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: 42.82,-83.95 Latitude: 42.82 Longitude: -83.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 982 255 30.1 24.2 70 6.0 25.6 248 17 304.9 308.5 299.4 363.7 19.66 2 950 546 26.7 21.8 74 5.0 23.1 251 30 304.3 307.6 298.0 356.6 17.52 3 900 1021 22.2 20.2 88 2.0 20.8 254 36 304.4 307.5 297.5 354.3 16.74 4 850 1517 19.1 16.9 87 2.2 17.6 266 43 306.2 308.8 296.5 349.5 14.43 5 800 2039 18.3 11.9 66 6.5 14.1 277 43 310.7 312.8 295.3 344.3 10.98 6 750 2591 16.1 6.4 53 9.7 10.2 284 45 314.1 315.6 294.1 339.2 8.06 7 700 3174 12.5 2.5 51 9.9 6.8 290 47 316.3 317.6 293.6 337.2 6.58 8 650 3791 8.0 0.9 61 7.1 4.0 298 49 318.0 319.2 293.8 338.0 6.28 9 600 4446 3.3 -6.5 49 9.7 -1.4 309 41 319.9 320.7 292.4 332.8 3.93 10 550 5144 -2.4 -13.2 43 10.8 -6.7 316 48 321.2 321.7 291.6 329.6 2.51 11 500 5892 -8.8 -13.2 70 4.4 -10.5 314 54 322.3 322.8 292.1 331.5 2.76 12 450 6699 -14.0 -28.4 29 14.4 -17.4 319 46 325.6 325.8 291.3 328.6 0.82 13 400 7583 -20.0 -34.8 26 14.8 -22.7 318 44 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.8 0.50 14 350 8558 -27.2 -40.6 27 13.4 -29.0 314 46 332.1 332.1 292.6 333.3 0.32 15 300 9649 -35.4 -49.7 22 14.3 -36.5 315 46 335.5 335.6 293.3 336.1 0.14 16 250 10893 -44.6 -56.1 27 11.5 -45.2 315 47 339.7 339.7 294.3 340.0 0.08 17 200 12352 -54.7 -63.3 34 8.5 -54.9 314 46 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.04 18 150 14147 -64.4 -72.3 33 7.8 -64.6 330 51 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16633 -60.9 -84.9 3 24.0 -61.2 334 34 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.41 m Freezing level: 571.16 mb = 4849.00 m = 15908.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.86 mb = 4272.75 m = 14018.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.88 % Est. max temperature: 33.00 C = 91.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.83 mb = 1013.38 m = 3324.68 ft T: 22.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.85 C/km ThetaE index: 26.59 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.97 mb = 1335.73 m = 4382.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.74 C = 87.34 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -8.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: -5.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.94 C Cross Totals Index: 25.78 C K Index: 34.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 436.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2983.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.86 mb = 1207.88 m = 3962.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.86 mb = 1457.57 m = 4781.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 835.86 mb = 1661.51 m = 5451.10 ft B at Equ Level: 1.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 815.86 mb = 1869.93 m = 6134.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.0 at 44.1 knts Storm direction: 323.0 at 33.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 411.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 411.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 137.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.43 Bulk Rich Number: 24.79 Bulk Shear: 120.34 m/s