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: 48.29,-104.38 Latitude: 48.29 Longitude: -104.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 452 SFC 929 647 27.9 16.6 50 11.3 20.0 145 18 307.4 309.8 295.8 346.2 12.86 3 900 930 26.3 14.3 48 12.0 18.2 148 33 308.6 310.8 295.1 343.5 11.49 4 850 1431 22.0 12.9 56 9.1 16.0 158 39 309.2 311.3 295.0 342.9 11.09 5 800 1954 18.0 11.6 66 6.4 13.8 175 41 310.3 312.3 295.1 343.2 10.76 6 750 2504 13.7 10.0 78 3.8 11.3 192 42 311.5 313.4 295.1 343.2 10.31 7 700 3082 9.3 7.5 89 1.8 8.2 208 45 312.8 314.6 294.7 341.8 9.36 8 650 3693 5.7 1.5 74 4.2 3.4 225 47 315.4 316.7 293.3 336.1 6.57 9 600 4343 1.0 -4.8 66 5.7 -1.8 236 48 317.2 318.1 292.2 331.6 4.48 10 550 5035 -4.7 -11.0 61 6.3 -7.2 245 50 318.5 319.1 291.3 328.4 3.01 11 500 5777 -10.6 -17.5 57 6.9 -12.9 250 55 320.1 320.5 290.7 326.7 1.94 12 450 6579 -15.5 -27.3 36 11.8 -18.3 257 56 323.8 324.0 290.9 327.0 0.91 13 400 7459 -20.5 -37.9 20 17.3 -23.4 253 57 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.7 0.37 14 350 8432 -27.9 -39.2 33 11.2 -29.5 257 57 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.5 0.37 15 300 9519 -36.5 -44.1 45 7.6 -37.2 266 60 333.9 333.9 293.0 334.9 0.25 16 250 10755 -46.1 -52.4 49 6.3 -46.4 269 61 337.5 337.5 293.8 338.0 0.12 17 200 12205 -56.0 -60.1 59 4.2 -56.1 275 53 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.4 0.06 18 150 14012 -56.8 -79.6 4 22.8 -57.1 255 62 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16589 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 246 36 418.9 418.9 307.6 418.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.59 m Freezing level: 591.45 mb = 4461.43 m = 14637.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.42 mb = 4110.66 m = 13486.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.83 % Est. max temperature: 31.18 C = 88.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 787.88 mb = 2084.13 m = 6837.63 ft T: 16.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 16.49 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.19 mb = 2878.52 m = 9443.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.72 C = 90.90 F Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lifted Index: -5.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.52 C Showalter Index: -4.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.08 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.57 C Cross Totals Index: 23.51 C K Index: 43.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 579.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1219.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 753.81 mb = 2460.46 m = 8072.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.81 mb = 3582.12 m = 11752.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.81 mb = 12241.98 m = 40163.48 ft B at Equ Level: 1201.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.81 mb = 14504.78 m = 47587.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.5 at 46.0 knts Storm direction: 251.5 at 34.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 657.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 657.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 219.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.18 Bulk Shear: 291.75 m/s