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: 46.08,-87.98 Latitude: 46.08 Longitude: -87.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -9 SFC 954 397 25.8 21.6 78 4.2 22.7 182 10 303.0 306.2 297.5 354.0 17.22 2 950 435 25.4 20.9 76 4.5 22.1 186 16 303.0 306.0 297.1 352.0 16.55 3 900 909 21.5 19.1 86 2.4 19.8 195 27 303.6 306.5 296.7 350.2 15.65 4 850 1403 17.8 17.6 99 0.2 17.7 204 33 304.7 307.5 296.5 349.6 15.04 5 800 1921 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 2.4 12.6 240 48 311.9 314.2 296.1 347.7 11.62 7 700 3049 10.7 8.6 87 2.1 9.3 253 54 314.3 316.2 295.7 345.6 10.07 8 650 3664 7.0 0.7 64 6.3 3.5 262 56 316.8 318.0 293.4 336.5 6.21 9 600 4317 3.2 -12.8 30 16.0 -3.4 265 58 319.8 320.3 291.1 327.8 2.38 10 550 5015 -2.1 -9.0 59 7.0 -5.2 272 66 321.6 322.3 292.6 333.2 3.51 11 500 5765 -8.4 -11.6 77 3.3 -9.7 275 69 322.8 323.4 292.6 333.3 3.14 12 450 6571 -15.3 -23.0 52 7.7 -17.4 281 70 324.0 324.3 291.3 328.7 1.34 13 400 7452 -20.0 -37.5 19 17.5 -22.9 282 62 329.0 329.1 291.8 330.5 0.38 14 350 8429 -26.9 -42.5 22 15.5 -28.9 288 54 332.4 332.5 292.6 333.4 0.26 15 300 9520 -35.4 -47.8 27 12.4 -36.4 293 52 335.5 335.6 293.4 336.2 0.17 16 250 10762 -45.5 -55.2 33 9.7 -45.9 294 54 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.8 0.09 17 200 12213 -56.0 -62.4 44 6.5 -56.1 296 60 344.1 344.2 295.4 344.3 0.04 18 150 14011 -60.6 -74.0 16 13.3 -60.7 294 78 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16545 -60.1 -84.4 3 24.3 -60.4 293 41 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.02 m Freezing level: 569.61 mb = 4741.50 m = 15555.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.86 mb = 3985.56 m = 13075.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.74 % Est. max temperature: 29.90 C = 85.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.39 mb = 934.13 m = 3064.68 ft T: 21.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 26.27 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.35 mb = 1298.55 m = 4260.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.31 C = 81.16 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -5.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Showalter Index: -5.29 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: 41.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 551.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2057.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.88 mb = 1193.42 m = 3915.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.88 mb = 1444.75 m = 4739.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 775.88 mb = 2180.92 m = 7155.15 ft B at Equ Level: 13.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.88 mb = 16188.23 m = 53110.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.3 at 51.6 knts Storm direction: 286.3 at 38.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 717.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 717.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 239.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 11.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.15 Bulk Rich Number: 7.06 Bulk Shear: 291.34 m/s