MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F324.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F324.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 13.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 20 JUN 25 Station: 46.29,-96.91 Latitude: 46.29 Longitude: -96.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -11 SFC 963 321 31.9 23.1 60 8.8 25.3 157 13 308.3 311.9 299.7 365.2 18.74 2 950 441 33.0 20.5 48 12.5 23.9 161 24 310.7 313.8 298.7 360.2 16.19 3 900 929 31.1 15.7 39 15.4 20.4 177 36 313.6 316.0 297.2 352.5 12.60 4 850 1439 28.8 11.9 35 16.9 17.4 205 39 316.3 318.3 296.3 348.6 10.32 5 800 1976 26.4 7.6 30 18.8 14.3 226 42 319.2 320.8 295.6 345.3 8.19 6 750 2541 22.3 3.1 28 19.3 10.8 237 35 320.8 322.1 294.6 341.3 6.37 7 700 3135 17.6 -0.6 29 18.2 7.3 248 28 321.9 323.0 294.1 339.0 5.24 8 650 3761 11.9 -2.8 36 14.7 4.0 257 28 322.4 323.4 293.9 338.1 4.78 9 600 4424 6.0 -5.1 45 11.2 0.4 253 28 323.1 323.9 293.7 337.4 4.35 10 550 5128 -0.3 -6.8 61 6.5 -3.4 245 33 323.7 324.5 293.7 337.5 4.18 11 500 5882 -6.8 -10.0 78 3.2 -8.2 252 39 324.7 325.5 293.5 336.7 3.59 12 450 6695 -12.8 -15.7 79 2.9 -13.8 269 42 327.1 327.6 293.2 335.7 2.50 13 400 7584 -18.2 -31.3 31 13.1 -21.0 267 47 331.4 331.5 292.8 333.9 0.70 14 350 8568 -25.4 -30.5 62 5.1 -26.4 265 47 334.5 334.7 293.7 337.7 0.86 15 300 9667 -34.2 -37.2 74 3.0 -34.6 266 53 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.2 0.52 16 250 10915 -44.0 -49.1 57 5.0 -44.3 268 74 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.3 0.18 17 200 12383 -51.6 -68.8 11 17.2 -52.0 274 87 351.0 351.0 296.9 351.1 0.02 18 150 14216 -59.8 -79.7 6 19.9 -60.0 271 70 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.00 19 100 16712 -66.4 -83.9 7 17.5 -66.5 263 48 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5893.13 m Freezing level: 552.39 mb = 5094.57 m = 16714.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.13 mb = 4489.82 m = 14730.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.64 % Est. max temperature: 41.89 C = 107.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.14 mb = 1458.48 m = 4784.98 ft T: 28.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.87 C/km ThetaE index: 27.79 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.95 mb = 3735.61 m = 12255.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.80 C = 114.44 F Cap Strength: 7.56 C Lifted Index: -5.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.60 C Showalter Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.56 C Cross Totals Index: 18.67 C K Index: 29.26 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 481.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2046.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 493.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 743.30 mb = 2617.76 m = 8588.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 598.30 mb = 4446.68 m = 14588.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.30 mb = 13114.87 m = 43027.25 ft B at Equ Level: 2020.18 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.5 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 264.5 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 510.5 neg: -2.3 tot: 508.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 169.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.5 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.49 Bulk Rich Number: 13.60 Bulk Shear: 150.44 m/s