MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 6Z MON 16 JUN 25 Station: 46.05,-102.88 Latitude: 46.05 Longitude: -102.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 3 1 950 443 SFC 909 830 24.3 18.5 70 5.8 20.2 157 19 305.7 308.5 296.7 350.5 14.94 3 900 915 24.4 18.3 69 6.1 20.1 159 29 306.7 309.4 296.9 351.3 14.85 4 850 1415 24.5 15.2 56 9.3 18.1 178 49 311.8 314.2 296.9 351.3 12.86 5 800 1948 25.3 3.9 25 21.3 12.4 205 50 318.1 319.3 293.9 338.3 6.35 6 750 2510 21.4 -1.5 21 23.0 8.8 228 47 319.8 320.7 293.0 334.6 4.56 7 700 3102 16.6 -8.1 18 24.7 4.6 244 47 320.9 321.5 291.9 330.8 2.98 8 650 3725 10.9 -12.2 18 23.1 0.7 249 48 321.3 321.7 291.5 329.0 2.31 9 600 4384 4.6 -14.3 24 18.9 -3.1 252 50 321.5 321.9 291.3 328.6 2.11 10 550 5084 -1.9 -16.3 32 14.3 -7.2 248 55 321.8 322.2 291.3 328.4 1.95 11 500 5832 -8.1 -27.3 20 19.1 -13.2 255 57 323.1 323.3 290.6 326.0 0.82 12 450 6641 -13.5 -37.6 11 24.1 -18.0 255 60 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.5 0.33 13 400 7528 -18.7 -40.5 13 21.8 -22.2 259 56 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.8 0.28 14 350 8508 -26.0 -44.4 16 18.3 -28.3 264 50 333.6 333.7 292.9 334.5 0.21 15 300 9604 -34.4 -50.8 17 16.4 -35.7 269 57 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.3 0.12 16 250 10853 -43.6 -59.8 15 16.1 -44.3 275 57 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.05 17 200 12319 -53.3 -67.8 15 14.6 -53.6 272 64 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 14132 -61.7 -75.9 13 14.2 -61.9 262 66 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16625 -64.6 -83.9 5 19.3 -64.8 245 54 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.58 m Freezing level: 564.59 mb = 4879.86 m = 16009.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.51 mb = 3846.30 m = 12618.94 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.32 % Est. max temperature: 37.76 C = 99.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.18 mb = 1569.92 m = 5150.61 ft T: 24.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.08 C/km ThetaE index: 25.30 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 645.61 mb = 3781.06 m = 12404.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.46 C = 103.02 F Cap Strength: 8.14 C Lifted Index: -4.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.37 C Showalter Index: -5.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.94 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.63 C Cross Totals Index: 23.31 C K Index: 23.11 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 622.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1336.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 489.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 740.76 mb = 2616.57 m = 8584.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 585.76 mb = 4577.35 m = 15017.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.76 mb = 12454.20 m = 40859.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1325.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.76 mb = 15724.83 m = 51590.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.2 at 50.5 knts Storm direction: 268.2 at 37.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 892.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 892.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 297.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.3 stream: 12.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.10 Bulk Rich Number: 3.84 Bulk Shear: 347.68 m/s