MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F315.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F315.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 315 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 42.59,-85.45 Latitude: 42.59 Longitude: -85.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 981 265 30.4 23.4 66 7.0 25.2 247 17 305.2 308.7 299.0 361.4 18.77 2 950 553 27.5 20.7 66 6.8 22.6 248 32 305.1 308.2 297.5 354.1 16.38 3 900 1030 23.3 18.8 76 4.5 20.1 251 39 305.6 308.4 297.0 351.5 15.35 4 850 1527 20.2 15.8 76 4.4 17.2 261 40 307.3 309.8 296.1 347.7 13.41 5 800 2051 19.9 9.3 50 10.7 13.1 278 38 312.4 314.2 294.6 340.9 9.23 6 750 2605 16.8 5.4 47 11.4 9.9 282 40 314.8 316.2 293.9 338.4 7.52 7 700 3189 12.7 1.4 46 11.3 6.3 286 41 316.6 317.7 293.3 335.8 6.08 8 650 3806 8.2 -0.7 54 8.9 3.4 298 43 318.2 319.3 293.4 336.2 5.61 9 600 4462 3.1 -1.1 74 4.2 0.8 310 46 319.7 320.8 294.0 338.6 5.88 10 550 5160 -2.7 -5.4 82 2.7 -4.0 313 48 320.9 321.8 293.3 336.0 4.65 11 500 5908 -8.5 -10.1 88 1.6 -9.2 316 48 322.7 323.4 292.9 334.5 3.55 12 450 6718 -13.2 -30.3 22 17.1 -17.2 317 39 326.6 326.7 291.5 329.1 0.68 13 400 7603 -19.3 -41.5 12 22.2 -22.7 317 39 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.9 0.25 14 350 8581 -26.8 -45.8 15 19.0 -28.9 316 38 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.18 15 300 9673 -35.2 -50.2 20 14.9 -36.4 320 39 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.2 0.13 16 250 10917 -44.8 -56.8 25 11.9 -45.3 313 37 339.4 339.4 294.3 339.7 0.07 17 200 12374 -54.8 -63.6 33 8.8 -55.0 327 53 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.1 0.04 18 150 14167 -64.0 -71.7 34 7.6 -64.1 330 53 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.02 19 100 16650 -60.9 -84.9 3 24.0 -61.2 338 36 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.12 m Freezing level: 573.37 mb = 4833.59 m = 15858.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.36 mb = 4577.95 m = 15019.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.42 % Est. max temperature: 34.35 C = 93.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.19 mb = 1154.62 m = 3788.08 ft T: 22.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 25.58 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.61 mb = 2609.33 m = 8560.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.98 C = 103.97 F Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lifted Index: -6.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.09 C Showalter Index: -4.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.65 C Cross Totals Index: 24.27 C K Index: 33.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.46 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2432.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 158.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.29 mb = 1473.27 m = 4833.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.29 mb = 3675.20 m = 12057.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.29 mb = 13753.75 m = 45123.31 ft B at Equ Level: 2402.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.5 at 41.7 knts Storm direction: 321.5 at 31.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 338.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 338.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.59 Bulk Rich Number: 22.35 Bulk Shear: 108.84 m/s