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: 46.6,-96.74 Latitude: 46.60 Longitude: -96.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 965 302 30.5 22.8 63 7.7 24.7 151 15 306.8 310.2 299.1 362.1 18.37 2 950 440 31.4 20.6 53 10.8 23.5 155 27 309.0 312.1 298.4 358.3 16.24 3 900 926 30.6 16.0 42 14.5 20.4 181 39 313.0 315.5 297.2 352.6 12.83 4 850 1436 28.2 12.2 37 15.9 17.4 205 41 315.6 317.7 296.3 348.7 10.57 5 800 1971 25.9 8.1 32 17.8 14.4 229 42 318.7 320.4 295.7 345.7 8.50 6 750 2536 22.7 1.2 24 21.5 10.2 237 30 321.2 322.3 294.1 339.2 5.55 7 700 3130 17.9 -3.0 24 20.9 6.6 251 28 322.3 323.2 293.5 336.7 4.38 8 650 3757 12.1 -4.6 31 16.7 3.4 258 30 322.7 323.5 293.4 336.4 4.17 9 600 4420 5.8 -5.7 43 11.5 0.1 256 31 322.8 323.6 293.4 336.5 4.16 10 550 5124 -0.6 -6.9 62 6.4 -3.6 246 33 323.4 324.2 293.6 337.1 4.14 11 500 5877 -6.8 -10.3 76 3.6 -8.3 257 41 324.8 325.5 293.4 336.4 3.49 12 450 6690 -12.8 -15.1 82 2.4 -13.6 270 45 327.2 327.7 293.4 336.2 2.63 13 400 7578 -18.8 -24.6 60 5.8 -20.4 269 48 330.5 330.8 293.1 335.1 1.30 14 350 8560 -25.5 -28.7 75 3.1 -26.2 262 44 334.3 334.5 293.9 338.1 1.03 15 300 9659 -34.5 -39.0 64 4.5 -35.0 268 59 336.8 336.9 293.9 338.5 0.44 16 250 10906 -44.3 -54.0 33 9.6 -44.8 266 73 340.1 340.2 294.4 340.5 0.10 17 200 12373 -51.7 -69.3 10 17.6 -52.0 273 87 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 14204 -59.5 -79.7 6 20.2 -59.7 272 72 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.00 19 100 16703 -65.6 -84.1 6 18.5 -65.8 264 49 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5888.14 m Freezing level: 554.42 mb = 5061.26 m = 16604.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.94 mb = 4433.99 m = 14547.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.73 % Est. max temperature: 41.43 C = 106.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.14 mb = 1298.87 m = 4261.34 ft T: 28.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.98 C/km ThetaE index: 25.72 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.54 mb = 3724.11 m = 12218.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.24 C = 115.23 F Cap Strength: 8.46 C Lifted Index: -5.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.03 C Showalter Index: -3.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.93 C Cross Totals Index: 18.98 C K Index: 26.25 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 489.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2042.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 550.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 758.23 mb = 2440.40 m = 8006.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 593.23 mb = 4511.42 m = 14801.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.23 mb = 12930.52 m = 42422.45 ft B at Equ Level: 2025.56 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.2 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 266.2 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 579.6 neg: -20.6 tot: 559.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 186.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.5 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.35 Bulk Rich Number: 10.99 Bulk Shear: 185.91 m/s