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: 46.94,-98.15 Latitude: 46.94 Longitude: -98.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -53 1 950 392 SFC 946 430 29.7 23.2 68 6.5 24.9 152 10 307.7 311.4 299.9 366.2 19.31 3 900 874 26.7 19.4 64 7.3 21.4 168 19 309.0 312.0 298.2 357.4 15.92 4 850 1378 24.9 15.6 56 9.3 18.4 215 21 312.3 314.8 297.3 353.0 13.23 5 800 1909 22.4 12.0 52 10.4 15.4 243 27 315.0 317.1 296.5 349.4 11.05 6 750 2468 20.8 -2.0 22 22.7 8.3 252 30 319.1 320.0 292.6 333.5 4.42 7 700 3060 17.4 -13.4 11 30.8 3.7 263 30 321.7 322.1 291.2 328.3 1.94 8 650 3685 11.6 -15.5 13 27.1 0.4 258 31 322.1 322.4 291.2 328.1 1.76 9 600 4345 5.6 -18.8 15 24.4 -3.5 255 37 322.6 322.9 291.0 327.6 1.45 10 550 5047 -1.0 -20.9 21 19.8 -7.7 255 39 322.9 323.1 291.0 327.4 1.32 11 500 5797 -7.9 -22.4 30 14.5 -12.3 251 42 323.5 323.7 291.1 327.9 1.27 12 450 6605 -14.6 -28.3 30 13.7 -17.9 250 44 324.9 325.0 291.1 327.8 0.83 13 400 7486 -20.9 -37.9 20 17.0 -23.7 256 51 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.2 0.36 14 350 8460 -26.7 -50.2 9 23.6 -29.0 260 63 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.11 15 300 9556 -34.2 -54.6 11 20.4 -35.6 262 73 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.5 0.08 16 250 10811 -41.4 -59.2 13 17.8 -42.3 266 90 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.05 17 200 12287 -53.1 -64.6 23 11.5 -53.3 268 99 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.03 18 150 14089 -63.1 -76.9 14 13.8 -63.2 275 84 361.3 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16580 -62.8 -84.0 4 21.2 -63.0 259 45 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5850.08 m Freezing level: 557.76 mb = 4938.30 m = 16201.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.20 mb = 3745.71 m = 12288.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.60 % Est. max temperature: 37.22 C = 99.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.29 mb = 1261.71 m = 4139.41 ft T: 25.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.21 C/km ThetaE index: 38.77 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.93 mb = 3329.95 m = 10924.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.65 C = 110.58 F Cap Strength: 5.60 C Lifted Index: -7.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.68 C Showalter Index: -5.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.25 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.80 C Cross Totals Index: 23.45 C K Index: 17.64 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 513.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2750.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 356.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.83 mb = 1899.97 m = 6233.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 615.83 mb = 4130.28 m = 13550.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.83 mb = 13849.95 m = 45438.92 ft B at Equ Level: 2730.48 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.1 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 278.1 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 255.4 neg: -1.4 tot: 254.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.18 Bulk Rich Number: 18.22 Bulk Shear: 150.94 m/s