MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F318.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F318.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 318 hour GFS valid 12Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 43.71,-88.50 Latitude: 43.71 Longitude: -88.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 11 SFC 970 273 20.7 20.0 95 0.8 20.2 232 7 296.4 299.2 294.4 340.6 15.30 2 950 453 20.5 19.2 92 1.4 19.6 246 14 298.0 300.7 294.6 341.2 14.88 3 900 922 21.4 15.0 67 6.3 17.1 245 26 303.5 305.8 294.1 339.3 12.02 4 850 1417 20.1 11.9 59 8.2 14.8 241 36 307.2 309.2 293.9 338.5 10.34 5 800 1938 17.0 8.7 58 8.3 11.9 243 46 309.3 311.0 293.4 336.4 8.86 6 750 2485 13.5 5.3 57 8.2 8.6 245 50 311.2 312.7 292.9 334.3 7.46 7 700 3063 9.6 2.1 59 7.6 5.4 250 53 313.2 314.4 292.6 333.1 6.36 8 650 3674 5.4 0.3 70 5.1 2.6 257 56 315.0 316.2 292.8 334.1 6.04 9 600 4323 0.5 -2.2 82 2.7 -0.9 262 59 316.7 317.8 292.8 334.1 5.44 10 550 5016 -4.1 -6.1 86 2.0 -5.0 265 63 319.2 320.1 292.7 333.5 4.41 11 500 5761 -9.1 -9.7 95 0.7 -9.4 268 64 322.0 322.7 292.8 334.1 3.66 12 450 6569 -13.8 -14.1 98 0.3 -13.9 269 67 325.9 326.5 293.2 335.6 2.86 13 400 7454 -19.3 -19.3 100 0.0 -19.3 269 67 330.0 330.4 293.6 337.2 2.08 14 350 8434 -25.4 -25.4 100 0.0 -25.4 263 61 334.5 334.7 294.2 339.4 1.38 15 300 9535 -33.4 -33.4 99 0.1 -33.4 256 60 338.3 338.5 294.6 341.2 0.76 16 250 10787 -43.4 -43.4 100 -0.0 -43.4 246 51 341.6 341.6 295.0 342.9 0.33 17 200 12252 -54.9 -55.3 96 0.4 -54.9 259 55 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.2 0.11 18 150 14045 -62.3 -75.4 16 13.1 -62.4 277 82 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16563 -61.4 -84.4 3 23.0 -61.7 291 32 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.48 m Freezing level: 594.37 mb = 4401.16 m = 14439.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.32 mb = 4158.30 m = 13642.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.37 % Est. max temperature: 32.64 C = 90.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.53 mb = 367.38 m = 1205.30 ft T: 20.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 8.16 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.76 mb = 2465.41 m = 8088.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.32 C = 95.58 F Cap Strength: 4.93 C Lifted Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.95 C Showalter Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.18 C Cross Totals Index: 20.93 C K Index: 33.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 383.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 287.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 290.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.07 mb = 1275.19 m = 4183.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 619.07 mb = 4069.43 m = 13351.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 329.07 mb = 8874.81 m = 29116.48 ft B at Equ Level: 287.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.07 mb = 12602.35 m = 41345.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.8 at 50.0 knts Storm direction: 286.8 at 37.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 1.9 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 361.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 361.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 120.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 1.77 Bulk Shear: 162.27 m/s