MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F327.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F327.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 327 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 40.73,-86.82 Latitude: 40.73 Longitude: -86.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 980 217 31.3 23.5 63 7.9 25.4 227 17 306.3 309.8 299.3 363.1 18.89 2 950 493 28.3 20.6 63 7.7 22.7 229 29 305.9 308.9 297.6 354.6 16.26 3 900 971 23.5 18.9 75 4.7 20.2 232 33 305.8 308.6 297.0 351.9 15.41 4 850 1468 19.2 16.4 84 2.8 17.3 238 36 306.3 308.9 296.2 348.1 13.94 5 800 1988 17.2 9.3 60 7.8 12.2 253 33 309.4 311.2 293.7 337.7 9.26 6 750 2537 15.1 -0.4 35 15.4 6.7 260 31 312.9 313.9 291.3 328.6 4.97 7 700 3118 12.4 -6.0 27 18.4 3.4 270 29 316.2 316.9 291.0 327.6 3.50 8 650 3734 8.1 -6.0 36 14.1 1.2 276 30 318.1 318.8 291.8 330.3 3.75 9 600 4389 3.7 -14.6 25 18.3 -3.6 270 29 320.4 320.8 291.0 327.3 2.06 10 550 5088 -1.2 -23.5 17 22.3 -8.2 263 32 322.6 322.9 290.6 326.3 1.05 11 500 5840 -6.8 -25.8 20 19.0 -12.2 259 36 324.7 324.9 291.2 328.1 0.94 12 450 6653 -12.4 -24.3 36 11.9 -15.7 257 42 327.7 327.9 292.2 331.9 1.19 13 400 7541 -18.9 -27.2 48 8.3 -20.9 261 50 330.4 330.6 292.8 334.1 1.03 14 350 8524 -24.8 -28.2 73 3.4 -25.6 269 54 335.3 335.5 294.1 339.2 1.07 15 300 9627 -32.7 -33.8 90 1.1 -32.9 276 51 339.3 339.4 294.8 342.1 0.73 16 250 10884 -42.6 -43.6 90 1.0 -42.7 281 53 342.7 342.7 295.3 344.0 0.32 17 200 12357 -52.3 -56.5 61 4.1 -52.5 283 61 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.3 0.09 18 150 14171 -62.1 -69.4 37 7.3 -62.2 281 60 363.0 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.02 19 100 16641 -66.8 -84.4 7 17.5 -67.0 265 34 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.12 m Freezing level: 562.29 mb = 4916.49 m = 16130.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.60 mb = 3891.53 m = 12767.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.79 % Est. max temperature: 32.61 C = 90.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.16 mb = 1214.05 m = 3983.04 ft T: 21.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 35.54 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.95 mb = 1703.56 m = 5589.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.81 C = 91.05 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -5.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.63 C Showalter Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.03 C Cross Totals Index: 23.20 C K Index: 24.04 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 378.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1892.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.76 mb = 1480.22 m = 4856.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.76 mb = 3435.43 m = 11270.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.76 mb = 13243.77 m = 43450.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1870.74 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.8 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 286.8 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 172.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 172.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.90 Bulk Rich Number: 63.96 Bulk Shear: 29.60 m/s