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: 47.07,-98.78 Latitude: 47.07 Longitude: -98.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -59 1 950 385 SFC 940 483 31.3 23.1 62 8.2 25.2 143 7 309.9 313.6 300.4 368.8 19.27 3 900 869 28.7 18.6 55 10.0 21.5 166 13 311.1 313.9 298.2 357.6 15.19 4 850 1376 25.6 15.6 54 10.0 18.6 212 15 313.0 315.5 297.4 353.7 13.21 5 800 1907 21.7 12.5 56 9.2 15.5 232 18 314.3 316.5 296.6 349.9 11.47 6 750 2464 18.8 4.8 40 14.0 10.3 235 27 317.0 318.4 294.3 339.7 7.19 7 700 3054 17.1 -13.3 11 30.4 3.6 262 33 321.5 321.8 291.2 328.1 1.96 8 650 3678 11.4 -15.4 14 26.8 0.3 261 36 321.9 322.2 291.1 327.9 1.77 9 600 4338 5.2 -16.9 19 22.1 -3.3 254 38 322.1 322.5 291.1 328.0 1.70 10 550 5039 -1.3 -20.4 22 19.1 -7.8 255 40 322.6 322.8 290.9 327.3 1.38 11 500 5789 -8.1 -23.2 29 15.1 -12.6 252 42 323.2 323.4 290.9 327.3 1.18 12 450 6596 -14.9 -28.2 31 13.3 -18.1 252 46 324.5 324.6 291.0 327.4 0.83 13 400 7475 -21.2 -37.4 22 16.2 -23.8 256 55 327.5 327.5 291.4 328.9 0.38 14 350 8449 -26.8 -49.6 10 22.8 -29.1 258 67 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.12 15 300 9544 -34.2 -55.0 10 20.8 -35.6 261 76 337.2 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.07 16 250 10800 -41.4 -58.9 13 17.5 -42.2 264 93 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.8 0.05 17 200 12277 -52.8 -65.9 19 13.1 -53.1 265 101 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.3 0.03 18 150 14083 -62.2 -77.7 11 15.5 -62.3 272 85 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16583 -63.2 -84.0 4 20.7 -63.4 252 45 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5847.37 m Freezing level: 559.81 mb = 4901.87 m = 16082.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.70 mb = 3732.85 m = 12246.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.92 % Est. max temperature: 36.12 C = 97.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.02 mb = 1531.60 m = 5024.88 ft T: 24.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.23 C/km ThetaE index: 40.89 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 673.44 mb = 3379.68 m = 11088.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.86 C = 109.15 F Cap Strength: 4.40 C Lifted Index: -7.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.40 C Showalter Index: -6.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.39 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.71 C Cross Totals Index: 23.68 C K Index: 18.89 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 426.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2787.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 252.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 773.37 mb = 2198.86 m = 7214.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.37 mb = 4089.37 m = 13416.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.37 mb = 13741.79 m = 45084.06 ft B at Equ Level: 2762.26 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.1 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 279.1 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 229.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 229.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.00 Bulk Rich Number: 19.79 Bulk Shear: 140.85 m/s