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: 42.28,-89.17 Latitude: 42.28 Longitude: -89.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 978 259 24.0 19.9 78 4.1 21.1 207 15 299.1 301.8 295.1 343.1 15.13 2 950 512 22.0 18.3 79 3.8 19.4 209 26 299.5 302.1 294.4 340.5 14.03 3 900 980 18.3 16.3 88 2.0 17.0 216 31 300.4 302.8 294.0 338.7 13.05 4 850 1468 15.4 12.8 84 2.6 13.7 227 36 302.3 304.3 293.0 334.9 11.01 5 800 1982 12.9 8.6 75 4.3 10.2 241 42 304.9 306.5 292.0 331.2 8.77 6 750 2521 9.7 6.3 79 3.4 7.6 243 46 307.1 308.6 292.1 331.3 7.99 7 700 3092 6.4 4.1 85 2.3 5.1 243 51 309.5 310.9 292.3 332.1 7.33 8 650 3697 2.8 1.4 90 1.5 2.0 238 58 312.2 313.4 292.4 332.5 6.52 9 600 4342 -0.4 -3.3 81 2.9 -1.9 235 61 315.7 316.6 292.2 331.6 4.99 10 550 5034 -3.6 -8.4 70 4.7 -5.7 229 63 319.8 320.5 292.2 331.9 3.70 11 500 5782 -7.9 -10.1 84 2.2 -8.9 230 54 323.4 324.1 293.1 335.1 3.54 12 450 6593 -12.9 -13.6 94 0.8 -13.2 227 50 327.1 327.7 293.6 337.2 2.97 13 400 7483 -18.3 -18.9 95 0.7 -18.5 226 50 331.2 331.7 294.0 338.7 2.14 14 350 8467 -25.1 -26.1 91 1.1 -25.3 223 49 335.0 335.2 294.2 339.7 1.29 15 300 9568 -33.5 -34.8 87 1.4 -33.7 221 49 338.2 338.3 294.5 340.7 0.66 16 250 10819 -44.1 -44.4 97 0.3 -44.1 222 50 340.5 340.6 294.7 341.7 0.29 17 200 12276 -56.0 -58.7 72 2.7 -56.1 233 50 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.4 0.07 18 150 14054 -66.3 -72.3 43 6.0 -66.4 241 44 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.01 19 100 16518 -62.5 -84.0 4 21.5 -62.7 250 26 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.41 m Freezing level: 606.01 mb = 4264.19 m = 13989.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.99 mb = 4025.95 m = 13208.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.09 % Est. max temperature: 28.33 C = 83.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.19 mb = 778.50 m = 2554.11 ft T: 19.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 11.95 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.04 mb = 1318.56 m = 4325.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.66 C = 79.98 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.27 C Showalter Index: 1.08 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.35 C Cross Totals Index: 20.74 C K Index: 33.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 227.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.31 mb = 1101.31 m = 3613.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.31 mb = 2062.41 m = 6766.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 352.31 mb = 8418.25 m = 27618.61 ft B at Equ Level: 226.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.31 mb = 12518.44 m = 41070.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.2 at 48.8 knts Storm direction: 263.2 at 36.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.9 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 259.2 neg: -0.2 tot: 259.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 2.11 Bulk Shear: 107.68 m/s