MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F324.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F324.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 13.5 day GFS valid 18Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 40.91,-89.29 Latitude: 40.91 Longitude: -89.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 SFC 981 207 31.0 23.5 64 7.5 25.4 232 18 305.8 309.3 299.2 362.4 18.87 2 950 493 27.3 20.8 68 6.4 22.6 234 29 304.8 307.9 297.5 354.2 16.52 3 900 969 22.8 19.6 83 3.1 20.5 235 31 305.0 308.0 297.4 353.4 16.20 4 850 1465 18.7 18.0 96 0.7 18.2 238 32 305.7 308.6 297.1 352.0 15.44 5 800 1985 17.4 12.2 71 5.3 14.0 246 33 309.7 311.9 295.3 344.0 11.23 6 750 2535 14.5 5.4 54 9.1 9.1 257 32 312.4 313.8 293.2 335.7 7.52 7 700 3115 11.8 0.3 45 11.6 5.5 271 31 315.6 316.6 292.6 333.2 5.57 8 650 3731 8.2 -12.5 21 20.7 -0.6 273 33 318.3 318.7 290.5 325.7 2.25 9 600 4386 4.2 -21.7 13 25.9 -4.7 269 35 320.9 321.1 290.2 324.8 1.12 10 550 5087 -0.7 -21.1 20 20.4 -7.6 267 37 323.2 323.5 291.0 327.7 1.29 11 500 5839 -6.8 -16.8 45 10.0 -10.4 261 38 324.8 325.2 292.2 331.8 2.05 12 450 6653 -12.3 -18.0 62 5.7 -14.2 257 42 327.8 328.2 293.0 335.0 2.07 13 400 7542 -18.8 -27.7 46 8.8 -20.9 259 46 330.5 330.7 292.8 334.1 0.98 14 350 8523 -25.5 -33.3 48 7.8 -26.9 261 52 334.4 334.5 293.5 336.9 0.66 15 300 9624 -33.2 -34.2 91 1.0 -33.4 270 51 338.5 338.7 294.6 341.2 0.71 16 250 10878 -43.2 -44.4 88 1.2 -43.3 274 57 341.9 341.9 295.0 343.0 0.30 17 200 12351 -52.2 -66.8 16 14.6 -52.5 282 67 350.0 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.02 18 150 14170 -61.4 -77.1 11 15.7 -61.6 282 66 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16640 -66.4 -83.9 7 17.5 -66.5 272 29 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.19 m Freezing level: 557.31 mb = 4984.35 m = 16352.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.69 mb = 3671.27 m = 12044.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.70 % Est. max temperature: 32.40 C = 90.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.94 mb = 1154.89 m = 3788.96 ft T: 21.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 37.61 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.01 mb = 1383.74 m = 4539.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.81 C = 87.46 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -5.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: -4.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.46 C Cross Totals Index: 24.74 C K Index: 31.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 414.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2035.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.09 mb = 1312.39 m = 4305.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.09 mb = 1464.18 m = 4803.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 830.09 mb = 1668.46 m = 5473.88 ft B at Equ Level: 2.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 810.09 mb = 1877.71 m = 6160.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.9 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 287.9 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 142.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.48 Bulk Rich Number: 74.60 Bulk Shear: 27.29 m/s