MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 41.05,-88.64 Latitude: 41.05 Longitude: -88.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 982 208 23.9 18.2 70 5.7 20.0 261 11 298.6 301.0 293.8 337.9 13.52 2 950 499 22.6 15.3 63 7.3 17.7 259 22 300.1 302.2 292.8 334.0 11.55 3 900 967 18.3 13.8 75 4.6 15.4 254 25 300.4 302.4 292.5 332.9 11.05 4 850 1454 14.2 12.1 87 2.2 12.9 249 26 301.1 303.0 292.2 331.9 10.47 5 800 1964 10.5 10.1 97 0.5 10.2 246 26 302.4 304.2 292.0 331.2 9.73 6 750 2500 7.4 6.6 94 0.8 6.9 250 28 304.6 306.2 291.5 329.2 8.18 7 700 3065 4.2 2.0 86 2.2 3.0 259 28 307.1 308.3 290.7 326.4 6.33 8 650 3665 0.1 -2.3 83 2.5 -1.1 265 28 309.1 310.1 290.1 324.5 4.96 9 600 4302 -2.9 -8.7 64 5.8 -5.4 278 35 312.8 313.4 289.8 323.3 3.29 10 550 4988 -6.0 -14.1 53 8.1 -9.0 275 41 317.0 317.4 290.2 324.6 2.33 11 500 5727 -10.8 -18.6 53 7.8 -13.3 266 41 319.8 320.2 290.5 325.8 1.76 12 450 6528 -16.8 -22.1 63 5.3 -18.2 258 43 322.2 322.5 290.9 327.2 1.45 13 400 7401 -23.5 -25.6 82 2.2 -23.9 260 46 324.5 324.7 291.3 328.6 1.19 14 350 8362 -31.2 -31.4 98 0.2 -31.2 264 48 326.7 326.8 291.6 329.5 0.79 15 300 9435 -39.7 -39.7 100 -0.0 -39.6 269 54 329.4 329.5 292.0 331.0 0.41 16 250 10654 -49.5 -50.1 93 0.6 -49.5 275 65 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.16 17 200 12081 -59.0 -62.8 61 3.8 -59.0 271 59 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.04 18 150 13877 -59.8 -77.3 8 17.5 -60.0 269 55 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16434 -57.3 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.7 255 20 417.1 417.1 307.4 417.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.93 m Freezing level: 647.72 mb = 3693.62 m = 12118.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.33 mb = 3500.44 m = 11484.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.24 % Est. max temperature: 26.83 C = 80.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.72 mb = 931.07 m = 3054.64 ft T: 18.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 14.63 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.87 mb = 1564.91 m = 5134.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.66 C = 80.00 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.60 C Showalter Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.07 C Cross Totals Index: 22.89 C K Index: 34.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 300.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 640.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.24 mb = 1401.66 m = 4598.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 820.24 mb = 1753.71 m = 5753.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.24 mb = 10908.51 m = 35788.64 ft B at Equ Level: 638.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.24 mb = 13464.53 m = 44174.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.2 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 293.2 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.3 neg: -1.6 tot: 70.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 33.48 Bulk Shear: 19.12 m/s