MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 13 JUN 25 Station: 47.75,-96.03 Latitude: 47.75 Longitude: -96.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21 SFC 963 354 26.3 21.0 73 5.3 22.5 195 17 302.7 305.8 297.0 351.6 16.49 2 950 469 26.6 19.1 63 7.5 21.3 197 27 304.2 306.9 296.3 348.2 14.79 3 900 944 22.6 17.1 71 5.5 18.8 200 35 304.8 307.3 295.7 345.8 13.73 4 850 1439 18.2 15.1 82 3.2 16.1 206 39 305.2 307.6 295.1 343.4 12.77 5 800 1957 14.5 12.5 88 2.0 13.2 218 35 306.6 308.7 294.6 341.1 11.45 6 750 2500 11.6 8.1 79 3.5 9.5 224 33 309.2 310.9 293.6 336.9 9.09 7 700 3077 10.0 1.5 55 8.5 5.2 221 35 313.5 314.7 292.4 332.6 6.08 8 650 3689 5.9 -2.4 55 8.3 1.6 218 36 315.6 316.6 292.1 331.3 4.93 9 600 4338 0.9 -4.9 65 5.7 -1.9 221 34 317.1 318.0 292.1 331.4 4.44 10 550 5031 -3.8 -9.7 64 5.9 -6.3 225 34 319.6 320.3 291.9 330.6 3.34 11 500 5778 -7.9 -18.7 41 10.8 -11.5 232 35 323.4 323.7 291.5 329.4 1.74 12 450 6590 -12.5 -32.7 17 20.2 -17.0 250 29 327.5 327.6 291.6 329.5 0.54 13 400 7478 -19.4 -40.2 14 20.8 -22.7 263 28 329.8 329.9 292.0 330.9 0.29 14 350 8454 -26.9 -40.9 25 14.0 -28.7 256 30 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.7 0.31 15 300 9546 -36.1 -39.9 68 3.8 -36.5 242 26 334.6 334.6 293.3 336.1 0.40 16 250 10785 -45.9 -52.2 49 6.3 -46.2 236 35 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.3 0.12 17 200 12231 -57.2 -61.4 59 4.2 -57.3 238 36 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.05 18 150 14020 -62.0 -72.1 25 10.1 -62.1 261 21 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.3 0.02 19 100 16536 -61.1 -84.8 3 23.8 -61.3 303 15 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.96 m Freezing level: 590.74 mb = 4466.60 m = 14654.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.22 mb = 3978.15 m = 13051.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.56 % Est. max temperature: 29.77 C = 85.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.34 mb = 1028.08 m = 3372.93 ft T: 21.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 20.24 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.92 mb = 1746.80 m = 5730.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.57 C = 85.23 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.33 C Showalter Index: -2.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.13 C Cross Totals Index: 22.96 C K Index: 32.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1458.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.65 mb = 1564.20 m = 5131.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.65 mb = 1928.44 m = 6326.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 712.65 mb = 2926.94 m = 9602.71 ft B at Equ Level: 16.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.65 mb = 15268.70 m = 50093.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.5 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 249.5 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 170.1 neg: -2.4 tot: 167.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.51 Bulk Rich Number: 65.02 Bulk Shear: 22.43 m/s