MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506041800F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506041800F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 41.96,-88.27 Latitude: 41.96 Longitude: -88.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 977 243 17.7 15.9 89 1.8 16.5 203 7 292.8 294.9 290.6 326.1 11.72 2 950 480 15.5 13.5 88 2.0 14.3 205 13 292.9 294.8 289.5 322.3 10.31 3 900 938 13.5 10.1 80 3.4 11.4 211 15 295.4 297.0 288.9 320.4 8.66 4 850 1419 11.4 7.9 79 3.5 9.4 238 15 298.1 299.5 289.1 321.2 7.90 5 800 1924 8.3 5.4 82 2.8 6.7 267 23 300.0 301.3 289.0 320.9 7.06 6 750 2454 4.5 2.6 87 1.9 3.5 268 30 301.4 302.6 288.7 319.8 6.14 7 700 3013 1.2 -0.4 89 1.7 0.4 266 36 303.8 304.8 288.7 319.9 5.30 8 650 3606 -2.0 -6.0 74 4.0 -3.8 263 39 306.7 307.4 288.2 318.3 3.75 9 600 4238 -5.7 -11.4 64 5.8 -7.9 257 41 309.6 310.1 288.1 318.0 2.66 10 550 4916 -8.9 -17.4 50 8.4 -11.6 249 40 313.5 313.8 288.5 319.3 1.78 11 500 5647 -13.7 -21.2 53 7.5 -15.9 250 36 316.3 316.5 289.0 321.0 1.40 12 450 6439 -18.7 -25.8 54 7.0 -20.4 258 44 319.7 319.9 289.8 323.3 1.04 13 400 7307 -24.2 -32.3 47 8.0 -25.6 268 53 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.8 0.64 14 350 8266 -31.7 -44.3 28 12.5 -33.0 276 75 325.9 326.0 290.8 326.8 0.21 15 300 9336 -40.4 -49.1 39 8.7 -40.9 276 78 328.4 328.4 291.4 329.0 0.15 16 250 10552 -49.8 -56.0 48 6.2 -50.0 283 87 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.4 0.08 17 200 11975 -57.3 -65.6 34 8.3 -57.5 266 70 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.03 18 150 13824 -53.3 -81.8 2 28.6 -53.7 275 33 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16414 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 249 27 420.9 420.9 307.8 421.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5604.67 m Freezing level: 681.19 mb = 3236.20 m = 10617.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.54 mb = 3064.23 m = 10053.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.84 % Est. max temperature: 23.80 C = 74.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.97 mb = 462.61 m = 1517.73 ft T: 15.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 5.66 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.11 mb = 1545.92 m = 5071.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.42 C = 74.15 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: 1.99 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.14 C Cross Totals Index: 21.67 C K Index: 31.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.84 mb = 1024.23 m = 3360.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.84 mb = 3060.74 m = 10041.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 685.84 mb = 3176.63 m = 10421.89 ft B at Equ Level: 13.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 575.84 mb = 4558.40 m = 14955.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.4 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 284.4 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.7 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 105.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 82.24 m/s