MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 45.48,-96.41 Latitude: 45.48 Longitude: -96.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 0 SFC 962 343 32.7 24.4 62 8.4 26.4 321 11 309.3 313.1 300.8 371.4 20.35 2 950 453 32.6 22.3 54 10.4 24.9 322 17 310.3 313.7 299.8 365.6 18.08 3 900 939 29.0 18.9 54 10.1 21.7 304 18 311.4 314.3 298.4 358.7 15.43 4 850 1445 24.9 16.9 61 8.0 19.2 282 17 312.2 314.9 298.0 356.4 14.39 5 800 1975 20.6 15.1 70 5.6 16.8 254 20 313.2 315.7 297.7 355.1 13.58 6 750 2530 16.3 13.6 84 2.7 14.5 236 29 314.3 316.8 297.8 355.3 13.21 7 700 3115 12.6 8.4 76 4.2 9.9 240 41 316.5 318.4 296.1 347.7 9.95 8 650 3733 9.2 -10.1 25 19.2 0.5 250 43 319.3 319.9 291.3 328.4 2.74 9 600 4390 4.2 -20.0 15 24.3 -4.4 248 49 321.0 321.3 290.4 325.5 1.30 10 550 5090 -1.4 -26.0 13 24.6 -8.7 244 52 322.4 322.6 290.4 325.4 0.84 11 500 5839 -7.8 -28.9 17 21.1 -13.2 248 56 323.5 323.7 290.6 326.0 0.70 12 450 6647 -14.5 -33.8 18 19.3 -18.4 254 59 325.0 325.1 290.8 326.8 0.49 13 400 7528 -20.6 -39.1 17 18.5 -23.5 260 67 328.2 328.2 291.5 329.4 0.32 14 350 8504 -26.3 -41.9 22 15.5 -28.3 264 78 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.3 0.28 15 300 9600 -34.2 -50.1 18 15.9 -35.4 269 83 337.2 337.3 293.7 337.8 0.13 16 250 10855 -42.1 -61.9 10 19.8 -42.9 270 91 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.04 17 200 12340 -49.2 -73.4 4 24.2 -49.8 274 91 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 18 150 14182 -58.8 -80.1 5 21.3 -59.0 274 72 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16676 -64.3 -83.9 5 19.6 -64.4 273 50 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5838.94 m Freezing level: 562.38 mb = 4916.36 m = 16129.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.98 mb = 3796.80 m = 12456.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.95 % Est. max temperature: 36.31 C = 97.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.14 mb = 1412.54 m = 4634.27 ft T: 25.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 29.90 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.30 mb = 2435.18 m = 7989.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.50 C = 99.50 F Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lifted Index: -8.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.82 C Showalter Index: -7.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.37 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.67 C Cross Totals Index: 24.70 C K Index: 45.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 459.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3056.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.27 mb = 2069.00 m = 6787.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.27 mb = 2802.41 m = 9194.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.27 mb = 13148.68 m = 43138.20 ft B at Equ Level: 3053.05 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.6 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 280.6 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 6.2 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.4 neg: -28.8 tot: 148.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.49 Bulk Rich Number: 19.41 Bulk Shear: 157.51 m/s