MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F273.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F273.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 273 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 46.67,-99.88 Latitude: 46.67 Longitude: -99.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 1 950 473 SFC 938 587 26.8 23.3 81 3.5 24.2 149 12 305.5 309.1 299.5 364.1 19.53 3 900 953 28.0 21.2 67 6.8 23.0 170 32 310.4 313.8 299.7 365.2 17.91 4 850 1465 29.7 13.8 38 15.9 18.7 201 26 317.2 319.5 297.5 354.1 11.75 5 800 2002 26.1 7.2 30 18.9 14.1 229 22 319.0 320.5 295.4 344.4 7.98 6 750 2566 21.7 0.5 24 21.2 9.6 250 24 320.1 321.2 293.6 337.2 5.29 7 700 3157 16.2 -2.8 27 19.0 6.1 252 23 320.4 321.3 293.0 335.0 4.46 8 650 3780 10.6 -7.7 27 18.2 1.8 245 26 320.9 321.6 292.2 331.8 3.30 9 600 4439 5.1 -15.0 22 20.0 -3.0 243 39 322.0 322.4 291.3 328.7 1.99 10 550 5141 -0.5 -25.4 13 25.0 -8.1 251 44 323.5 323.7 290.7 326.7 0.88 11 500 5895 -6.1 -38.7 6 32.6 -12.9 261 45 325.6 325.6 290.7 326.6 0.27 12 450 6707 -13.0 -43.0 6 30.0 -18.0 261 48 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.6 0.19 13 400 7593 -19.2 -46.1 7 26.9 -22.8 264 51 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.15 14 350 8572 -26.1 -50.0 9 23.9 -28.5 266 60 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.11 15 300 9671 -33.2 -56.4 8 23.2 -34.8 268 70 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.8 0.06 16 250 10928 -42.3 -51.5 36 9.2 -42.8 266 75 343.2 343.3 295.2 343.8 0.13 17 200 12402 -51.9 -67.7 13 15.7 -52.3 264 69 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 14222 -62.1 -78.1 10 16.0 -62.3 260 59 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16677 -64.2 -83.8 5 19.6 -64.3 263 33 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5865.61 m Freezing level: 554.13 mb = 5083.45 m = 16677.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.50 mb = 4017.82 m = 13181.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.61 % Est. max temperature: 40.32 C = 104.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.83 mb = 1034.79 m = 3394.93 ft T: 28.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.16 C/km ThetaE index: 38.58 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.45 mb = 3284.79 m = 10776.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.57 C = 106.82 F Cap Strength: 6.95 C Lifted Index: -6.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.89 C Showalter Index: -4.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.73 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.79 C Cross Totals Index: 19.94 C K Index: 30.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 531.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2965.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 363.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 773.65 mb = 2294.45 m = 7527.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.65 mb = 3797.18 m = 12457.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.65 mb = 13866.91 m = 45494.55 ft B at Equ Level: 2962.88 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.8 at 32.7 knts Storm direction: 272.8 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 298.8 neg: -1.1 tot: 297.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.47 Bulk Rich Number: 17.53 Bulk Shear: 169.19 m/s