MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F291.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F291.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 291 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 50.05,-96.89 Latitude: 50.05 Longitude: -96.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -53 SFC 967 239 22.1 20.3 90 1.8 20.9 191 6 298.1 301.0 295.3 343.8 15.73 2 950 392 25.6 19.3 68 6.4 21.1 206 15 303.2 305.9 296.1 347.5 14.96 3 900 867 23.0 16.4 66 6.6 18.5 231 16 305.2 307.7 295.4 344.6 13.18 4 850 1363 18.9 14.3 75 4.6 15.8 254 15 305.9 308.2 294.9 342.3 12.13 5 800 1881 15.7 4.3 47 11.4 9.1 262 16 307.8 309.1 291.1 327.7 6.50 6 750 2426 13.0 -8.9 21 22.0 3.2 247 16 310.7 311.2 288.4 319.0 2.59 7 700 3001 9.1 -8.3 28 17.4 1.3 219 25 312.6 313.2 289.3 322.0 2.92 8 650 3610 5.3 -7.1 40 12.4 -0.4 232 37 314.9 315.6 290.6 326.0 3.45 9 600 4257 0.2 -15.5 29 15.8 -5.7 254 48 316.4 316.8 289.6 322.7 1.90 10 550 4949 -3.7 -28.6 12 24.9 -10.3 257 61 319.7 319.8 289.3 322.0 0.66 11 500 5693 -9.5 -28.3 20 18.8 -14.2 259 70 321.4 321.6 290.0 324.0 0.74 12 450 6497 -16.0 -31.4 25 15.5 -19.2 257 74 323.2 323.3 290.4 325.4 0.61 13 400 7373 -22.3 -37.4 24 15.1 -24.6 257 75 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.5 0.38 14 350 8339 -29.7 -39.1 40 9.4 -30.9 267 84 328.7 328.8 291.7 330.1 0.37 15 300 9421 -36.4 -48.4 28 12.0 -37.4 266 102 334.0 334.1 293.0 334.7 0.16 16 250 10668 -43.6 -56.8 22 13.1 -44.2 265 114 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.5 0.07 17 200 12133 -53.8 -65.7 22 12.0 -54.0 263 115 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.03 18 150 13950 -57.9 -77.9 6 19.9 -58.2 270 91 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.01 19 100 16524 -57.1 -84.9 2 27.8 -57.5 274 40 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.92 m Freezing level: 597.03 mb = 4298.29 m = 14101.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.21 mb = 3444.61 m = 11301.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.37 % Est. max temperature: 31.09 C = 87.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.09 mb = 465.40 m = 1526.88 ft T: 25.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 28.48 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.82 mb = 1978.53 m = 6491.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.25 C = 90.04 F Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lifted Index: -4.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Showalter Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.43 C Cross Totals Index: 23.82 C K Index: 25.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 336.05 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1443.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.33 mb = 1460.74 m = 4792.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.33 mb = 3055.76 m = 10025.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.33 mb = 11648.21 m = 38215.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1435.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.33 mb = 14603.38 m = 47910.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.9 at 36.9 knts Storm direction: 279.9 at 27.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 3.3 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 165.8 neg: -16.3 tot: 149.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 14.55 Bulk Shear: 99.26 m/s