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: 42.89,-83.94 Latitude: 42.89 Longitude: -83.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 982 249 30.2 24.2 70 6.0 25.7 249 17 304.9 308.6 299.5 364.1 19.74 2 950 544 26.9 21.8 74 5.1 23.2 252 31 304.5 307.7 298.1 356.8 17.55 3 900 1020 22.3 20.2 88 2.1 20.8 255 37 304.5 307.6 297.6 354.6 16.78 4 850 1516 19.0 17.2 89 1.8 17.7 265 43 306.0 308.7 296.6 350.0 14.65 5 800 2037 18.2 12.0 67 6.1 14.1 276 43 310.5 312.6 295.4 344.5 11.11 6 750 2589 16.1 6.3 52 9.8 10.1 285 46 314.1 315.6 294.1 339.1 8.01 7 700 3172 12.5 2.7 51 9.8 6.8 290 48 316.3 317.6 293.7 337.4 6.66 8 650 3790 7.9 1.1 62 6.8 4.1 298 50 317.9 319.2 293.9 338.3 6.39 9 600 4445 3.3 -7.1 47 10.4 -1.6 308 40 319.9 320.6 292.3 332.2 3.75 10 550 5143 -2.4 -13.4 42 11.0 -6.8 315 49 321.3 321.7 291.6 329.5 2.47 11 500 5890 -8.8 -14.2 65 5.3 -10.8 313 54 322.3 322.8 291.9 330.8 2.56 12 450 6698 -14.0 -28.3 29 14.3 -17.4 318 47 325.6 325.8 291.3 328.6 0.82 13 400 7581 -20.0 -34.9 25 14.9 -22.7 318 45 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.8 0.49 14 350 8557 -27.2 -40.7 27 13.5 -29.0 314 47 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.3 0.31 15 300 9648 -35.4 -49.5 22 14.1 -36.5 314 46 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.14 16 250 10892 -44.7 -56.0 27 11.3 -45.2 315 48 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.9 0.08 17 200 12350 -54.7 -63.3 34 8.6 -54.9 315 47 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.04 18 150 14145 -64.4 -72.5 32 8.1 -64.5 330 51 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16632 -60.9 -84.9 3 24.0 -61.2 335 35 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.47 m Freezing level: 571.02 mb = 4849.31 m = 15909.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.11 mb = 4254.52 m = 13958.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.54 % Est. max temperature: 32.85 C = 91.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.73 mb = 1013.22 m = 3324.17 ft T: 22.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.84 C/km ThetaE index: 26.69 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.92 mb = 1315.20 m = 4314.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.69 C = 87.24 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -8.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: -5.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.79 C Cross Totals Index: 25.99 C K Index: 35.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 442.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3047.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.20 mb = 1213.35 m = 3980.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.20 mb = 1463.26 m = 4800.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 835.20 mb = 1667.21 m = 5469.77 ft B at Equ Level: 3.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 805.20 mb = 1981.79 m = 6501.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.5 at 44.5 knts Storm direction: 322.5 at 33.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 415.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 415.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 138.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.58 Bulk Rich Number: 25.84 Bulk Shear: 117.92 m/s