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: 50.21,-99.43 Latitude: 50.21 Longitude: -99.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 962 412 27.9 19.5 60 8.4 21.9 295 6 304.5 307.3 296.5 349.3 15.04 2 950 518 27.8 16.4 50 11.4 19.9 299 10 305.4 307.7 294.9 342.5 12.42 3 900 994 23.6 13.9 55 9.7 17.2 293 12 305.8 307.9 294.1 339.4 11.19 4 850 1490 19.1 12.7 67 6.3 14.9 284 12 306.1 308.2 294.1 339.0 10.95 5 800 2008 14.4 11.2 81 3.2 12.3 273 14 306.5 308.5 293.9 338.1 10.49 6 750 2550 10.6 8.7 88 1.9 9.5 267 21 308.1 309.9 293.5 336.8 9.46 7 700 3122 6.7 4.9 88 1.8 5.6 269 30 309.9 311.3 292.7 333.7 7.76 8 650 3727 2.7 -1.3 75 3.9 0.7 274 41 312.0 313.0 291.4 328.8 5.37 9 600 4371 -0.5 -17.1 27 16.6 -6.4 273 55 315.5 315.8 289.0 321.1 1.67 10 550 5060 -4.5 -27.5 15 23.0 -10.6 274 58 318.7 318.9 289.2 321.3 0.73 11 500 5805 -8.8 -25.8 24 17.0 -13.4 276 62 322.3 322.5 290.5 325.6 0.94 12 450 6612 -14.5 -26.7 35 12.2 -17.5 275 66 325.0 325.2 291.3 328.4 0.96 13 400 7492 -21.2 -32.6 35 11.4 -23.4 275 69 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.7 0.62 14 350 8462 -28.7 -40.6 31 11.8 -30.2 279 73 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.2 0.32 15 300 9546 -37.3 -45.4 43 8.1 -38.0 280 82 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.6 0.22 16 250 10780 -46.3 -55.8 34 9.4 -46.7 279 92 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.5 0.08 17 200 12229 -55.9 -63.0 41 7.0 -56.1 286 97 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.04 18 150 14048 -57.1 -76.0 7 18.9 -57.4 284 82 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.01 19 100 16625 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 272 38 418.8 418.8 307.6 418.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.76 m Freezing level: 608.17 mb = 4265.87 m = 13995.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.32 mb = 3785.65 m = 12419.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.25 % Est. max temperature: 29.84 C = 85.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.09 mb = 1479.06 m = 4852.50 ft T: 19.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 28.25 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.97 mb = 2307.63 m = 7570.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.82 C = 87.47 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.25 C Showalter Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.84 C Cross Totals Index: 21.53 C K Index: 38.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 920.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.17 mb = 2101.10 m = 6893.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 746.17 mb = 2592.84 m = 8506.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.17 mb = 11430.23 m = 37500.31 ft B at Equ Level: 918.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.17 mb = 14212.12 m = 46627.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.6 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 304.6 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.4 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 125.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 8.94 Bulk Shear: 102.89 m/s