MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F276.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F276.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 42.60,-100.12 Latitude: 42.60 Longitude: -100.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 10 1 950 453 SFC 913 811 33.7 17.2 38 16.5 21.9 162 20 315.0 317.6 298.2 357.5 13.68 3 900 937 33.4 15.2 34 18.1 20.6 165 29 315.9 318.2 297.5 353.9 12.17 4 850 1450 29.8 11.8 33 18.0 17.7 176 39 317.3 319.3 296.5 349.6 10.25 5 800 1989 28.5 5.2 23 23.3 14.0 204 44 321.5 322.9 295.3 343.9 6.94 6 750 2558 24.8 -0.9 18 25.7 10.2 219 45 323.5 324.4 294.1 339.1 4.77 7 700 3156 19.4 -3.4 21 22.8 7.1 227 44 324.0 324.9 293.9 338.1 4.25 8 650 3786 13.7 -6.0 25 19.7 3.7 236 42 324.4 325.2 293.6 337.0 3.77 9 600 4452 7.5 -9.5 29 17.0 -0.4 245 40 324.8 325.5 293.2 335.3 3.11 10 550 5160 1.0 -16.2 26 17.2 -5.7 249 37 325.3 325.7 292.3 332.1 1.96 11 500 5916 -5.7 -22.6 25 16.9 -11.0 256 42 326.1 326.3 291.9 330.5 1.25 12 450 6733 -10.1 -42.9 5 32.8 -16.0 258 42 330.5 330.6 292.0 331.3 0.19 13 400 7629 -16.7 -50.4 4 33.7 -21.2 255 41 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.09 14 350 8615 -25.1 -50.2 8 25.2 -27.7 256 43 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.4 0.11 15 300 9714 -34.4 -48.3 23 13.9 -35.5 252 45 336.9 337.0 293.7 337.6 0.16 16 250 10968 -42.1 -60.6 12 18.5 -42.9 259 51 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.04 17 200 12442 -52.1 -70.1 10 18.0 -52.5 257 55 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14261 -62.8 -78.2 11 15.5 -62.9 258 53 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16740 -65.9 -83.8 7 17.9 -66.1 272 24 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5905.65 m Freezing level: 542.28 mb = 5276.20 m = 17310.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.83 mb = 4385.13 m = 14386.74 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.70 % Est. max temperature: 41.51 C = 106.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 719.86 mb = 2913.22 m = 9557.68 ft T: 21.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.11 C/km ThetaE index: 27.01 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 594.73 mb = 4523.64 m = 14841.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.37 C = 110.06 F Cap Strength: 6.24 C Lifted Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.02 C Showalter Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.48 C Cross Totals Index: 17.45 C K Index: 24.40 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 489.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1047.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 498.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 657.74 mb = 3684.92 m = 12089.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 552.74 mb = 5119.05 m = 16794.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.74 mb = 12351.97 m = 40524.34 ft B at Equ Level: 1046.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.74 mb = 15486.68 m = 50808.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.1 at 40.7 knts Storm direction: 261.1 at 30.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 573.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 573.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 191.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.49 Bulk Rich Number: 5.40 Bulk Shear: 194.06 m/s