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: 44.64,-98 Latitude: 44.64 Longitude: -98.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 960 419 28.5 24.3 78 4.3 25.3 149 18 305.3 309.0 299.9 366.2 20.30 2 950 509 27.6 23.5 78 4.1 24.5 153 26 305.2 308.8 299.4 363.7 19.51 3 900 987 24.3 22.0 87 2.3 22.6 171 35 306.5 310.0 299.3 363.1 18.80 4 850 1491 25.6 17.5 61 8.0 19.8 211 40 312.9 315.8 298.5 359.2 15.02 5 800 2025 24.5 11.1 43 13.3 15.5 239 34 317.2 319.2 296.7 350.1 10.47 6 750 2589 22.9 -3.0 18 25.9 8.8 245 22 321.5 322.3 293.0 334.9 4.10 7 700 3183 17.6 -2.6 25 20.2 6.6 254 20 321.9 322.8 293.5 336.7 4.52 8 650 3809 12.2 -5.1 29 17.3 3.3 255 22 322.8 323.6 293.3 336.0 4.02 9 600 4472 6.2 -5.9 42 12.1 0.2 256 24 323.3 324.1 293.6 336.9 4.12 10 550 5177 -0.3 -7.4 58 7.2 -3.7 265 27 323.8 324.5 293.6 336.9 3.98 11 500 5930 -7.2 -13.8 59 6.6 -9.7 262 27 324.3 324.8 292.6 333.2 2.64 12 450 6742 -12.3 -45.4 4 33.2 -17.6 275 25 327.8 327.9 291.3 328.4 0.15 13 400 7632 -18.1 -50.9 4 32.8 -22.2 277 31 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.09 14 350 8615 -25.1 -53.4 5 28.3 -27.8 288 41 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.08 15 300 9717 -32.6 -57.6 6 25.0 -34.3 284 53 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.05 16 250 10975 -42.5 -59.6 14 17.1 -43.3 283 61 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.05 17 200 12448 -52.3 -62.3 29 10.1 -52.5 281 59 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.2 0.04 18 150 14267 -62.5 -77.4 12 14.8 -62.6 276 50 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16710 -68.5 -83.2 10 14.7 -68.7 286 36 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5871.04 m Freezing level: 552.10 mb = 5147.64 m = 16888.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.47 mb = 4506.53 m = 14785.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.46 % Est. max temperature: 39.51 C = 103.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.82 mb = 959.47 m = 3147.83 ft T: 24.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.01 C/km ThetaE index: 31.25 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.98 mb = 3170.68 m = 10402.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.03 C = 113.06 F Cap Strength: 6.68 C Lifted Index: -8.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.72 C Showalter Index: -7.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.47 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.75 C Cross Totals Index: 24.72 C K Index: 30.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 609.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3226.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 410.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.87 mb = 1389.46 m = 4558.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.87 mb = 4135.75 m = 13568.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.87 mb = 14476.71 m = 47495.21 ft B at Equ Level: 3198.82 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.0 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 269.0 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 530.1 neg: -21.5 tot: 508.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 169.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.3 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 10.68 Bulk Rich Number: 19.60 Bulk Shear: 164.59 m/s