MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0000Z 4 JUN 25 Station: 41.902,-87.68 Latitude: 41.90 Longitude: -87.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 986 195 23.8 16.9 65 6.9 19.1 194 13 298.2 300.4 292.8 334.1 12.35 2 950 520 24.8 17.0 62 7.8 19.4 197 28 302.3 304.7 294.4 340.5 12.92 3 900 992 20.3 15.8 75 4.5 17.2 198 35 302.4 304.8 294.3 339.7 12.61 4 850 1482 16.2 14.3 88 1.9 14.9 206 37 303.1 305.3 294.1 339.0 12.11 5 800 1997 13.8 11.8 88 2.0 12.5 221 33 305.8 307.9 294.0 338.7 10.96 6 750 2539 10.4 8.6 88 1.9 9.3 230 34 307.9 309.7 293.4 336.4 9.38 7 700 3111 6.6 5.3 92 1.3 5.8 230 37 309.8 311.3 292.9 334.3 8.00 8 650 3716 2.9 0.1 82 2.7 1.4 229 37 312.2 313.4 291.9 330.8 5.96 9 600 4362 0.4 -13.6 34 14.0 -5.1 227 45 316.6 317.0 289.9 323.9 2.23 10 550 5056 -2.4 -30.5 10 28.0 -9.7 230 49 321.2 321.3 289.8 323.2 0.55 11 500 5805 -7.1 -39.4 6 32.3 -13.6 225 49 324.4 324.4 290.3 325.3 0.25 12 450 6617 -12.8 -40.0 8 27.3 -17.7 221 47 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.1 0.26 13 400 7506 -17.8 -36.6 18 18.8 -21.2 226 43 331.9 331.9 292.6 333.4 0.41 14 350 8493 -23.8 -55.0 4 31.2 -26.8 217 49 336.7 336.7 293.6 336.9 0.06 15 300 9596 -33.4 -42.8 38 9.4 -34.4 225 54 338.3 338.3 294.2 339.4 0.29 16 250 10850 -43.2 -44.4 87 1.3 -43.3 221 47 341.8 341.9 295.0 343.0 0.29 17 200 12310 -55.8 -55.9 98 0.2 -55.8 232 55 344.5 344.5 295.5 344.9 0.10 18 150 14086 -66.9 -71.9 49 5.0 -66.9 241 45 354.9 354.9 297.7 354.9 0.02 19 100 16534 -64.1 -83.5 5 19.5 -64.3 263 26 403.9 403.9 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.58 m Freezing level: 592.78 mb = 4462.11 m = 14639.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.04 mb = 3853.51 m = 12642.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.37 % Est. max temperature: 29.46 C = 85.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.45 mb = 1083.13 m = 3553.54 ft T: 19.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 17.30 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.40 mb = 1908.52 m = 6261.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.96 C = 87.73 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: 0.07 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.83 C Showalter Index: 0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.29 C Cross Totals Index: 21.37 C K Index: 36.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 87.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.27 mb = 1459.47 m = 4788.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.27 mb = 2794.50 m = 9168.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 557.27 mb = 4951.14 m = 16243.69 ft B at Equ Level: 73.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 327.27 mb = 8973.52 m = 29440.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.2 at 39.0 knts Storm direction: 252.2 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 216.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 216.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 1.59 Bulk Shear: 55.15 m/s