MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506031800F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506031800F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 4 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 52 SFC 976 259 23.2 20.3 84 2.9 21.1 199 12 298.3 301.2 295.1 343.4 15.50 2 950 498 21.9 18.7 82 3.2 19.7 200 23 299.4 302.1 294.7 341.6 14.46 3 900 966 18.5 16.5 88 2.0 17.2 203 31 300.6 303.0 294.2 339.5 13.24 4 850 1455 15.6 13.9 90 1.7 14.5 207 35 302.5 304.6 293.7 337.5 11.83 5 800 1968 12.7 11.5 93 1.2 11.9 211 34 304.7 306.7 293.5 336.8 10.73 6 750 2509 9.9 9.2 95 0.7 9.5 216 38 307.3 309.1 293.6 336.9 9.77 7 700 3080 6.7 5.3 91 1.4 5.9 225 44 309.9 311.4 292.9 334.5 8.01 8 650 3686 2.9 -0.2 80 3.1 1.3 225 49 312.3 313.4 291.8 330.5 5.81 9 600 4331 -0.0 -3.5 78 3.5 -1.7 224 50 316.1 317.0 292.2 331.8 4.93 10 550 5024 -3.4 -6.5 79 3.1 -4.8 225 50 320.0 320.9 292.8 334.0 4.27 11 500 5773 -7.3 -12.0 69 4.6 -9.2 222 52 324.1 324.7 292.9 334.3 3.06 12 450 6586 -12.3 -16.7 70 4.4 -13.9 217 53 327.8 328.2 293.2 335.7 2.31 13 400 7476 -18.2 -20.2 85 1.9 -18.8 216 54 331.3 331.7 293.9 338.1 1.93 14 350 8461 -24.9 -25.1 98 0.3 -24.9 220 57 335.2 335.5 294.4 340.4 1.42 15 300 9563 -33.0 -33.1 100 0.0 -33.0 225 59 338.8 339.0 294.7 341.8 0.79 16 250 10818 -43.4 -43.4 100 0.0 -43.4 226 60 341.6 341.6 295.0 342.9 0.33 17 200 12278 -55.9 -56.5 93 0.6 -55.9 227 64 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.7 0.09 18 150 14060 -64.1 -70.8 39 6.7 -64.2 240 45 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.02 19 100 16525 -63.0 -85.2 3 22.2 -63.2 257 26 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.95 m Freezing level: 600.60 mb = 4322.91 m = 14182.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.80 mb = 3952.76 m = 12968.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.41 % Est. max temperature: 28.27 C = 82.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.07 mb = 625.69 m = 2052.76 ft T: 20.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 6.64 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.34 mb = 1262.50 m = 4142.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.53 C = 79.75 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.20 C Showalter Index: 0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.91 C Cross Totals Index: 21.24 C K Index: 35.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.14 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 251.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.78 mb = 1044.37 m = 3426.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.78 mb = 1689.40 m = 5542.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 326.78 mb = 8951.65 m = 29368.59 ft B at Equ Level: 249.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.78 mb = 12701.28 m = 41670.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.0 at 42.2 knts Storm direction: 249.0 at 31.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 230.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 230.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 3.67 Bulk Shear: 68.39 m/s