MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F294.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F294.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 294 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 46.13,-99.57 Latitude: 46.13 Longitude: -99.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 1 950 505 SFC 939 613 32.1 23.1 59 9.0 25.3 60 8 310.8 314.5 300.6 370.1 19.33 3 900 990 28.4 20.7 63 7.7 22.8 65 9 310.8 314.1 299.5 364.0 17.38 4 850 1496 23.7 19.7 78 4.0 20.8 73 6 310.9 314.2 299.4 363.7 17.22 5 800 2025 22.7 7.6 38 15.1 13.2 162 4 315.4 317.0 294.6 341.2 8.23 6 750 2584 21.1 -7.3 14 28.4 6.9 209 10 319.5 320.1 291.5 329.3 2.95 7 700 3176 17.0 -12.3 12 29.3 3.8 251 19 321.3 321.7 291.3 328.4 2.12 8 650 3800 11.3 -11.4 19 22.7 1.1 271 28 321.7 322.2 291.7 330.0 2.45 9 600 4460 5.4 -9.3 34 14.7 -1.3 269 35 322.4 323.0 292.5 332.9 3.15 10 550 5163 -0.8 -13.0 39 12.2 -5.8 267 38 323.1 323.6 292.2 331.7 2.56 11 500 5915 -7.0 -22.0 29 15.0 -11.7 267 41 324.5 324.8 291.5 329.1 1.31 12 450 6727 -12.7 -32.7 17 20.0 -17.1 269 44 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.3 0.55 13 400 7614 -19.4 -39.3 15 19.9 -22.7 271 47 329.7 329.8 292.0 330.9 0.32 14 350 8592 -26.4 -47.7 12 21.4 -28.7 277 54 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.8 0.15 15 300 9688 -34.3 -53.3 13 19.0 -35.7 278 62 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.4 0.09 16 250 10938 -43.0 -58.8 16 15.8 -43.7 277 78 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.3 0.05 17 200 12408 -53.3 -67.0 17 13.7 -53.6 274 89 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 14217 -61.9 -78.4 9 16.5 -62.0 276 80 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16700 -64.3 -83.8 5 19.5 -64.5 271 35 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5857.08 m Freezing level: 556.42 mb = 5072.64 m = 16642.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.64 mb = 4088.44 m = 13413.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.60 % Est. max temperature: 37.47 C = 99.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.09 mb = 1755.19 m = 5758.42 ft T: 23.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.76 C/km ThetaE index: 41.65 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.83 mb = 3189.61 m = 10464.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.39 C = 108.30 F Cap Strength: 4.48 C Lifted Index: -8.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.73 C Showalter Index: -8.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.37 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.68 C Cross Totals Index: 26.69 C K Index: 21.03 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 456.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3839.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 87.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 210.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.83 mb = 1961.17 m = 6434.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.83 mb = 3788.75 m = 12430.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 140.83 mb = 14602.86 m = 47909.05 ft B at Equ Level: 3782.46 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.6 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 294.6 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 196.9 neg: -2.4 tot: 194.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.72 Bulk Rich Number: 27.27 Bulk Shear: 140.81 m/s