MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040600F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040600F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 42.01,-88.23 Latitude: 42.01 Longitude: -88.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 978 244 23.8 16.1 62 7.6 18.7 246 13 298.8 301.0 292.6 333.5 11.88 2 950 492 20.4 13.9 66 6.5 16.2 246 21 297.9 299.8 291.3 328.5 10.54 3 900 955 16.1 12.9 81 3.2 14.0 247 22 298.0 299.9 291.2 328.3 10.41 4 850 1439 11.9 11.7 99 0.2 11.7 248 23 298.6 300.5 291.3 328.4 10.20 5 800 1944 9.1 8.7 97 0.5 8.8 253 29 300.9 302.5 290.9 327.0 8.83 6 750 2478 6.6 5.8 95 0.7 6.2 259 35 303.7 305.1 290.9 327.0 7.76 7 700 3042 3.1 1.8 91 1.3 2.4 268 38 305.9 307.1 290.2 324.9 6.22 8 650 3638 -1.0 -3.5 84 2.4 -2.2 267 44 307.8 308.6 289.3 321.9 4.56 9 600 4273 -4.0 -13.6 47 9.5 -7.5 270 46 311.5 311.9 288.3 318.7 2.24 10 550 4955 -7.2 -17.8 43 10.6 -10.7 270 48 315.5 315.9 289.1 321.3 1.72 11 500 5692 -11.5 -23.0 38 11.5 -14.7 273 50 319.0 319.2 289.7 323.1 1.20 12 450 6491 -17.1 -28.6 36 11.5 -19.6 281 55 321.8 321.9 290.2 324.6 0.80 13 400 7362 -23.8 -27.7 70 3.9 -24.6 279 63 324.1 324.3 291.0 327.6 0.98 14 350 8323 -31.4 -35.0 70 3.6 -31.9 276 70 326.4 326.5 291.3 328.5 0.56 15 300 9394 -40.3 -44.4 65 4.1 -40.6 273 70 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.5 0.25 16 250 10609 -50.3 -53.9 66 3.6 -50.4 273 71 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.10 17 200 12034 -59.0 -62.0 68 3.0 -59.0 283 73 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.05 18 150 13841 -56.2 -80.8 3 24.7 -56.5 272 50 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16419 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 273 26 418.9 418.9 307.6 418.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.70 m Freezing level: 662.51 mb = 3488.94 m = 11446.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.99 mb = 3346.48 m = 10979.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.06 % Est. max temperature: 24.51 C = 76.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.07 mb = 1202.65 m = 3945.67 ft T: 13.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 8.25 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.45 mb = 1374.83 m = 4510.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.45 C = 74.21 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: 0.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.90 C Showalter Index: 0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.40 C Cross Totals Index: 23.19 C K Index: 33.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 312.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 115.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.72 mb = 1322.95 m = 4340.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.72 mb = 1470.98 m = 4826.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 506.72 mb = 5588.82 m = 18335.80 ft B at Equ Level: 111.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.72 mb = 10957.61 m = 35949.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.5 at 38.1 knts Storm direction: 295.5 at 28.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 171.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 1.94 Bulk Shear: 59.26 m/s