MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F309.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F309.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 309 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 44.71,-98.7 Latitude: 44.71 Longitude: -98.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -9 1 950 431 SFC 950 435 21.0 5.8 37 15.3 12.3 271 7 298.6 299.7 287.6 316.6 6.08 3 900 896 17.9 -1.2 27 19.1 8.3 274 17 300.0 300.7 285.9 311.8 3.90 4 850 1380 13.4 -2.4 33 15.8 5.7 270 20 300.2 300.9 285.9 311.6 3.77 5 800 1886 8.6 -3.2 43 11.8 3.1 266 23 300.4 301.1 286.0 311.8 3.78 6 750 2414 3.9 -4.3 55 8.2 0.2 257 27 300.8 301.5 286.1 312.0 3.70 7 700 2971 0.0 -6.5 61 6.5 -2.8 242 41 302.5 303.1 286.3 312.8 3.35 8 650 3560 -4.2 -9.9 64 5.8 -6.4 236 56 304.3 304.8 286.4 312.9 2.77 9 600 4189 -5.6 -11.6 62 6.0 -7.9 229 76 309.6 310.1 288.1 317.9 2.61 10 550 4872 -5.8 -9.0 78 3.1 -7.2 214 89 317.1 317.8 291.3 328.6 3.52 11 500 5613 -10.7 -13.5 80 2.8 -11.8 210 98 320.0 320.5 291.4 328.9 2.69 12 450 6413 -17.0 -19.1 84 2.0 -17.7 206 106 321.8 322.2 291.2 328.2 1.88 13 400 7288 -21.9 -34.5 31 12.6 -24.1 209 112 326.5 326.6 291.2 328.4 0.51 14 350 8263 -26.1 -50.0 9 23.8 -28.6 209 119 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.11 15 300 9361 -33.6 -56.8 8 23.2 -35.2 208 123 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.06 16 250 10620 -40.4 -63.7 6 23.3 -41.4 218 122 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.1 0.03 17 200 12122 -45.4 -72.3 3 26.9 -46.2 227 95 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.9 0.01 18 150 14009 -53.4 -79.6 3 26.3 -53.8 210 65 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.2 0.00 19 100 16564 -59.5 -84.1 3 24.6 -59.8 233 22 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5621.65 m Freezing level: 699.88 mb = 2972.30 m = 9751.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 746.73 mb = 2449.68 m = 8036.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.67 % Est. max temperature: 22.80 C = 73.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 756.43 mb = 2344.41 m = 7691.53 ft T: 4.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.05 C/km ThetaE index: 4.94 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.73 mb = 3526.63 m = 11570.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.54 C = 79.77 F Cap Strength: 9.31 C Lifted Index: 9.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.52 C Showalter Index: 10.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.10 C Cross Totals Index: 8.32 C K Index: 15.18 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 138.78 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12692.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 694.68 mb = 3031.58 m = 9946.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.5 at 57.4 knts Storm direction: 254.5 at 43.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 6.8 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.7 neg: -42.4 tot: 33.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 327.87 m/s