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: 46.74,-100.2 Latitude: 46.74 Longitude: -100.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25 1 950 470 SFC 939 577 27.3 23.2 78 4.1 24.2 146 11 305.9 309.5 299.5 364.1 19.36 3 900 951 29.0 20.8 61 8.2 22.9 170 31 311.4 314.7 299.7 364.9 17.44 4 850 1463 29.6 14.1 39 15.5 18.8 198 26 317.2 319.5 297.6 354.7 11.96 5 800 2000 25.8 8.8 34 16.9 14.7 222 22 318.6 320.3 296.0 346.9 8.93 6 750 2563 21.3 3.3 31 18.0 10.5 244 23 319.7 320.9 294.4 340.4 6.46 7 700 3154 15.8 -0.0 34 15.8 6.9 249 21 320.0 321.1 293.7 337.6 5.46 8 650 3777 10.4 -6.2 30 16.6 2.2 242 25 320.7 321.4 292.5 332.8 3.69 9 600 4436 5.0 -14.7 22 19.7 -3.0 242 39 322.0 322.4 291.4 328.9 2.04 10 550 5138 -0.6 -23.6 16 22.9 -7.9 250 43 323.4 323.6 290.9 327.0 1.04 11 500 5890 -6.5 -36.2 7 29.7 -13.0 259 45 325.1 325.2 290.7 326.4 0.35 12 450 6703 -13.0 -42.0 7 29.0 -17.9 258 50 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.7 0.21 13 400 7588 -19.5 -44.9 9 25.4 -23.0 261 53 329.6 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.17 14 350 8566 -26.4 -48.4 11 22.0 -28.7 265 62 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.14 15 300 9663 -33.4 -56.2 8 22.8 -35.0 267 74 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.06 16 250 10920 -42.2 -51.6 35 9.3 -42.8 265 78 343.3 343.3 295.2 343.8 0.13 17 200 12396 -51.4 -68.4 11 17.1 -51.7 264 71 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.02 18 150 14223 -61.3 -78.5 9 17.2 -61.4 257 56 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.01 19 100 16674 -64.5 -83.7 6 19.2 -64.7 261 37 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5865.11 m Freezing level: 555.39 mb = 5062.40 m = 16608.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.79 mb = 4050.17 m = 13287.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.08 % Est. max temperature: 39.97 C = 103.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.10 mb = 1110.69 m = 3643.96 ft T: 29.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.15 C/km ThetaE index: 38.51 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.48 mb = 3245.18 m = 10646.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.21 C = 106.18 F Cap Strength: 6.23 C Lifted Index: -7.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.44 C Showalter Index: -5.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.64 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.10 C Cross Totals Index: 20.55 C K Index: 34.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 552.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2988.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 326.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.86 mb = 2358.01 m = 7736.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.86 mb = 3740.13 m = 12270.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.86 mb = 13700.44 m = 44948.40 ft B at Equ Level: 2986.19 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.3 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 270.3 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 281.0 neg: -4.5 tot: 276.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.14 Bulk Rich Number: 19.79 Bulk Shear: 150.99 m/s