MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506031800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506031800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 3 JUN 25 Station: 41.21,-88.19 Latitude: 41.21 Longitude: -88.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 987 203 26.7 19.0 62 7.8 21.3 206 16 301.0 303.6 294.9 342.5 14.11 2 950 538 22.9 16.6 67 6.3 18.7 207 28 300.4 302.8 293.7 337.4 12.59 3 900 1006 18.5 15.3 81 3.2 16.4 207 32 300.6 302.8 293.4 336.4 12.22 4 850 1495 15.8 13.1 84 2.7 14.0 216 32 302.7 304.7 293.3 335.8 11.19 5 800 2010 14.0 11.3 84 2.6 12.3 228 34 306.1 308.0 293.8 338.0 10.61 6 750 2552 10.7 9.1 90 1.6 9.7 234 38 308.2 310.0 293.7 337.7 9.71 7 700 3125 6.7 5.9 95 0.8 6.2 239 41 309.9 311.5 293.2 335.6 8.37 8 650 3730 3.3 -2.4 66 5.7 0.4 237 42 312.7 313.6 291.2 328.2 4.92 9 600 4376 0.4 -17.1 26 17.5 -5.9 232 45 316.6 316.9 289.4 322.2 1.67 10 550 5069 -3.2 -25.9 15 22.8 -9.6 229 45 320.3 320.5 289.8 323.3 0.84 11 500 5816 -7.5 -34.1 10 26.7 -13.5 226 44 323.9 324.0 290.4 325.5 0.43 12 450 6627 -13.2 -36.3 13 23.0 -17.7 220 43 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.1 0.38 13 400 7514 -18.5 -27.6 45 9.1 -20.7 225 35 331.0 331.2 293.0 334.6 0.99 14 350 8498 -24.7 -41.3 20 16.6 -27.1 215 40 335.4 335.5 293.4 336.5 0.29 15 300 9599 -33.4 -35.1 85 1.7 -33.7 225 35 338.3 338.4 294.5 340.7 0.64 16 250 10852 -43.5 -43.9 95 0.5 -43.5 219 33 341.4 341.5 295.0 342.6 0.31 17 200 12309 -56.2 -57.6 85 1.4 -56.2 239 38 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.1 0.08 18 150 14084 -67.2 -69.3 75 2.1 -67.2 248 36 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.02 19 100 16532 -64.8 -83.4 6 18.6 -65.0 246 34 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.28 m Freezing level: 594.58 mb = 4450.91 m = 14602.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.60 mb = 3772.57 m = 12377.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.15 % Est. max temperature: 29.24 C = 84.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.24 mb = 1186.07 m = 3891.25 ft T: 17.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 15.80 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.12 mb = 1976.54 m = 6484.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.56 C = 88.80 F Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lifted Index: 0.19 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: 1.10 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.24 C Cross Totals Index: 20.53 C K Index: 35.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.12 mb = 1343.94 m = 4409.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.12 mb = 3005.66 m = 9860.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 560.12 mb = 4923.44 m = 16152.81 ft B at Equ Level: 26.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 360.12 mb = 8288.18 m = 27191.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.7 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 257.7 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 181.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.81 Bulk Shear: 43.88 m/s