MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 15 JUN 25 Station: 43.20,-102.48 Latitude: 43.20 Longitude: -102.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 1 950 496 2 900 971 SFC 898 988 28.9 14.8 42 14.1 19.2 54 7 311.5 313.7 296.2 347.9 11.88 4 850 1475 23.7 12.9 51 10.8 16.4 64 8 310.9 313.0 295.5 344.8 11.06 5 800 2000 18.6 11.9 65 6.7 14.2 76 7 311.0 313.1 295.5 344.8 11.04 6 750 2551 16.2 4.9 47 11.3 9.5 101 5 314.2 315.5 293.5 336.8 7.24 7 700 3136 14.2 -5.9 24 20.2 4.2 164 3 318.3 318.9 291.6 329.7 3.51 8 650 3755 8.7 -8.1 30 16.8 0.8 259 9 318.8 319.5 291.5 329.3 3.20 9 600 4410 2.7 -9.9 39 12.6 -2.9 247 11 319.3 319.9 291.5 329.2 3.00 10 550 5105 -3.3 -14.6 41 11.3 -7.7 261 16 320.1 320.6 291.0 327.6 2.23 11 500 5852 -7.8 -30.3 14 22.5 -13.3 268 23 323.6 323.7 290.5 325.8 0.61 12 450 6662 -13.6 -32.6 19 19.0 -17.7 272 26 326.1 326.2 291.2 328.1 0.55 13 400 7545 -20.9 -33.4 32 12.5 -23.2 271 28 327.8 327.9 291.7 329.9 0.57 14 350 8517 -27.9 -43.5 21 15.5 -29.7 269 27 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.0 0.23 15 300 9604 -36.9 -47.6 32 10.7 -37.7 259 29 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.1 0.17 16 250 10837 -46.4 -57.1 28 10.8 -46.8 255 30 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.4 0.07 17 200 12282 -55.3 -67.1 22 11.8 -55.5 243 33 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.02 18 150 14117 -56.5 -79.0 4 22.5 -56.8 256 31 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.01 19 100 16649 -63.6 -84.3 4 20.7 -63.8 220 21 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.04 m Freezing level: 577.55 mb = 4722.05 m = 15492.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.62 mb = 3899.55 m = 12793.64 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.30 % Est. max temperature: 31.65 C = 88.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.76 mb = 2759.78 m = 9054.30 ft T: 15.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.11 C/km ThetaE index: 19.08 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.10 mb = 3702.61 m = 12147.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.00 C = 96.80 F Cap Strength: 4.90 C Lifted Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.90 C Showalter Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.45 C Cross Totals Index: 20.67 C K Index: 24.18 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1317.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 209.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 726.69 mb = 2818.78 m = 9247.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.69 mb = 4386.69 m = 14391.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.69 mb = 12227.76 m = 40116.83 ft B at Equ Level: 1315.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.69 mb = 14929.68 m = 48981.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.9 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 294.9 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 60.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 24.77 Bulk Shear: 53.20 m/s