MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F303.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F303.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 303 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 46.06,-87.97 Latitude: 46.06 Longitude: -87.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -10 SFC 955 391 25.9 21.6 77 4.4 22.8 182 10 303.1 306.2 297.5 354.1 17.22 2 950 435 25.4 20.8 76 4.6 22.1 185 16 303.0 306.1 297.1 352.0 16.52 3 900 909 21.5 19.1 86 2.4 19.8 195 28 303.7 306.6 296.7 350.3 15.67 4 850 1403 17.8 17.6 99 0.2 17.7 205 34 304.8 307.6 296.5 349.7 15.05 5 800 1922 15.2 15.1 99 0.1 15.2 219 37 307.4 309.9 296.3 348.5 13.65 6 750 2469 14.2 11.7 85 2.5 12.6 240 48 312.0 314.2 296.1 347.6 11.58 7 700 3050 10.7 8.5 87 2.1 9.3 254 54 314.3 316.2 295.6 345.5 10.04 8 650 3664 7.0 0.4 63 6.6 3.4 262 56 316.9 318.0 293.3 336.1 6.05 9 600 4318 3.3 -13.8 27 17.1 -3.6 265 58 319.9 320.4 290.9 327.3 2.20 10 550 5016 -2.0 -9.1 58 7.1 -5.2 272 66 321.7 322.4 292.6 333.2 3.48 11 500 5765 -8.4 -11.8 76 3.4 -9.7 275 69 322.8 323.5 292.6 333.2 3.11 12 450 6572 -15.3 -23.3 50 8.0 -17.4 281 70 324.0 324.3 291.3 328.6 1.30 13 400 7453 -19.9 -38.4 18 18.5 -22.9 282 62 329.1 329.2 291.8 330.4 0.34 14 350 8430 -26.9 -43.3 20 16.4 -28.9 289 54 332.4 332.5 292.6 333.4 0.24 15 300 9522 -35.4 -48.7 24 13.3 -36.5 294 53 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.1 0.15 16 250 10763 -45.6 -55.9 30 10.3 -46.0 294 55 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.08 17 200 12213 -56.1 -62.9 42 6.9 -56.2 295 61 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.2 0.04 18 150 14011 -60.5 -74.5 14 14.0 -60.7 294 78 365.8 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16546 -60.2 -84.4 3 24.2 -60.4 293 41 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.91 m Freezing level: 568.91 mb = 4751.95 m = 15590.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.91 mb = 3972.38 m = 13032.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.92 % Est. max temperature: 29.93 C = 85.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.27 mb = 945.11 m = 3100.73 ft T: 21.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 26.83 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.25 mb = 1299.77 m = 4264.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.40 C = 81.31 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -5.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: -5.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.13 C Cross Totals Index: 25.95 C K Index: 41.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 551.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2073.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.76 mb = 1194.86 m = 3920.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.76 mb = 1446.24 m = 4744.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 775.76 mb = 2182.56 m = 7160.55 ft B at Equ Level: 13.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.76 mb = 16196.12 m = 53136.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.5 at 51.5 knts Storm direction: 286.5 at 38.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 719.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 719.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 239.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 11.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.25 Bulk Rich Number: 7.09 Bulk Shear: 292.58 m/s