 0.3 256 24 323.3 324.2 293.6 337.2 4.22 10 550 5178 -0.3 -7.2 59 7.0 -3.6 265 27 323.8 324.6 293.6 337.2 4.05 11 500 5931 -7.0 -15.8 50 8.8 -10.2 261 26 324.5 325.0 292.3 332.1 2.24 12 450 6744 -12.2 -45.6 4 33.5 -17.5 273 25 327.9 328.0 291.3 328.5 0.14 13 400 7633 -18.2 -50.2 4 31.9 -22.2 277 30 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.10 14 350 8616 -24.9 -53.0 6 28.1 -27.7 286 42 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.5 0.08 15 300 9720 -32.4 -57.5 6 25.1 -34.1 284 53 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.05 16 250 10978 -42.4 -59.8 13 17.4 -43.2 282 60 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.05 17 200 12452 -52.2 -62.3 29 10.1 -52.5 279 59 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.3 0.04 18 150 14271 -62.6 -77.4 12 14.8 -62.7 275 49 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16712 -68.7 -83.2 11 14.5 -68.8 285 35 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5877.38 m Freezing level: 552.02 mb = 5149.35 m = 16893.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.96 mb = 4527.66 m = 14854.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.41 % Est. max temperature: 39.68 C = 103.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.03 mb = 1034.43 m = 3393.75 ft T: 26.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.97 C/km ThetaE index: 32.43 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.20 mb = 3180.72 m = 10435.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.17 C = 113.31 F Cap Strength: 6.07 C Lifted Index: -8.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.40 C Showalter Index: -6.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.27 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.17 C Cross Totals Index: 24.10 C K Index: 30.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 600.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3526.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 376.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.87 mb = 1565.55 m = 5136.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.87 mb = 3965.69 m = 13010.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 137.87 mb = 14778.52 m = 48485.38 ft B at Equ Level: 3475.46 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.3 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 267.3 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 511.5 neg: -11.7 tot: 499.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 166.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 11.27 Bulk Rich Number: 20.78 Bulk Shear: 169.67 m/s