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: 46.94,-97.52 Latitude: 46.94 Longitude: -97.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -15 SFC 959 350 30.8 23.9 67 6.9 25.6 146 10 307.6 311.3 300.1 367.5 19.79 2 950 435 31.5 21.7 56 9.9 24.2 152 16 309.2 312.5 299.1 362.2 17.43 3 900 921 29.6 17.7 49 11.9 21.1 177 29 312.0 314.7 297.8 355.8 14.27 4 850 1429 27.0 13.8 44 13.2 17.9 200 34 314.4 316.7 296.8 350.9 11.74 5 800 1963 25.4 9.2 36 16.1 14.8 227 40 318.2 320.0 296.0 347.2 9.19 6 750 2527 21.9 2.6 28 19.4 10.4 233 37 320.4 321.6 294.4 340.2 6.15 7 700 3120 17.8 -3.0 24 20.8 6.6 246 31 322.2 323.1 293.4 336.6 4.39 8 650 3747 12.4 -5.3 29 17.7 3.3 248 30 322.9 323.7 293.3 336.0 3.95 9 600 4411 6.3 -6.9 38 13.2 -0.2 250 33 323.4 324.2 293.3 336.0 3.80 10 550 5116 -0.2 -8.6 53 8.4 -4.1 256 34 323.8 324.5 293.3 335.9 3.63 11 500 5868 -7.4 -8.5 92 1.1 -7.9 257 42 324.0 324.8 293.7 337.3 4.03 12 450 6681 -13.3 -14.3 92 1.0 -13.7 259 48 326.5 327.1 293.3 336.0 2.80 13 400 7567 -19.4 -23.9 67 4.5 -20.6 264 46 329.8 330.1 293.0 334.7 1.38 14 350 8546 -26.0 -26.3 97 0.4 -26.1 260 45 333.8 334.0 293.9 338.3 1.27 15 300 9643 -34.5 -40.6 54 6.1 -35.1 261 65 336.8 336.9 293.9 338.2 0.37 16 250 10890 -44.0 -55.1 28 11.1 -44.5 263 72 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.1 0.09 17 200 12362 -51.3 -66.4 15 15.1 -51.7 269 87 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.03 18 150 14190 -59.5 -79.4 6 19.9 -59.7 270 77 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16695 -65.8 -84.0 6 18.2 -65.9 259 46 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5883.21 m Freezing level: 551.63 mb = 5092.80 m = 16708.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.26 mb = 4379.57 m = 14368.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.78 % Est. max temperature: 40.57 C = 105.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.02 mb = 1242.28 m = 4075.66 ft T: 27.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.17 C/km ThetaE index: 31.55 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 661.33 mb = 3601.19 m = 11814.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.81 C = 114.45 F Cap Strength: 7.43 C Lifted Index: -6.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.30 C Showalter Index: -4.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.61 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.41 C Cross Totals Index: 21.20 C K Index: 27.43 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 537.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2474.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 469.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.22 mb = 2271.88 m = 7453.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 607.22 mb = 4311.51 m = 14145.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.22 mb = 13130.09 m = 43077.20 ft B at Equ Level: 2461.76 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.7 at 33.8 knts Storm direction: 267.7 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 463.8 neg: -0.4 tot: 463.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 154.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.09 Bulk Rich Number: 16.02 Bulk Shear: 154.48 m/s