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: 41.51,-88.27 Latitude: 41.51 Longitude: -88.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 987 200 27.7 18.6 57 9.2 21.3 206 19 302.0 304.5 294.9 342.5 13.75 2 950 539 23.2 16.1 64 7.1 18.4 207 33 300.7 303.0 293.4 336.6 12.21 3 900 1007 18.7 15.1 80 3.6 16.3 208 35 300.8 303.0 293.4 336.3 12.09 4 850 1496 14.5 13.9 96 0.6 14.1 211 36 301.4 303.5 293.3 336.2 11.81 5 800 2008 13.0 10.8 86 2.2 11.6 222 40 305.0 307.0 293.3 335.7 10.25 6 750 2549 9.6 7.4 86 2.2 8.3 226 40 307.0 308.6 292.6 333.2 8.65 7 700 3119 6.9 -0.1 61 7.0 3.2 230 40 310.1 311.1 290.9 326.9 5.42 8 650 3725 3.4 -6.8 47 10.2 -1.3 230 41 312.8 313.5 290.0 324.1 3.53 9 600 4370 -0.0 -7.5 57 7.5 -3.4 227 42 316.1 316.8 291.1 327.7 3.62 10 550 5063 -3.4 -11.3 54 7.9 -6.7 227 42 320.0 320.6 291.6 329.7 2.93 11 500 5810 -7.5 -29.1 16 21.5 -13.0 223 43 323.9 324.0 290.7 326.3 0.69 12 450 6621 -13.1 -23.2 42 10.1 -16.0 225 41 326.7 327.0 292.1 331.3 1.31 13 400 7509 -18.5 -32.4 29 13.8 -21.4 223 39 330.9 331.0 292.6 333.2 0.63 14 350 8491 -25.5 -32.4 52 6.9 -26.8 219 39 334.3 334.5 293.6 337.0 0.72 15 300 9592 -33.3 -34.3 91 1.0 -33.4 249 34 338.5 338.6 294.6 341.1 0.70 16 250 10842 -44.5 -44.7 98 0.2 -44.5 242 31 339.9 340.0 294.6 341.0 0.28 17 200 12292 -57.5 -57.9 95 0.4 -57.5 254 40 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.0 0.08 18 150 14061 -66.9 -71.3 54 4.4 -67.0 255 36 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.02 19 100 16521 -63.5 -85.0 4 21.4 -63.7 245 25 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.72 m Freezing level: 600.66 mb = 4361.30 m = 14308.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.25 mb = 3547.46 m = 11638.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.37 % Est. max temperature: 28.02 C = 82.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.28 mb = 1353.31 m = 4439.95 ft T: 15.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 18.44 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.25 mb = 1473.02 m = 4832.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.10 C = 80.78 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: 0.25 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: 0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.05 C Cross Totals Index: 21.41 C K Index: 28.95 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.88 mb = 1426.72 m = 4680.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.88 mb = 2638.68 m = 8656.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 541.88 mb = 5179.23 m = 16992.02 ft B at Equ Level: 27.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 361.88 mb = 8245.50 m = 27051.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.9 at 39.3 knts Storm direction: 252.9 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 173.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.11 Bulk Shear: 27.16 m/s