MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F237.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F237.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 237 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 16 JUN 25 Station: 46.47,-103.04 Latitude: 46.47 Longitude: -103.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 12 1 950 452 SFC 909 839 25.2 17.9 64 7.2 20.1 145 17 306.6 309.3 296.6 349.8 14.37 3 900 925 25.6 17.7 61 7.9 20.0 146 27 307.9 310.6 296.8 351.1 14.28 4 850 1428 24.2 14.6 55 9.6 17.7 162 44 311.5 313.9 296.5 349.6 12.41 5 800 1958 23.1 9.2 41 13.9 14.1 186 44 315.8 317.6 295.4 344.6 9.20 6 750 2517 19.3 3.9 36 15.5 10.1 199 39 317.5 318.8 294.0 338.9 6.74 7 700 3105 14.7 -0.9 34 15.6 6.1 216 39 318.8 319.8 293.1 335.2 5.11 8 650 3726 9.4 -4.0 39 13.4 2.5 228 43 319.6 320.5 292.7 333.8 4.37 9 600 4382 3.6 -7.4 44 11.0 -1.6 238 47 320.3 321.0 292.3 332.3 3.65 10 550 5081 -2.6 -10.9 53 8.3 -6.1 240 58 321.0 321.6 292.0 331.0 3.03 11 500 5828 -8.4 -19.1 42 10.7 -11.9 248 45 322.8 323.1 291.3 328.6 1.69 12 450 6635 -14.8 -24.9 42 10.1 -17.4 258 48 324.7 324.9 291.3 328.7 1.13 13 400 7517 -20.2 -39.2 17 19.1 -23.2 257 53 328.7 328.8 291.7 330.0 0.32 14 350 8492 -27.2 -46.0 15 18.8 -29.3 261 55 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.18 15 300 9582 -36.1 -47.3 31 11.2 -37.0 263 62 334.5 334.6 293.1 335.3 0.18 16 250 10821 -45.6 -57.9 24 12.3 -46.0 271 68 338.3 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.06 17 200 12275 -55.5 -66.6 24 11.2 -55.6 276 77 344.9 345.0 295.5 345.1 0.02 18 150 14092 -57.0 -77.8 5 20.8 -57.3 259 67 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.9 0.01 19 100 16628 -60.9 -84.3 3 23.4 -61.2 245 44 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.13 m Freezing level: 571.12 mb = 4785.79 m = 15701.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.04 mb = 4126.07 m = 13536.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.40 % Est. max temperature: 35.52 C = 95.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.84 mb = 1765.33 m = 5791.69 ft T: 23.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.49 C/km ThetaE index: 22.50 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 663.96 mb = 3547.74 m = 11639.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.62 C = 99.71 F Cap Strength: 6.12 C Lifted Index: -5.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.32 C Showalter Index: -5.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.67 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.63 C Cross Totals Index: 23.04 C K Index: 31.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 591.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1814.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 328.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 744.33 mb = 2581.88 m = 8470.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.33 mb = 4255.89 m = 13962.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.33 mb = 12621.04 m = 41407.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1804.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.33 mb = 15522.80 m = 50927.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.5 at 44.7 knts Storm direction: 254.5 at 33.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 659.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 659.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 219.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: 9.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.60 Bulk Rich Number: 6.52 Bulk Shear: 278.32 m/s