MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F288.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F288.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 day GFS valid 0Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 46.26,-98.23 Latitude: 46.26 Longitude: -98.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -52 1 950 393 SFC 947 422 30.4 22.9 64 7.5 24.8 168 13 308.3 311.9 299.8 365.7 18.90 3 900 877 28.1 19.0 58 9.1 21.5 179 29 310.5 313.4 298.3 357.9 15.54 4 850 1384 26.2 15.4 52 10.8 18.7 203 30 313.6 316.0 297.5 353.9 13.05 5 800 1917 24.0 10.7 43 13.3 15.2 236 27 316.8 318.7 296.4 348.8 10.19 6 750 2479 21.4 0.6 25 20.8 9.5 247 30 319.8 320.9 293.6 337.0 5.33 7 700 3071 17.3 -10.0 14 27.4 4.4 258 30 321.7 322.2 291.7 330.2 2.55 8 650 3696 11.8 -15.0 14 26.8 0.5 259 34 322.3 322.7 291.3 328.5 1.83 9 600 4357 5.6 -15.4 20 21.0 -2.9 257 36 322.6 323.0 291.5 329.1 1.92 10 550 5059 -1.1 -13.5 38 12.4 -6.1 254 37 322.7 323.2 292.0 331.0 2.45 11 500 5809 -8.0 -14.8 58 6.8 -10.5 251 40 323.3 323.8 292.1 331.5 2.42 12 450 6618 -14.1 -25.6 37 11.5 -17.1 252 43 325.5 325.7 291.5 329.2 1.05 13 400 7501 -20.2 -40.3 15 20.1 -23.3 259 48 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.8 0.28 14 350 8477 -26.4 -50.4 8 24.1 -28.7 262 64 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.11 15 300 9574 -33.8 -51.9 14 18.1 -35.2 264 75 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.1 0.11 16 250 10832 -41.2 -60.0 11 18.9 -42.1 270 84 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.05 17 200 12306 -53.2 -63.2 29 10.0 -53.4 270 91 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.7 0.04 18 150 14107 -63.1 -76.7 14 13.6 -63.2 276 80 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16596 -64.6 -83.7 6 19.1 -64.8 251 42 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5861.18 m Freezing level: 558.50 mb = 4939.97 m = 16207.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.95 mb = 3798.91 m = 12463.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.77 % Est. max temperature: 38.90 C = 102.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.89 mb = 1385.04 m = 4544.05 ft T: 26.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.25 C/km ThetaE index: 37.12 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 673.83 mb = 3392.38 m = 11129.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.89 C = 111.00 F Cap Strength: 6.35 C Lifted Index: -7.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.54 C Showalter Index: -6.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.55 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.16 C Cross Totals Index: 23.39 C K Index: 22.19 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 573.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2767.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 384.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.67 mb = 2085.42 m = 6841.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 619.67 mb = 4090.62 m = 13420.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.67 mb = 13716.13 m = 44999.87 ft B at Equ Level: 2764.13 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.2 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 274.2 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 306.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 306.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.00 Bulk Rich Number: 20.38 Bulk Shear: 135.83 m/s