MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 43.29,-97.21 Latitude: 43.29 Longitude: -97.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 958 423 23.4 15.1 60 8.3 17.8 205 7 300.2 302.3 292.6 333.3 11.30 2 950 494 23.3 12.9 52 10.4 16.6 209 9 300.8 302.6 291.7 330.0 9.90 3 900 962 19.5 9.8 53 9.7 13.5 231 14 301.6 303.2 290.7 326.7 8.45 4 850 1451 15.2 7.9 62 7.2 10.9 246 17 302.0 303.5 290.4 325.5 7.90 5 800 1961 10.6 6.0 73 4.6 7.9 258 19 302.4 303.8 290.0 324.3 7.33 6 750 2495 6.9 -1.2 56 8.1 2.9 288 20 304.1 304.9 288.2 318.4 4.68 7 700 3060 4.7 -11.5 30 16.2 -1.8 315 26 307.6 308.1 287.0 314.8 2.26 8 650 3659 0.9 -12.8 35 13.7 -4.4 307 27 310.0 310.4 287.8 317.1 2.20 9 600 4297 -3.2 -11.6 52 8.4 -6.5 301 28 312.4 312.9 289.0 320.8 2.62 10 550 4980 -7.9 -13.7 63 5.8 -10.0 296 28 314.7 315.2 289.6 322.7 2.42 11 500 5712 -13.7 -15.8 84 2.1 -14.4 294 29 316.3 316.8 289.9 323.7 2.22 12 450 6506 -18.8 -20.7 85 1.9 -19.3 308 36 319.6 319.9 290.3 325.2 1.63 13 400 7373 -24.7 -32.1 50 7.4 -26.0 304 34 322.8 323.0 290.3 325.2 0.65 14 350 8330 -32.2 -37.2 61 5.0 -32.8 290 34 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.0 0.45 15 300 9397 -41.4 -44.0 75 2.7 -41.6 277 32 327.1 327.1 291.2 328.0 0.26 16 250 10604 -52.1 -53.8 82 1.7 -52.1 273 30 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.0 0.10 17 200 12027 -56.1 -66.9 25 10.7 -56.3 293 42 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.02 18 150 13858 -55.3 -80.5 3 25.2 -55.6 285 40 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.9 0.00 19 100 16432 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 280 30 418.4 418.4 307.5 418.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.30 m Freezing level: 638.98 mb = 3799.62 m = 12465.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.16 mb = 2838.48 m = 9312.48 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.01 % Est. max temperature: 25.51 C = 77.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.53 mb = 1475.33 m = 4840.27 ft T: 14.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 18.50 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.04 mb = 2330.49 m = 7645.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.71 C = 80.07 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.18 C Showalter Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.87 C Cross Totals Index: 21.63 C K Index: 20.59 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 84.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.05 mb = 2074.71 m = 6806.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 574.05 mb = 4643.98 m = 15235.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 364.05 mb = 8047.59 m = 26402.53 ft B at Equ Level: 83.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 234.05 mb = 11024.66 m = 36169.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.5 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 321.5 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 155.0 neg: -3.7 tot: 151.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 1.17 Bulk Shear: 71.85 m/s