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: 46.26,-98.86 Latitude: 46.26 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 945 545 29.6 24.1 72 5.5 25.4 160 13 307.8 311.6 300.5 369.5 20.37 3 900 976 26.0 21.4 76 4.6 22.6 170 24 308.3 311.8 299.4 363.4 18.16 4 850 1479 23.4 19.3 78 4.1 20.4 205 26 310.6 313.8 299.1 362.0 16.81 5 800 2009 21.9 15.4 67 6.5 17.4 237 33 314.5 317.2 298.2 357.6 13.89 6 750 2568 21.7 -4.5 17 26.3 7.9 253 25 320.2 320.9 292.3 332.1 3.64 7 700 3161 17.4 -11.7 13 29.1 4.1 256 23 321.7 322.2 291.5 329.2 2.23 8 650 3786 11.6 -14.2 15 25.8 0.6 255 25 322.1 322.4 291.3 328.7 1.95 9 600 4446 5.3 -15.0 21 20.4 -2.9 255 28 322.3 322.7 291.5 329.0 1.98 10 550 5148 -0.7 -20.1 21 19.5 -7.4 252 35 323.3 323.5 291.2 328.1 1.40 11 500 5901 -6.1 -39.3 5 33.2 -12.9 256 38 325.6 325.6 290.7 326.5 0.25 12 450 6715 -12.3 -46.7 4 34.4 -17.6 260 42 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.3 0.13 13 400 7602 -19.1 -49.8 5 30.7 -22.9 264 45 330.1 330.2 291.9 330.5 0.10 14 350 8581 -26.3 -50.8 8 24.5 -28.7 271 48 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.10 15 300 9679 -33.3 -58.0 7 24.7 -34.9 274 63 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.05 16 250 10934 -42.9 -58.3 17 15.4 -43.6 273 73 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.5 0.06 17 200 12406 -52.1 -65.0 20 12.9 -52.4 273 70 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.03 18 150 14227 -61.8 -78.2 9 16.4 -62.0 267 64 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16693 -65.8 -83.8 6 18.0 -65.9 282 29 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5854.06 m Freezing level: 555.72 mb = 5067.81 m = 16626.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.39 mb = 3895.74 m = 12781.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.02 % Est. max temperature: 36.85 C = 98.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.04 mb = 1253.33 m = 4111.94 ft T: 24.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.58 C/km ThetaE index: 40.83 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.17 mb = 3146.56 m = 10323.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.34 C = 110.01 F Cap Strength: 5.13 C Lifted Index: -7.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.18 C Showalter Index: -7.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.51 C Cross Totals Index: 25.42 C K Index: 19.72 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 563.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3588.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 247.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.61 mb = 1627.82 m = 5340.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.61 mb = 3905.71 m = 12813.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 140.61 mb = 14620.32 m = 47966.35 ft B at Equ Level: 3529.91 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.8 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 274.8 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 296.4 neg: -4.3 tot: 292.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.62 Bulk Rich Number: 28.05 Bulk Shear: 127.91 m/s