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: 46.6,-98.86 Latitude: 46.60 Longitude: -98.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -60 1 950 383 SFC 935 530 31.5 23.4 62 8.1 25.3 151 9 310.6 314.3 300.7 371.0 19.71 3 900 868 30.0 18.9 51 11.1 22.0 169 17 312.4 315.4 298.7 360.0 15.46 4 850 1377 27.1 15.3 48 11.8 18.8 208 18 314.6 317.0 297.7 354.8 12.96 5 800 1911 23.4 11.5 47 11.9 15.4 238 18 316.1 318.1 296.5 349.6 10.72 6 750 2470 19.8 4.9 38 14.9 10.7 235 26 318.1 319.5 294.6 341.2 7.27 7 700 3061 17.2 -13.0 12 30.1 3.7 262 29 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.3 2.01 8 650 3686 11.6 -16.7 12 28.4 0.1 261 34 322.1 322.4 291.0 327.6 1.59 9 600 4346 5.5 -18.3 16 23.8 -3.5 257 37 322.4 322.7 291.0 327.6 1.50 10 550 5048 -1.2 -17.2 28 16.0 -7.1 254 40 322.7 323.0 291.4 328.8 1.80 11 500 5798 -8.0 -17.2 48 9.2 -11.2 251 44 323.2 323.6 291.7 330.0 1.98 12 450 6606 -14.6 -27.5 32 12.9 -17.7 249 46 324.9 325.1 291.2 328.1 0.89 13 400 7487 -20.3 -40.2 15 19.9 -23.4 257 55 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.7 0.29 14 350 8464 -26.0 -50.1 8 24.2 -28.4 257 68 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.11 15 300 9563 -33.2 -54.9 10 21.7 -34.8 259 76 338.5 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.07 16 250 10824 -40.8 -58.9 13 18.0 -41.7 265 86 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.6 0.05 17 200 12301 -53.0 -65.0 22 12.1 -53.2 265 93 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.03 18 150 14102 -63.4 -76.5 15 13.1 -63.5 273 80 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16586 -64.7 -83.8 6 19.1 -64.8 252 45 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5857.51 m Freezing level: 558.96 mb = 4922.12 m = 16148.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.11 mb = 3709.48 m = 12170.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.79 % Est. max temperature: 37.46 C = 99.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 831.42 mb = 1571.79 m = 5156.74 ft T: 25.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.21 C/km ThetaE index: 43.41 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.02 mb = 3429.85 m = 11252.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.57 C = 108.62 F Cap Strength: 4.43 C Lifted Index: -8.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.13 C Showalter Index: -6.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.49 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.16 C Cross Totals Index: 23.33 C K Index: 20.32 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 561.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2893.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 259.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 755.78 mb = 2403.70 m = 7886.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 620.78 mb = 4065.10 m = 13336.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.78 mb = 14069.12 m = 46157.96 ft B at Equ Level: 2869.93 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.8 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 277.8 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 209.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 209.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.19 Bulk Rich Number: 21.15 Bulk Shear: 136.82 m/s