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: 47.29,-98.69 Latitude: 47.29 Longitude: -98.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -57 1 950 387 SFC 942 465 30.9 22.7 62 8.2 24.8 143 6 309.3 312.9 299.9 366.5 18.75 3 900 871 27.9 18.6 57 9.3 21.2 165 12 310.2 313.1 298.0 356.4 15.13 4 850 1376 24.5 16.3 60 8.2 18.7 209 14 311.8 314.4 297.5 354.2 13.83 5 800 1905 20.6 13.8 65 6.8 16.0 229 18 313.1 315.5 297.0 351.6 12.46 6 750 2460 18.4 4.3 39 14.1 9.9 235 29 316.5 317.9 294.0 338.5 6.96 7 700 3050 17.0 -13.4 11 30.4 3.5 259 37 321.3 321.7 291.1 327.9 1.95 8 650 3674 11.4 -16.6 12 28.0 0.1 259 40 321.9 322.2 291.0 327.4 1.61 9 600 4334 5.2 -18.1 17 23.3 -3.6 255 42 322.2 322.5 291.0 327.4 1.53 10 550 5035 -1.3 -20.5 22 19.2 -7.8 254 43 322.5 322.8 290.9 327.2 1.36 11 500 5785 -8.1 -23.8 27 15.7 -12.7 254 44 323.1 323.3 290.9 327.0 1.12 12 450 6592 -15.0 -28.8 30 13.8 -18.2 255 47 324.4 324.5 290.9 327.2 0.79 13 400 7470 -21.5 -36.8 24 15.3 -24.0 256 54 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.6 0.41 14 350 8442 -27.3 -48.6 11 21.3 -29.5 258 66 331.9 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.13 15 300 9536 -34.4 -54.9 11 20.5 -35.7 262 76 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.3 0.07 16 250 10791 -41.6 -58.9 14 17.3 -42.4 263 96 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.05 17 200 12268 -52.9 -65.1 22 12.2 -53.2 266 103 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.1 0.03 18 150 14075 -61.8 -78.0 10 16.2 -61.9 270 87 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16579 -62.8 -84.0 4 21.1 -63.0 252 46 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.09 m Freezing level: 559.94 mb = 4895.87 m = 16062.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.92 mb = 3687.67 m = 12098.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.12 % Est. max temperature: 35.17 C = 95.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.37 mb = 1516.81 m = 4976.35 ft T: 23.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.19 C/km ThetaE index: 39.10 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.98 mb = 3343.97 m = 10970.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.97 C = 109.35 F Cap Strength: 4.39 C Lifted Index: -7.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.39 C Showalter Index: -6.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.02 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.60 C Cross Totals Index: 24.42 C K Index: 18.52 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 427.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2739.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 243.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.92 mb = 2057.60 m = 6750.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 620.92 mb = 4051.44 m = 13291.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.92 mb = 13633.32 m = 44728.20 ft B at Equ Level: 2711.67 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.4 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 279.4 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 262.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 262.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.20 Bulk Rich Number: 17.68 Bulk Shear: 154.95 m/s