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: 47.55,-98.31 Latitude: 47.55 Longitude: -98.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -52 1 950 392 SFC 944 448 29.8 22.5 65 7.3 24.3 145 8 308.0 311.4 299.4 363.8 18.42 3 900 874 26.3 18.8 63 7.5 20.9 164 13 308.6 311.5 297.7 355.1 15.35 4 850 1376 22.6 17.2 72 5.4 18.8 208 14 309.8 312.5 297.5 354.4 14.64 5 800 1902 19.3 14.7 75 4.6 16.1 236 22 311.7 314.2 297.1 352.4 13.25 6 750 2457 18.6 1.3 31 17.3 8.8 240 33 316.8 317.9 293.0 334.7 5.61 7 700 3046 16.9 -13.8 11 30.7 3.4 259 40 321.2 321.6 291.0 327.6 1.88 8 650 3670 11.4 -17.4 12 28.8 -0.0 259 42 321.9 322.2 290.9 327.0 1.50 9 600 4330 5.3 -18.3 16 23.6 -3.6 255 45 322.2 322.5 291.0 327.4 1.51 10 550 5032 -1.3 -20.1 22 18.8 -7.7 252 46 322.5 322.8 291.0 327.4 1.41 11 500 5781 -8.1 -23.9 27 15.8 -12.6 254 45 323.2 323.4 290.9 327.1 1.11 12 450 6588 -15.0 -28.5 30 13.6 -18.1 258 48 324.4 324.6 290.9 327.3 0.81 13 400 7467 -21.7 -36.4 25 14.7 -24.1 257 53 326.8 326.9 291.2 328.4 0.42 14 350 8437 -27.7 -48.3 12 20.6 -29.7 258 64 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.9 0.14 15 300 9530 -34.5 -54.7 11 20.2 -35.9 264 75 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.08 16 250 10784 -41.8 -59.0 14 17.2 -42.6 264 98 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.2 0.05 17 200 12260 -53.1 -64.4 24 11.3 -53.4 267 105 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.03 18 150 14067 -61.6 -78.3 9 16.7 -61.8 270 89 363.9 363.9 299.5 363.9 0.01 19 100 16574 -62.5 -84.0 4 21.5 -62.7 256 47 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.63 m Freezing level: 559.92 mb = 4892.51 m = 16051.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.56 mb = 3662.94 m = 12017.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.96 % Est. max temperature: 34.03 C = 93.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.33 mb = 1382.84 m = 4536.83 ft T: 22.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.13 C/km ThetaE index: 36.71 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 680.57 mb = 3283.33 m = 10771.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.09 C = 109.56 F Cap Strength: 4.53 C Lifted Index: -7.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.53 C Showalter Index: -6.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.85 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.63 C Cross Totals Index: 25.22 C K Index: 17.11 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 415.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2632.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 253.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.55 mb = 1799.17 m = 5902.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 614.55 mb = 4132.75 m = 13558.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.55 mb = 13485.42 m = 44242.96 ft B at Equ Level: 2606.50 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.0 at 35.2 knts Storm direction: 280.0 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 280.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 280.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.43 Bulk Rich Number: 14.50 Bulk Shear: 181.55 m/s