MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F303.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F303.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 303 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 48.43,-95.87 Latitude: 48.43 Longitude: -95.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -127 1 950 313 SFC 946 355 27.3 21.3 70 5.9 22.9 192 19 305.3 308.4 298.0 356.6 17.14 3 900 789 22.8 18.5 76 4.4 19.8 198 38 305.0 307.8 296.6 349.9 15.02 4 850 1285 19.1 16.3 84 2.8 17.2 208 47 306.2 308.8 296.1 347.7 13.84 5 800 1807 18.1 10.1 60 7.9 13.0 233 46 310.4 312.2 294.4 340.3 9.76 6 750 2358 15.9 6.6 54 9.3 10.2 232 39 313.9 315.4 294.1 339.3 8.16 7 700 2943 14.3 2.0 43 12.3 7.2 221 47 318.3 319.5 293.9 338.4 6.31 8 650 3564 10.3 -3.9 37 14.2 2.9 227 53 320.6 321.5 293.0 335.0 4.42 9 600 4224 5.0 -11.8 28 16.9 -2.3 231 54 321.9 322.4 291.9 330.5 2.57 10 550 4925 -1.3 -17.1 29 15.8 -7.1 230 53 322.5 322.9 291.3 328.7 1.81 11 500 5674 -8.3 -23.5 28 15.2 -12.8 236 60 322.9 323.2 290.9 326.9 1.15 12 450 6482 -13.1 -38.9 9 25.8 -17.9 237 60 326.8 326.8 291.1 327.9 0.29 13 400 7370 -18.9 -45.6 8 26.7 -22.6 233 61 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.0 0.16 14 350 8348 -26.7 -47.9 12 21.2 -28.9 234 74 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.14 15 300 9441 -35.0 -51.7 17 16.8 -36.2 232 87 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.11 16 250 10690 -43.3 -55.9 24 12.7 -43.9 231 100 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.1 0.08 17 200 12157 -52.9 -65.8 20 12.9 -53.2 236 104 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.03 18 150 13995 -55.8 -80.6 3 24.9 -56.1 245 70 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.00 19 100 16545 -59.5 -84.6 2 25.1 -59.8 222 24 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.98 m Freezing level: 560.40 mb = 4779.01 m = 15678.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.72 mb = 3930.53 m = 12895.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.58 % Est. max temperature: 32.61 C = 90.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.73 mb = 1106.30 m = 3629.54 ft T: 20.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.26 C/km ThetaE index: 29.61 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.47 mb = 2581.62 m = 8469.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.39 C = 99.29 F Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lifted Index: -5.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.47 C Showalter Index: -4.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.42 C Cross Totals Index: 24.58 C K Index: 31.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 494.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1563.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 229.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.01 mb = 1376.90 m = 4517.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 596.01 mb = 4277.30 m = 14032.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.01 mb = 12285.91 m = 40307.60 ft B at Equ Level: 1558.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.01 mb = 15090.95 m = 49510.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.9 at 49.3 knts Storm direction: 256.9 at 37.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 432.7 neg: -29.2 tot: 403.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.68 Bulk Rich Number: 15.04 Bulk Shear: 103.96 m/s