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: 44.78,-98.39 Latitude: 44.78 Longitude: -98.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 960 406 30.1 24.8 73 5.3 26.0 152 17 306.8 310.7 300.5 369.9 20.90 2 950 501 29.7 23.7 70 6.0 25.2 155 26 307.3 311.0 300.1 367.2 19.81 3 900 982 26.3 21.8 76 4.5 23.0 168 35 308.6 312.1 299.7 365.2 18.61 4 850 1488 26.2 17.1 57 9.1 19.8 204 38 313.6 316.4 298.5 358.8 14.61 5 800 2022 24.2 12.6 48 11.6 16.3 233 36 317.0 319.2 297.3 353.3 11.57 6 750 2585 22.5 1.1 24 21.4 10.1 244 28 321.0 322.1 294.1 339.0 5.54 7 700 3180 17.7 -2.4 25 20.1 6.8 251 23 322.1 323.0 293.6 337.1 4.60 8 650 3806 12.1 -4.8 30 16.8 3.4 252 23 322.6 323.4 293.4 336.2 4.13 9 600 4469 6.0 -6.7 39 12.8 -0.2 253 25 323.1 323.9 293.3 335.8 3.85 10 550 5173 -0.5 -7.6 58 7.1 -3.8 259 28 323.5 324.3 293.4 336.5 3.92 11 500 5926 -7.1 -19.0 38 11.9 -11.1 264 28 324.4 324.8 291.8 330.3 1.70 12 450 6739 -11.9 -46.8 4 34.9 -17.4 269 28 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.8 0.13 13 400 7629 -18.2 -49.8 4 31.5 -22.2 274 33 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.10 14 350 8612 -25.1 -53.1 6 28.0 -27.9 282 43 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.08 15 300 9715 -32.5 -57.4 7 24.9 -34.2 281 55 339.5 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.05 16 250 10972 -42.5 -59.4 14 16.9 -43.2 280 62 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.05 17 200 12445 -52.3 -62.4 28 10.2 -52.5 277 60 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.2 0.04 18 150 14265 -62.4 -77.6 11 15.1 -62.6 274 51 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16711 -68.6 -83.2 11 14.6 -68.7 280 35 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5876.72 m Freezing level: 553.61 mb = 5122.36 m = 16805.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.00 mb = 4427.55 m = 14525.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.25 % Est. max temperature: 39.47 C = 103.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.77 mb = 1083.53 m = 3554.84 ft T: 26.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.02 C/km ThetaE index: 34.08 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.12 mb = 3190.33 m = 10466.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.24 C = 113.43 F Cap Strength: 5.81 C Lifted Index: -8.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.39 C Showalter Index: -7.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.50 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.31 C Cross Totals Index: 24.19 C K Index: 30.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 612.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3609.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 358.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.66 mb = 1617.22 m = 5305.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.66 mb = 3900.14 m = 12795.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 142.66 mb = 14567.16 m = 47791.93 ft B at Equ Level: 3590.96 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.8 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 266.8 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 491.7 neg: -5.8 tot: 485.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 162.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 11.09 Bulk Rich Number: 22.10 Bulk Shear: 163.29 m/s