MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506031200F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506031200F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 3 JUN 25 Station: 41.361,-88.42 Latitude: 41.36 Longitude: -88.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 988 199 27.6 18.7 58 9.0 21.3 206 20 301.8 304.4 295.0 342.6 13.83 2 950 540 23.2 16.2 65 7.0 18.5 208 33 300.7 303.0 293.5 336.8 12.30 3 900 1009 18.7 15.3 80 3.4 16.5 209 35 300.8 303.1 293.5 336.8 12.25 4 850 1497 14.5 14.1 97 0.4 14.3 211 35 301.4 303.6 293.5 336.7 12.00 5 800 2009 13.0 11.3 89 1.7 11.9 222 40 305.0 307.0 293.5 336.7 10.58 6 750 2550 9.6 8.4 93 1.1 8.9 225 40 307.0 308.7 293.1 335.0 9.28 7 700 3121 6.8 1.8 70 5.0 4.0 230 40 310.0 311.1 291.5 329.2 6.21 8 650 3726 3.4 -4.5 56 7.8 -0.4 231 40 312.8 313.6 290.6 326.2 4.23 9 600 4371 -0.1 -5.5 67 5.4 -2.6 227 41 316.0 316.8 291.6 329.6 4.24 10 550 5064 -3.6 -10.7 58 7.2 -6.6 226 41 319.8 320.4 291.7 330.0 3.07 11 500 5811 -7.6 -28.4 17 20.8 -13.0 222 42 323.8 323.9 290.7 326.4 0.74 12 450 6622 -13.1 -21.9 48 8.8 -15.7 226 41 326.7 327.0 292.2 331.9 1.47 13 400 7510 -18.6 -31.2 32 12.6 -21.2 223 39 330.8 331.0 292.6 333.4 0.71 14 350 8492 -25.5 -31.4 58 5.9 -26.6 217 39 334.4 334.5 293.6 337.3 0.79 15 300 9593 -33.3 -33.7 97 0.3 -33.4 250 35 338.4 338.5 294.6 341.2 0.74 16 250 10843 -44.4 -45.3 90 0.9 -44.5 244 30 340.0 340.1 294.6 341.1 0.27 17 200 12293 -57.4 -58.0 93 0.5 -57.5 254 39 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.1 0.08 18 150 14063 -67.0 -70.9 57 3.9 -67.0 258 37 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.7 0.02 19 100 16524 -63.8 -85.0 4 21.1 -64.0 246 27 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.84 m Freezing level: 601.15 mb = 4356.46 m = 14292.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.44 mb = 3670.24 m = 12041.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.29 % Est. max temperature: 28.03 C = 82.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.79 mb = 1329.75 m = 4362.63 ft T: 15.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 16.42 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.10 mb = 1455.68 m = 4775.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.11 C = 80.80 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: 0.08 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: 0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.11 C Cross Totals Index: 21.70 C K Index: 31.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 55.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.73 mb = 1409.47 m = 4624.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.73 mb = 2508.22 m = 8228.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 503.73 mb = 5753.08 m = 18874.72 ft B at Equ Level: 47.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 313.73 mb = 9272.99 m = 30422.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.6 at 38.8 knts Storm direction: 252.6 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 161.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 2.30 Bulk Shear: 24.15 m/s