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: 47.28,-98.47 Latitude: 47.28 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -55 1 950 389 SFC 944 450 30.1 22.9 65 7.2 24.7 142 9 308.3 311.8 299.8 365.6 18.90 3 900 872 27.0 19.0 62 8.0 21.2 160 15 309.3 312.2 298.0 356.5 15.53 4 850 1376 24.2 16.5 62 7.7 18.8 210 16 311.5 314.1 297.5 354.4 14.00 5 800 1904 20.6 13.9 65 6.8 16.0 237 21 313.1 315.5 297.0 351.8 12.54 6 750 2460 19.0 2.2 33 16.8 9.2 241 31 317.2 318.3 293.4 336.2 5.98 7 700 3051 17.2 -13.9 11 31.1 3.5 260 37 321.5 321.9 291.1 327.8 1.86 8 650 3675 11.5 -16.6 12 28.1 0.1 259 39 322.0 322.3 291.0 327.5 1.61 9 600 4335 5.3 -18.1 17 23.4 -3.5 255 42 322.3 322.6 291.0 327.6 1.53 10 550 5037 -1.2 -20.4 22 19.1 -7.7 254 43 322.6 322.9 291.0 327.4 1.37 11 500 5786 -8.0 -23.6 27 15.6 -12.6 254 44 323.3 323.5 290.9 327.2 1.13 12 450 6594 -14.8 -29.2 28 14.4 -18.1 256 47 324.7 324.8 291.0 327.4 0.76 13 400 7473 -21.1 -38.2 20 17.1 -23.8 256 54 327.5 327.6 291.4 328.9 0.35 14 350 8447 -27.0 -49.5 10 22.5 -29.2 258 64 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.12 15 300 9542 -34.2 -55.1 10 20.9 -35.6 262 74 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.5 0.07 16 250 10798 -41.5 -59.0 13 17.5 -42.3 263 94 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.7 0.05 17 200 12274 -53.0 -65.1 22 12.1 -53.2 266 101 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.03 18 150 14080 -62.3 -77.7 11 15.4 -62.4 271 85 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16577 -63.0 -84.0 4 21.1 -63.1 255 48 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.18 m Freezing level: 559.36 mb = 4905.62 m = 16094.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.11 mb = 3699.13 m = 12136.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.15 % Est. max temperature: 35.31 C = 95.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.26 mb = 1373.12 m = 4504.94 ft T: 24.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.21 C/km ThetaE index: 38.14 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.03 mb = 3319.57 m = 10890.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.27 C = 109.89 F Cap Strength: 4.55 C Lifted Index: -7.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.55 C Showalter Index: -6.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.68 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.19 C Cross Totals Index: 24.49 C K Index: 17.57 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 539.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2715.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 274.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 798.41 mb = 1921.63 m = 6304.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 623.41 mb = 4019.71 m = 13187.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.41 mb = 13542.37 m = 44429.82 ft B at Equ Level: 2703.58 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.4 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 279.4 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 271.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 271.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.70 Bulk Rich Number: 15.10 Bulk Shear: 179.80 m/s