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: 46.50,-98.93 Latitude: 46.50 Longitude: -98.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 1 950 491 SFC 943 556 29.5 24.0 73 5.4 25.3 157 13 307.7 311.5 300.4 369.3 20.31 3 900 973 26.1 21.3 75 4.8 22.6 170 24 308.4 311.8 299.3 363.1 18.01 4 850 1476 23.6 19.2 77 4.3 20.4 206 26 310.8 314.0 299.1 362.1 16.74 5 800 2006 21.8 15.3 67 6.5 17.3 239 32 314.4 317.1 298.2 357.3 13.84 6 750 2566 21.8 -7.0 14 28.9 7.3 254 25 320.3 320.9 291.7 330.2 3.01 7 700 3158 17.1 -10.9 14 28.0 4.1 257 24 321.5 321.9 291.6 329.4 2.38 8 650 3782 11.4 -14.1 15 25.5 0.5 255 26 321.9 322.3 291.3 328.6 1.97 9 600 4442 5.2 -17.0 18 22.2 -3.3 255 27 322.2 322.5 291.1 327.9 1.69 10 550 5144 -0.7 -28.5 10 27.8 -8.5 253 34 323.3 323.4 290.5 325.6 0.66 11 500 5897 -6.1 -41.4 4 35.3 -13.0 257 38 325.6 325.6 290.7 326.3 0.20 12 450 6710 -12.4 -46.8 4 34.4 -17.7 259 43 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.1 0.13 13 400 7597 -19.2 -49.6 5 30.4 -22.9 262 46 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.4 0.10 14 350 8576 -26.5 -48.5 11 22.0 -28.8 269 49 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.6 0.13 15 300 9672 -33.5 -57.7 7 24.2 -35.0 272 65 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.05 16 250 10927 -43.0 -58.2 17 15.2 -43.7 272 75 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.06 17 200 12399 -52.1 -66.4 16 14.4 -52.4 273 72 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.03 18 150 14221 -61.6 -78.6 9 17.0 -61.8 266 66 363.9 363.9 299.5 363.9 0.01 19 100 16690 -65.2 -83.9 6 18.7 -65.4 281 29 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5852.45 m Freezing level: 555.85 mb = 5061.66 m = 16606.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.93 mb = 3872.39 m = 12704.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.50 % Est. max temperature: 36.82 C = 98.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.94 mb = 1251.37 m = 4105.49 ft T: 24.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.49 C/km ThetaE index: 43.66 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.73 mb = 3124.33 m = 10250.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.90 C = 109.22 F Cap Strength: 5.30 C Lifted Index: -7.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.99 C Showalter Index: -7.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.07 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.70 C Cross Totals Index: 25.36 C K Index: 20.94 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 563.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3569.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 247.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.34 mb = 1659.37 m = 5444.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.34 mb = 3816.01 m = 12519.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.34 mb = 14329.78 m = 47013.15 ft B at Equ Level: 3546.86 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.6 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 275.6 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 304.2 neg: -3.3 tot: 300.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.75 Bulk Rich Number: 26.53 Bulk Shear: 134.54 m/s