MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 41.76,-83.74 Latitude: 41.76 Longitude: -83.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -11 SFC 974 215 21.5 18.4 83 3.1 19.4 215 11 296.9 299.4 293.5 336.8 13.84 2 950 431 19.2 16.8 86 2.5 17.6 216 18 296.7 299.0 292.6 333.5 12.73 3 900 894 15.8 15.1 95 0.7 15.3 219 22 297.8 300.0 292.4 332.8 12.05 4 850 1378 13.0 12.3 95 0.7 12.6 221 23 299.8 301.7 292.0 330.9 10.63 5 800 1887 10.8 8.6 86 2.2 9.5 222 23 302.6 304.3 291.4 328.9 8.81 6 750 2423 8.3 5.3 82 2.9 6.6 229 23 305.6 306.9 291.2 328.2 7.49 7 700 2991 5.3 2.8 84 2.4 3.9 245 23 308.3 309.6 291.4 328.9 6.71 8 650 3594 2.2 -1.1 79 3.3 0.5 254 27 311.5 312.5 291.3 328.5 5.45 9 600 4238 -0.2 -11.7 41 11.6 -4.8 264 32 315.9 316.4 290.1 324.4 2.59 10 550 4929 -4.6 -22.3 24 17.7 -10.0 267 38 318.7 318.9 289.6 322.7 1.17 11 500 5671 -9.6 -29.2 19 19.6 -14.3 262 42 321.3 321.5 289.9 323.8 0.68 12 450 6476 -15.4 -40.5 10 25.1 -19.5 261 43 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.8 0.25 13 400 7352 -22.6 -46.9 9 24.3 -25.4 272 43 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.2 0.14 14 350 8315 -31.0 -47.5 18 16.5 -32.5 282 49 326.9 327.0 291.0 327.5 0.15 15 300 9386 -40.4 -50.6 33 10.2 -41.1 289 56 328.4 328.4 291.4 328.8 0.12 16 250 10602 -49.6 -57.2 41 7.6 -49.8 283 54 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.07 17 200 12045 -54.5 -68.3 17 13.8 -54.8 251 49 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 13873 -55.9 -80.3 3 24.4 -56.3 255 45 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00 19 100 16442 -58.0 -85.7 2 27.7 -58.4 240 42 415.6 415.6 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.34 m Freezing level: 603.24 mb = 4196.28 m = 13767.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.93 mb = 3657.02 m = 11997.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.18 % Est. max temperature: 25.84 C = 78.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.52 mb = 599.24 m = 1965.97 ft T: 17.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 8.62 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.58 mb = 964.26 m = 3163.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.70 C = 72.86 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: 0.06 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.27 C Showalter Index: 1.17 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.61 C Cross Totals Index: 21.89 C K Index: 32.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.30 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 292.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.33 mb = 881.47 m = 2891.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 866.33 mb = 1217.07 m = 3992.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 636.33 mb = 3764.98 m = 12352.14 ft B at Equ Level: 22.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 566.33 mb = 4696.45 m = 15408.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.2 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 279.2 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 95.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 7.56 Bulk Shear: 38.68 m/s