MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506030600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506030600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 3 JUN 25 Station: 41.96,-88.95 Latitude: 41.96 Longitude: -88.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 980 251 25.8 19.1 67 6.7 21.1 205 18 300.7 303.3 295.0 342.8 14.36 2 950 521 22.4 16.9 71 5.5 18.7 207 31 299.9 302.3 293.7 337.5 12.85 3 900 989 18.1 15.2 83 2.9 16.2 213 34 300.2 302.4 293.3 335.8 12.15 4 850 1477 14.5 12.6 88 2.0 13.3 228 38 301.4 303.4 292.6 333.3 10.82 5 800 1988 11.8 9.1 84 2.6 10.2 245 50 303.7 305.4 292.0 330.9 9.13 6 750 2527 9.7 6.2 79 3.5 7.6 240 53 307.1 308.6 292.1 331.3 7.96 7 700 3097 6.1 3.6 84 2.4 4.7 240 56 309.2 310.6 292.0 331.1 7.12 8 650 3700 2.1 1.4 95 0.7 1.7 234 59 311.4 312.6 292.2 331.7 6.54 9 600 4343 -1.2 -1.8 96 0.6 -1.5 234 56 314.7 315.8 292.4 332.4 5.60 10 550 5035 -3.9 -5.0 92 1.1 -4.4 228 56 319.4 320.4 293.0 334.9 4.80 11 500 5783 -7.5 -9.4 87 1.8 -8.4 230 59 323.8 324.6 293.4 336.3 3.76 12 450 6596 -12.3 -13.9 88 1.6 -12.9 225 58 327.8 328.3 293.7 337.7 2.91 13 400 7487 -17.5 -19.3 86 1.8 -18.1 223 50 332.2 332.6 294.2 339.5 2.08 14 350 8474 -24.6 -26.0 88 1.4 -24.9 227 54 335.6 335.8 294.4 340.3 1.31 15 300 9576 -33.3 -34.3 91 1.0 -33.4 233 55 338.4 338.6 294.6 341.1 0.70 16 250 10829 -43.7 -45.7 80 2.0 -43.9 230 56 341.1 341.1 294.8 342.1 0.26 17 200 12283 -57.0 -57.8 91 0.8 -57.0 230 50 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.8 0.08 18 150 14061 -64.5 -73.3 29 8.8 -64.6 242 38 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16525 -63.3 -84.0 4 20.7 -63.6 247 25 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.16 m Freezing level: 618.30 mb = 4108.08 m = 13477.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.12 mb = 4039.69 m = 13253.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.58 % Est. max temperature: 27.39 C = 81.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.58 mb = 1097.96 m = 3602.19 ft T: 17.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 11.92 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.81 mb = 1398.54 m = 4588.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.30 C = 79.34 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: 0.34 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: 2.16 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.09 C Cross Totals Index: 20.12 C K Index: 32.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 109.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.28 mb = 1275.45 m = 4184.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.28 mb = 1623.80 m = 5327.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 755.28 mb = 2467.93 m = 8096.79 ft B at Equ Level: 7.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 355.28 mb = 8363.10 m = 27437.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.9 at 50.5 knts Storm direction: 261.9 at 37.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 269.1 neg: -9.0 tot: 260.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 1.07 Bulk Shear: 102.51 m/s