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: 46.11,-87.93 Latitude: 46.11 Longitude: -87.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -8 SFC 954 396 25.3 21.5 79 3.8 22.5 181 10 302.4 305.6 297.3 353.1 17.12 2 950 436 24.8 20.8 78 4.0 21.9 184 15 302.4 305.4 296.8 351.1 16.47 3 900 909 21.1 19.1 88 2.0 19.7 193 26 303.3 306.2 296.5 349.7 15.65 4 850 1403 17.7 17.5 99 0.2 17.5 204 33 304.7 307.4 296.5 349.3 14.97 5 800 1921 15.2 15.1 99 0.1 15.1 218 36 307.3 309.9 296.3 348.4 13.61 6 750 2468 14.0 11.8 86 2.2 12.6 239 47 311.8 314.0 296.1 347.6 11.66 7 700 3048 10.6 8.6 88 1.9 9.3 252 53 314.2 316.1 295.7 345.6 10.11 8 650 3662 6.9 1.1 66 5.8 3.7 261 56 316.8 318.0 293.6 337.1 6.40 9 600 4316 3.0 -10.8 35 13.9 -3.0 264 58 319.6 320.2 291.4 328.9 2.79 10 550 5014 -2.2 -9.3 58 7.1 -5.3 271 66 321.5 322.2 292.5 332.8 3.44 11 500 5762 -8.4 -11.4 79 3.0 -9.6 274 70 322.7 323.4 292.6 333.4 3.19 12 450 6569 -15.2 -22.5 54 7.3 -17.3 280 71 324.1 324.4 291.4 328.9 1.39 13 400 7449 -20.0 -35.7 23 15.7 -22.8 282 63 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.7 0.45 14 350 8426 -26.9 -40.1 28 13.1 -28.7 287 55 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.7 0.33 15 300 9518 -35.3 -45.1 36 9.8 -36.2 292 52 335.6 335.7 293.4 336.5 0.23 16 250 10760 -45.3 -53.3 40 7.9 -45.7 295 54 338.6 338.7 294.1 339.1 0.11 17 200 12212 -55.8 -61.5 49 5.7 -55.9 298 60 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.6 0.05 18 150 14009 -60.9 -73.1 19 12.1 -61.1 294 77 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16543 -60.0 -84.4 3 24.4 -60.3 293 41 411.8 411.8 306.7 411.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.87 m Freezing level: 570.95 mb = 4721.19 m = 15489.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.22 mb = 4018.79 m = 13184.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.20 % Est. max temperature: 29.87 C = 85.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.88 mb = 880.96 m = 2890.25 ft T: 21.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 24.22 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.30 mb = 1278.53 m = 4194.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.13 C = 80.84 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -5.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: -5.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.12 C Cross Totals Index: 25.95 C K Index: 41.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 549.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1950.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.86 mb = 1153.61 m = 3784.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.86 mb = 1404.06 m = 4606.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 779.86 mb = 2136.77 m = 7010.31 ft B at Equ Level: 13.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.86 mb = 15955.52 m = 52346.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.9 at 51.2 knts Storm direction: 285.9 at 38.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 703.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 703.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 234.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 11.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.61 Bulk Rich Number: 6.67 Bulk Shear: 292.36 m/s