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: 46.53,-98.55 Latitude: 46.53 Longitude: -98.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 387 SFC 943 455 30.5 23.3 66 7.1 25.1 156 12 308.8 312.4 300.2 368.0 19.49 3 900 871 28.3 19.3 58 9.0 21.8 171 24 310.7 313.7 298.5 359.1 15.85 4 850 1378 27.0 15.0 48 12.0 18.7 211 21 314.4 316.9 297.5 354.0 12.74 5 800 1912 23.9 10.6 43 13.3 15.1 244 24 316.7 318.6 296.3 348.4 10.12 6 750 2473 21.3 -2.4 20 23.8 8.4 250 29 319.7 320.6 292.7 333.6 4.26 7 700 3065 17.6 -14.7 10 32.2 3.5 262 28 321.9 322.3 291.1 327.9 1.75 8 650 3690 11.9 -18.0 11 29.8 0.1 260 34 322.4 322.7 290.9 327.3 1.43 9 600 4351 5.6 -18.5 16 24.2 -3.4 256 38 322.6 322.9 291.0 327.7 1.48 10 550 5053 -1.0 -18.0 26 17.0 -7.2 252 40 322.8 323.2 291.3 328.6 1.69 11 500 5804 -7.7 -20.4 35 12.7 -11.8 249 42 323.7 324.0 291.4 328.9 1.51 12 450 6613 -14.2 -29.6 26 15.4 -17.7 246 41 325.4 325.5 291.2 328.0 0.73 13 400 7495 -20.3 -40.4 15 20.1 -23.4 255 51 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.7 0.28 14 350 8471 -26.4 -50.2 9 23.8 -28.7 258 63 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.11 15 300 9568 -33.7 -53.3 12 19.6 -35.2 260 75 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.2 0.09 16 250 10827 -41.1 -59.4 12 18.3 -41.9 267 86 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.05 17 200 12302 -53.3 -63.5 28 10.2 -53.5 267 93 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.04 18 150 14099 -64.0 -75.7 19 11.6 -64.1 275 83 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16584 -63.5 -83.9 5 20.4 -63.7 254 45 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5861.26 m Freezing level: 557.80 mb = 4943.82 m = 16219.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.89 mb = 3704.35 m = 12153.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.88 % Est. max temperature: 38.66 C = 101.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.76 mb = 1370.16 m = 4495.22 ft T: 27.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.21 C/km ThetaE index: 40.75 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.17 mb = 3407.33 m = 11178.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.65 C = 110.57 F Cap Strength: 6.05 C Lifted Index: -7.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.58 C Showalter Index: -6.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.37 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.66 C Cross Totals Index: 22.70 C K Index: 17.46 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 533.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2913.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 365.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.27 mb = 2162.48 m = 7094.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 622.27 mb = 4050.27 m = 13288.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.27 mb = 14005.22 m = 45948.33 ft B at Equ Level: 2905.77 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.6 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 276.6 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 248.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 248.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.29 Bulk Rich Number: 19.03 Bulk Shear: 153.08 m/s