MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 40.82,-87.01 Latitude: 40.82 Longitude: -87.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 SFC 976 209 18.7 18.2 97 0.5 18.4 169 11 293.8 296.3 292.4 332.6 13.59 2 950 441 17.4 17.4 100 -0.0 17.4 177 21 294.9 297.3 292.5 333.0 13.31 3 900 903 16.0 15.7 98 0.3 15.8 210 23 298.0 300.3 292.9 334.4 12.54 4 850 1388 13.1 12.9 99 0.2 13.0 223 20 299.9 301.9 292.3 332.3 11.07 5 800 1898 11.3 8.6 83 2.7 9.6 225 23 303.2 304.8 291.5 329.4 8.79 6 750 2435 8.7 2.3 64 6.4 5.2 227 23 306.0 307.1 290.1 324.4 6.04 7 700 3003 5.5 -3.9 51 9.4 1.0 229 22 308.6 309.4 289.2 321.4 4.10 8 650 3605 2.4 -8.1 46 10.5 -2.2 236 24 311.7 312.3 289.3 321.9 3.19 9 600 4248 -0.3 -10.8 45 10.5 -4.6 245 27 315.8 316.4 290.3 324.9 2.80 10 550 4941 -2.6 -25.7 15 23.1 -9.4 265 28 321.0 321.1 290.0 324.0 0.86 11 500 5690 -7.7 -27.1 19 19.4 -12.9 267 36 323.7 323.9 290.7 326.7 0.83 12 450 6499 -14.0 -37.2 12 23.2 -18.3 267 44 325.6 325.7 290.8 326.9 0.35 13 400 7380 -21.4 -46.4 9 25.0 -24.4 259 45 327.2 327.3 291.1 327.8 0.15 14 350 8348 -29.8 -45.8 20 16.0 -31.4 256 42 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.3 0.18 15 300 9425 -39.1 -53.9 19 14.8 -39.9 251 38 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.6 0.08 16 250 10646 -49.3 -56.4 43 7.2 -49.5 256 36 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.07 17 200 12078 -56.4 -65.8 30 9.4 -56.6 246 53 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 18 150 13905 -56.3 -79.8 4 23.5 -56.6 258 57 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16461 -57.0 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 277 30 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.67 m Freezing level: 604.79 mb = 4186.38 m = 13734.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.24 mb = 3187.59 m = 10457.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.82 % Est. max temperature: 26.20 C = 79.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.63 mb = 265.90 m = 872.35 ft T: 18.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.91 C/km ThetaE index: 13.01 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.59 mb = 822.16 m = 2697.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.23 C = 72.02 F Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lifted Index: 1.93 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Showalter Index: 2.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.76 C Cross Totals Index: 20.56 C K Index: 24.24 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 121.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.56 mb = 691.77 m = 2269.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 867.56 mb = 1214.80 m = 3985.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 817.56 mb = 1715.16 m = 5627.08 ft B at Equ Level: 23.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 587.56 mb = 4415.09 m = 14485.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.7 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 270.7 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 148.1 neg: -1.4 tot: 146.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 1.79 Bulk Shear: 67.79 m/s