MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 38.09,-88.78 Latitude: 38.09 Longitude: -88.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 991 135 24.4 22.1 87 2.4 22.8 195 11 298.4 301.5 296.2 348.2 17.11 2 950 501 22.1 20.0 88 2.1 20.6 204 21 299.6 302.5 295.6 345.5 15.68 3 900 970 19.2 17.4 90 1.8 18.0 225 23 301.3 303.9 295.0 342.7 14.07 4 850 1461 16.7 15.2 91 1.5 15.7 239 23 303.6 306.0 294.8 341.8 12.85 5 800 1976 14.3 12.8 91 1.5 13.3 252 26 306.4 308.6 294.7 341.5 11.68 6 750 2521 11.9 9.0 83 2.9 10.1 265 32 309.5 311.3 294.1 339.0 9.68 7 700 3097 8.9 4.3 73 4.6 6.2 273 37 312.3 313.8 293.2 335.6 7.48 8 650 3706 4.6 0.0 72 4.6 2.1 278 42 314.2 315.3 292.4 332.7 5.90 9 600 4353 0.0 -6.5 62 6.5 -3.0 280 52 316.1 316.9 291.4 328.8 3.93 10 550 5044 -5.0 -11.6 60 6.6 -7.6 281 59 318.2 318.8 291.0 327.6 2.86 11 500 5786 -9.8 -16.5 58 6.7 -12.1 278 52 321.1 321.5 291.2 328.1 2.10 12 450 6592 -14.7 -21.1 58 6.4 -16.6 282 43 324.8 325.1 291.8 330.3 1.58 13 400 7473 -21.3 -25.6 68 4.3 -22.3 282 42 327.3 327.6 292.2 331.5 1.19 14 350 8443 -28.6 -32.8 67 4.3 -29.3 270 47 330.2 330.4 292.4 332.8 0.69 15 300 9529 -36.4 -37.8 87 1.4 -36.5 260 55 334.1 334.2 293.3 335.9 0.49 16 250 10771 -44.3 -47.2 73 2.9 -44.5 255 63 340.1 340.2 294.6 341.0 0.22 17 200 12236 -53.4 -55.9 74 2.5 -53.5 255 66 348.1 348.2 296.3 348.5 0.10 18 150 14046 -61.3 -75.3 14 14.0 -61.4 263 75 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16555 -63.5 -84.1 5 20.5 -63.7 253 32 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.85 m Freezing level: 599.81 mb = 4356.15 m = 14291.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.12 mb = 3970.29 m = 13025.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.56 % Est. max temperature: 30.17 C = 86.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.42 mb = 432.62 m = 1419.33 ft T: 22.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.96 C/km ThetaE index: 20.55 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.67 mb = 1078.39 m = 3537.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.84 C = 82.12 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -5.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: -3.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.52 C Cross Totals Index: 24.98 C K Index: 37.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 434.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1373.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.55 mb = 849.45 m = 2786.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.55 mb = 2660.38 m = 8728.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.55 mb = 11683.43 m = 38331.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1366.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.55 mb = 15049.12 m = 49373.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.0 at 38.3 knts Storm direction: 299.0 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 269.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 269.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.77 Bulk Rich Number: 8.46 Bulk Shear: 162.29 m/s