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: 46.20,-98.86 Latitude: 46.20 Longitude: -98.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 1 950 494 SFC 944 548 29.7 24.1 72 5.6 25.4 160 13 307.8 311.6 300.5 369.6 20.38 3 900 976 26.1 21.5 76 4.6 22.7 170 24 308.4 311.8 299.4 363.6 18.19 4 850 1479 23.4 19.3 78 4.1 20.4 204 26 310.7 313.9 299.1 362.1 16.80 5 800 2009 22.0 15.4 66 6.6 17.4 236 33 314.6 317.2 298.2 357.7 13.89 6 750 2569 21.7 -4.0 17 25.7 8.0 252 26 320.1 320.9 292.4 332.5 3.78 7 700 3162 17.4 -11.9 12 29.4 4.0 256 23 321.8 322.2 291.5 329.2 2.19 8 650 3786 11.6 -14.3 15 25.9 0.6 256 24 322.1 322.5 291.3 328.7 1.94 9 600 4447 5.4 -14.7 22 20.0 -2.8 255 28 322.3 322.7 291.5 329.2 2.04 10 550 5149 -0.7 -19.0 24 18.3 -7.2 251 36 323.3 323.6 291.3 328.6 1.55 11 500 5902 -6.1 -38.9 5 32.8 -12.9 256 38 325.6 325.6 290.7 326.6 0.26 12 450 6716 -12.3 -46.6 4 34.4 -17.6 260 42 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.3 0.13 13 400 7604 -19.1 -49.8 5 30.7 -22.8 265 44 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.6 0.10 14 350 8582 -26.2 -51.5 7 25.3 -28.6 272 48 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.10 15 300 9681 -33.2 -58.1 6 24.9 -34.8 274 63 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.05 16 250 10936 -42.9 -58.3 17 15.4 -43.6 273 73 342.2 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.06 17 200 12408 -52.1 -64.6 21 12.5 -52.4 273 69 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.03 18 150 14229 -61.9 -78.1 10 16.2 -62.0 267 63 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16694 -65.9 -83.8 6 17.9 -66.0 282 29 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5854.67 m Freezing level: 555.52 mb = 5071.67 m = 16639.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.09 mb = 3900.39 m = 12796.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.41 % Est. max temperature: 36.90 C = 98.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.31 mb = 1261.23 m = 4137.85 ft T: 24.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.59 C/km ThetaE index: 40.94 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.49 mb = 3155.67 m = 10353.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.41 C = 110.13 F Cap Strength: 5.11 C Lifted Index: -7.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.24 C Showalter Index: -7.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.53 C Cross Totals Index: 25.40 C K Index: 19.45 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 564.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3599.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 248.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.17 mb = 1633.02 m = 5357.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.17 mb = 3912.25 m = 12835.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 140.17 mb = 14640.91 m = 48033.89 ft B at Equ Level: 3540.04 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.6 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 274.6 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 295.2 neg: -4.6 tot: 290.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.61 Bulk Rich Number: 28.39 Bulk Shear: 126.80 m/s