MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 16 JUN 25 Station: 48.22,-104.30 Latitude: 48.22 Longitude: -104.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 11 1 950 454 SFC 929 648 28.5 16.6 49 11.9 20.2 143 19 308.0 310.4 296.0 346.9 12.87 3 900 932 26.5 14.3 47 12.2 18.2 147 33 308.8 311.0 295.2 343.6 11.46 4 850 1433 22.1 12.9 56 9.2 16.0 157 38 309.3 311.4 295.0 343.0 11.08 5 800 1957 18.0 11.6 66 6.4 13.8 174 39 310.3 312.4 295.1 343.2 10.76 6 750 2506 13.7 9.9 77 3.9 11.3 192 40 311.5 313.4 295.0 343.0 10.26 7 700 3085 9.5 7.0 85 2.4 8.0 209 43 313.0 314.7 294.6 341.0 9.05 8 650 3696 5.9 -0.3 64 6.2 2.6 227 45 315.7 316.8 292.8 334.0 5.78 9 600 4346 1.1 -6.5 57 7.6 -2.5 235 47 317.3 318.1 291.7 330.0 3.91 10 550 5039 -4.6 -12.5 54 7.9 -7.8 243 49 318.6 319.1 291.0 327.3 2.65 11 500 5781 -10.4 -18.4 52 8.0 -13.0 249 54 320.3 320.7 290.7 326.4 1.79 12 450 6583 -15.5 -28.0 33 12.5 -18.4 256 54 323.8 323.9 290.8 326.8 0.85 13 400 7463 -20.6 -39.7 16 19.1 -23.5 252 56 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.4 0.30 14 350 8436 -28.1 -40.6 29 12.5 -29.6 256 56 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.1 0.32 15 300 9522 -36.7 -44.6 44 7.9 -37.4 265 59 333.6 333.7 292.9 334.5 0.24 16 250 10757 -46.4 -52.7 49 6.3 -46.7 268 61 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.5 0.12 17 200 12204 -56.2 -60.8 56 4.7 -56.3 273 56 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.05 18 150 14014 -56.8 -79.6 4 22.8 -57.1 256 62 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16591 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 245 36 418.7 418.7 307.6 418.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.44 m Freezing level: 590.78 mb = 4474.18 m = 14678.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.52 mb = 4021.20 m = 13192.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.37 % Est. max temperature: 31.22 C = 88.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 781.70 mb = 2153.93 m = 7066.62 ft T: 16.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.39 C/km ThetaE index: 16.87 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.43 mb = 2901.93 m = 9520.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.89 C = 91.20 F Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lifted Index: -5.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.63 C Showalter Index: -4.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.90 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.54 C Cross Totals Index: 23.35 C K Index: 43.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 572.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1277.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 84.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.56 mb = 2488.75 m = 8165.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.56 mb = 3739.56 m = 12268.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.56 mb = 12313.52 m = 40398.18 ft B at Equ Level: 1256.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.56 mb = 14610.84 m = 47935.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.0 at 44.7 knts Storm direction: 251.0 at 33.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 612.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 612.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 204.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.91 Bulk Rich Number: 4.55 Bulk Shear: 280.95 m/s