MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 14 JUN 25 Station: 41.81,-88.00 Latitude: 41.81 Longitude: -88.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 983 216 25.1 20.8 77 4.3 22.1 243 8 299.7 302.6 295.8 346.3 15.93 2 950 512 22.8 19.2 80 3.6 20.3 250 18 300.3 303.0 295.3 344.0 14.90 3 900 981 19.0 17.5 91 1.5 17.9 260 25 301.0 303.6 294.9 342.5 14.12 4 850 1471 16.4 13.7 84 2.7 14.6 265 30 303.3 305.4 293.8 337.9 11.65 5 800 1986 13.8 7.9 67 6.0 10.2 262 31 305.9 307.4 292.0 331.1 8.36 6 750 2528 11.7 -2.7 37 14.4 4.5 261 31 309.3 310.1 289.5 322.4 4.19 7 700 3101 8.8 -6.1 34 14.9 1.7 264 31 312.2 312.9 289.8 323.2 3.46 8 650 3711 5.5 -15.3 21 20.8 -2.5 270 32 315.2 315.5 289.1 321.1 1.79 9 600 4359 1.0 -22.3 16 23.3 -6.4 273 31 317.3 317.5 289.0 321.0 1.07 10 550 5052 -3.3 -28.5 12 25.2 -10.1 275 30 320.2 320.3 289.5 322.5 0.67 11 500 5797 -8.5 -32.8 12 24.3 -14.0 278 30 322.6 322.7 290.1 324.4 0.48 12 450 6606 -13.7 -38.1 11 24.4 -18.1 278 33 326.1 326.1 290.9 327.3 0.32 13 400 7491 -19.3 -40.7 13 21.3 -22.7 273 39 329.9 329.9 292.0 330.9 0.27 14 350 8468 -27.3 -40.9 26 13.6 -29.0 271 41 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.1 0.31 15 300 9558 -36.2 -47.3 31 11.1 -37.1 259 45 334.3 334.3 293.0 335.0 0.18 16 250 10796 -45.4 -56.8 27 11.3 -45.9 265 53 338.5 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.07 17 200 12252 -54.9 -63.8 33 8.9 -55.1 255 46 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.04 18 150 14053 -59.9 -75.6 11 15.7 -60.0 271 41 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16568 -62.7 -84.9 3 22.2 -62.9 287 15 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.60 m Freezing level: 588.07 mb = 4524.05 m = 14842.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.42 mb = 3346.68 m = 10979.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.25 % Est. max temperature: 29.50 C = 85.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.55 mb = 756.62 m = 2482.33 ft T: 20.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 23.90 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.83 mb = 1233.93 m = 4048.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.54 C = 81.58 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -3.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Showalter Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 22.21 C K Index: 23.68 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 920.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.39 mb = 1034.40 m = 3393.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.39 mb = 1886.58 m = 6189.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 789.39 mb = 2097.77 m = 6882.38 ft B at Equ Level: 5.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.39 mb = 14507.89 m = 47597.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.9 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 297.9 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.5 neg: -5.0 tot: 104.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 32.35 Bulk Shear: 28.46 m/s