MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F339.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F339.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 339 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 42.23,-88.82 Latitude: 42.23 Longitude: -88.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 983 263 24.2 21.8 87 2.4 22.5 293 6 298.8 301.9 296.3 348.3 16.99 2 950 568 26.5 19.5 66 6.9 21.5 309 16 304.0 306.8 296.5 349.3 15.21 3 900 1043 22.5 17.7 74 4.9 19.1 312 19 304.7 307.4 296.0 347.3 14.26 4 850 1539 19.1 15.3 79 3.8 16.5 319 21 306.1 308.6 295.6 345.1 12.99 5 800 2058 15.6 13.8 89 1.8 14.4 324 21 307.8 310.1 295.7 345.7 12.52 6 750 2605 13.1 9.8 81 3.3 11.0 324 23 310.8 312.7 294.8 342.1 10.22 7 700 3183 9.9 4.8 71 5.0 6.9 324 26 313.4 314.9 293.7 337.5 7.74 8 650 3795 5.7 0.2 68 5.5 2.7 325 28 315.4 316.5 292.9 334.3 5.97 9 600 4445 1.5 -6.6 55 8.0 -2.3 330 31 317.8 318.6 291.8 330.4 3.90 10 550 5140 -3.5 -11.2 55 7.7 -6.7 332 33 319.9 320.5 291.6 329.7 2.95 11 500 5886 -8.5 -15.8 56 7.3 -11.2 330 30 322.6 323.1 291.7 330.2 2.23 12 450 6694 -14.4 -21.2 56 6.9 -16.4 321 26 325.2 325.5 291.9 330.6 1.56 13 400 7576 -20.7 -23.0 82 2.2 -21.3 314 28 328.0 328.3 292.6 333.3 1.51 14 350 8550 -27.7 -28.6 91 1.0 -27.9 305 32 331.5 331.7 293.1 335.2 1.03 15 300 9640 -35.4 -36.7 88 1.3 -35.5 305 36 335.5 335.6 293.7 337.6 0.55 16 250 10886 -44.4 -47.7 70 3.3 -44.6 304 46 340.0 340.1 294.6 340.9 0.21 17 200 12344 -54.6 -58.7 60 4.1 -54.6 309 48 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.7 0.07 18 150 14154 -61.3 -72.2 22 10.9 -61.4 308 42 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16641 -62.5 -84.1 4 21.6 -62.7 329 28 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.99 m Freezing level: 585.31 mb = 4649.07 m = 15252.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.06 mb = 4138.68 m = 13578.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.03 % Est. max temperature: 32.06 C = 89.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.35 mb = 564.57 m = 1852.23 ft T: 26.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 15.99 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.31 mb = 1843.31 m = 6047.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.49 C = 90.47 F Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lifted Index: -4.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Showalter Index: -3.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.61 C Cross Totals Index: 23.85 C K Index: 37.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 304.39 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1670.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.32 mb = 1403.90 m = 4605.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.32 mb = 2966.42 m = 9732.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.32 mb = 12722.84 m = 41741.10 ft B at Equ Level: 1649.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.32 mb = 15608.85 m = 51209.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.3 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 355.3 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 78.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.71 Bulk Rich Number: 71.58 Bulk Shear: 23.34 m/s