MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F303.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F303.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 303 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 44.71,-93.59 Latitude: 44.71 Longitude: -93.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 978 304 31.6 23.1 61 8.5 25.3 174 12 306.7 310.2 299.2 362.5 18.51 2 950 565 28.4 21.2 65 7.2 23.2 181 19 306.0 309.2 298.1 356.9 16.94 3 900 1043 23.9 20.3 80 3.6 21.3 188 19 306.1 309.3 298.1 357.0 16.93 4 850 1542 19.5 19.1 98 0.4 19.2 198 19 306.5 309.6 298.0 356.4 16.58 5 800 2066 22.3 6.1 35 16.2 12.3 248 22 314.9 316.3 293.9 338.1 7.40 6 750 2624 19.7 -0.4 26 20.1 8.5 272 22 318.0 319.0 292.8 333.9 4.97 7 700 3213 15.2 0.6 37 14.6 6.9 287 19 319.3 320.4 293.7 337.7 5.72 8 650 3836 10.7 -2.4 40 13.1 3.7 323 14 321.1 322.0 293.6 337.1 4.93 9 600 4496 5.7 -14.1 22 19.8 -2.5 335 11 322.7 323.2 291.7 330.0 2.14 10 550 5200 0.5 -24.0 14 24.5 -7.4 306 6 324.7 324.9 291.2 328.2 1.00 11 500 5957 -4.1 -36.5 6 32.4 -11.6 274 16 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.3 0.33 12 450 6778 -10.0 -42.5 5 32.5 -16.0 290 16 330.6 330.7 292.1 331.4 0.20 13 400 7673 -16.9 -47.4 5 30.4 -21.2 280 15 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.5 0.13 14 350 8661 -23.6 -53.0 5 29.3 -26.7 270 19 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.2 0.08 15 300 9770 -31.7 -57.5 6 25.8 -33.6 296 22 340.6 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.05 16 250 11032 -41.4 -64.0 7 22.6 -42.3 286 31 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.03 17 200 12511 -50.4 -69.8 8 19.4 -50.8 291 30 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.02 18 150 14338 -61.7 -78.3 9 16.6 -61.9 289 36 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16799 -68.7 -83.4 10 14.7 -68.8 260 14 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.66 m Freezing level: 544.54 mb = 5282.84 m = 17331.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.12 mb = 4223.94 m = 13857.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.06 % Est. max temperature: 34.99 C = 94.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.37 mb = 1385.38 m = 4545.15 ft T: 20.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 23.04 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.15 mb = 1519.55 m = 4985.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.46 C = 88.64 F Cap Strength: 4.93 C Lifted Index: -3.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.55 C Showalter Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.58 C Cross Totals Index: 23.20 C K Index: 28.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 429.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1796.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 246.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.58 mb = 1474.37 m = 4837.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.58 mb = 4204.61 m = 13794.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.58 mb = 13484.71 m = 44240.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1781.90 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.2 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 292.2 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 149.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 191.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 191.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.80 Bulk Rich Number: 29.55 Bulk Shear: 60.81 m/s