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: 47.04,-98.24 Latitude: 47.04 Longitude: -98.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -54 1 950 391 SFC 945 436 29.8 23.2 68 6.6 24.9 148 9 307.9 311.5 299.9 366.2 19.24 3 900 873 26.7 19.3 64 7.4 21.4 165 18 309.0 312.0 298.1 357.2 15.86 4 850 1377 24.8 15.8 57 9.1 18.5 214 20 312.1 314.7 297.3 353.2 13.36 5 800 1908 22.0 12.4 55 9.6 15.5 242 26 314.6 316.7 296.6 349.9 11.39 6 750 2466 20.4 -0.9 24 21.3 8.6 250 30 318.7 319.6 292.8 334.1 4.76 7 700 3057 17.3 -13.4 11 30.7 3.7 263 31 321.6 322.0 291.2 328.2 1.94 8 650 3682 11.5 -15.3 14 26.8 0.4 259 32 322.0 322.4 291.2 328.1 1.79 9 600 4342 5.5 -18.4 16 23.9 -3.5 255 38 322.5 322.8 291.0 327.6 1.49 10 550 5044 -1.1 -21.2 20 20.1 -7.8 255 40 322.8 323.1 290.9 327.3 1.28 11 500 5794 -7.9 -23.1 28 15.2 -12.4 251 42 323.4 323.7 291.0 327.6 1.20 12 450 6602 -14.7 -28.6 30 13.9 -17.9 251 45 324.8 325.0 291.0 327.7 0.80 13 400 7482 -20.9 -38.2 20 17.3 -23.7 256 53 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.2 0.35 14 350 8457 -26.6 -50.2 9 23.6 -29.0 259 63 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.3 0.11 15 300 9553 -34.2 -55.0 10 20.8 -35.6 262 73 337.2 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.07 16 250 10808 -41.4 -59.1 13 17.7 -42.2 265 91 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.05 17 200 12285 -53.0 -65.0 22 12.0 -53.2 267 99 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.03 18 150 14088 -63.0 -77.1 13 14.1 -63.1 274 84 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16579 -62.8 -84.1 4 21.3 -63.0 258 46 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5847.77 m Freezing level: 558.11 mb = 4930.48 m = 16175.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.20 mb = 3743.05 m = 12280.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.06 % Est. max temperature: 36.76 C = 98.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.17 mb = 1282.41 m = 4207.33 ft T: 25.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.21 C/km ThetaE index: 38.90 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.12 mb = 3324.95 m = 10908.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.52 C = 110.33 F Cap Strength: 5.24 C Lifted Index: -7.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.63 C Showalter Index: -6.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.34 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.70 C Cross Totals Index: 23.64 C K Index: 17.71 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 517.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2723.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 336.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.12 mb = 1906.18 m = 6253.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 615.12 mb = 4136.97 m = 13572.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.12 mb = 13877.13 m = 45528.07 ft B at Equ Level: 2698.13 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.8 at 32.0 knts Storm direction: 278.8 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 256.0 neg: -1.7 tot: 254.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.04 Bulk Rich Number: 17.22 Bulk Shear: 158.21 m/s