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: 46.87,-98.7 Latitude: 46.87 Longitude: -98.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 951 481 28.4 23.8 76 4.6 25.0 158 14 305.9 309.6 299.8 365.8 19.92 2 950 493 28.5 23.3 73 5.2 24.6 160 16 306.1 309.7 299.5 364.2 19.30 3 900 973 25.1 21.0 78 4.1 22.1 175 26 307.4 310.7 298.8 360.7 17.68 4 850 1475 22.6 19.2 81 3.4 20.1 210 25 309.8 313.0 298.8 360.6 16.68 5 800 2003 21.0 15.5 71 5.5 17.2 244 32 313.6 316.3 298.1 356.9 14.01 6 750 2562 21.5 -6.4 15 27.9 7.3 258 25 319.9 320.5 291.8 330.4 3.17 7 700 3154 16.9 -11.8 13 28.7 3.8 260 23 321.2 321.6 291.3 328.6 2.21 8 650 3778 11.2 -12.4 18 23.6 0.8 257 26 321.7 322.1 291.5 329.3 2.26 9 600 4437 5.2 -16.1 20 21.3 -3.2 255 28 322.1 322.5 291.2 328.3 1.81 10 550 5139 -1.1 -21.1 20 20.0 -7.8 250 34 322.7 323.0 290.9 327.2 1.29 11 500 5890 -6.6 -39.3 5 32.7 -13.2 254 40 325.0 325.1 290.6 326.0 0.25 12 450 6703 -12.7 -45.6 5 32.9 -17.9 259 44 327.3 327.3 291.1 327.9 0.14 13 400 7589 -19.4 -46.4 7 27.0 -23.0 263 46 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.15 14 350 8566 -26.7 -47.8 12 21.0 -29.0 269 48 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.3 0.15 15 300 9662 -33.7 -55.3 10 21.6 -35.2 273 68 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.2 0.07 16 250 10916 -43.0 -58.2 17 15.2 -43.7 272 79 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.4 0.06 17 200 12387 -52.1 -67.5 14 15.4 -52.4 274 76 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.02 18 150 14212 -61.1 -79.6 7 18.5 -61.3 268 68 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16685 -65.4 -83.9 6 18.5 -65.5 274 27 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5844.62 m Freezing level: 559.01 mb = 5012.37 m = 16444.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.61 mb = 3910.36 m = 12829.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.22 % Est. max temperature: 35.89 C = 96.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.23 mb = 1068.69 m = 3506.15 ft T: 24.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.58 C/km ThetaE index: 37.19 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.42 mb = 3111.84 m = 10209.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.43 C = 110.17 F Cap Strength: 5.49 C Lifted Index: -7.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.36 C Showalter Index: -7.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.17 C Cross Totals Index: 25.74 C K Index: 19.63 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 550.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3194.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 262.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.16 mb = 1503.82 m = 4933.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.16 mb = 3877.57 m = 12721.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.16 mb = 14121.56 m = 46330.00 ft B at Equ Level: 3161.33 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.3 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 275.3 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 296.4 neg: -3.9 tot: 292.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.89 Bulk Rich Number: 23.95 Bulk Shear: 133.39 m/s