MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506031200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506031200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 38.01,-87.98 Latitude: 38.01 Longitude: -87.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 996 119 25.6 22.8 84 2.9 23.6 229 9 299.1 302.4 296.8 351.0 17.76 2 950 537 22.6 20.4 87 2.2 21.0 237 18 300.1 303.0 296.0 347.1 16.05 3 900 1006 19.4 16.9 86 2.5 17.7 255 24 301.5 304.0 294.7 341.4 13.58 4 850 1497 17.8 9.9 60 7.9 12.9 259 30 304.8 306.5 292.2 332.0 9.04 5 800 2014 15.1 6.8 57 8.3 10.1 258 34 307.3 308.7 291.9 330.8 7.76 6 750 2558 12.1 4.5 60 7.6 7.7 255 37 309.7 311.0 292.1 331.4 7.06 7 700 3132 8.1 3.0 70 5.1 5.2 264 37 311.5 312.8 292.4 332.6 6.81 8 650 3740 4.1 -1.5 67 5.6 1.3 271 40 313.6 314.6 291.8 330.3 5.29 9 600 4386 -0.5 -6.0 66 5.5 -3.0 280 45 315.6 316.4 291.3 328.7 4.08 10 550 5077 -4.6 -15.0 44 10.3 -8.4 282 50 318.6 319.0 290.5 325.9 2.18 11 500 5822 -8.4 -21.1 35 12.7 -12.3 278 48 322.8 323.1 291.0 327.7 1.42 12 450 6632 -12.7 -29.4 23 16.8 -16.7 271 43 327.3 327.5 291.7 330.0 0.74 13 400 7520 -18.8 -31.9 31 13.0 -21.5 272 47 330.5 330.7 292.5 333.0 0.66 14 350 8501 -25.7 -37.2 33 11.5 -27.5 271 53 334.1 334.2 293.3 335.8 0.45 15 300 9601 -32.8 -44.3 31 11.4 -34.0 259 53 339.1 339.2 294.3 340.1 0.25 16 250 10858 -42.8 -48.3 54 5.6 -43.2 253 55 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.2 0.19 17 200 12323 -54.9 -55.1 98 0.1 -54.9 257 59 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.3 0.11 18 150 14116 -63.3 -75.1 19 11.8 -63.4 273 56 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16588 -65.6 -84.2 6 18.7 -65.7 280 27 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.02 m Freezing level: 605.18 mb = 4319.36 m = 14170.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.39 mb = 3923.77 m = 12873.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.43 % Est. max temperature: 31.52 C = 88.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.58 mb = 485.09 m = 1591.47 ft T: 22.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 20.14 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.38 mb = 1156.37 m = 3793.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.01 C = 84.21 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -4.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.45 C Showalter Index: 1.91 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.21 C Cross Totals Index: 18.28 C K Index: 31.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1061.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.20 mb = 879.53 m = 2885.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.20 mb = 2466.16 m = 8090.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.20 mb = 12379.53 m = 40614.77 ft B at Equ Level: 1054.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.20 mb = 15073.72 m = 49453.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.9 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 298.9 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 188.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 188.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.04 Bulk Rich Number: 11.57 Bulk Shear: 91.69 m/s