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: 43.00,-83.83 Latitude: 43.00 Longitude: -83.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 982 245 30.2 24.4 71 5.8 25.8 249 17 304.9 308.6 299.5 364.5 19.90 2 950 542 26.9 21.9 74 5.0 23.2 252 31 304.5 307.7 298.1 357.1 17.63 3 900 1018 22.3 20.3 88 2.1 20.9 256 37 304.5 307.7 297.7 354.9 16.88 4 850 1514 18.7 17.6 93 1.1 17.9 264 44 305.7 308.5 296.8 350.8 15.03 5 800 2035 17.9 12.3 70 5.6 14.2 276 45 310.3 312.4 295.5 344.9 11.34 6 750 2586 16.1 6.1 51 10.0 10.0 285 46 314.1 315.6 294.0 338.8 7.90 7 700 3170 12.4 2.9 52 9.5 6.9 290 48 316.2 317.5 293.7 337.5 6.74 8 650 3786 7.8 1.4 64 6.4 4.2 297 50 317.8 319.1 294.0 338.6 6.54 9 600 4442 3.2 -7.2 46 10.5 -1.7 306 40 319.8 320.6 292.2 331.9 3.70 10 550 5139 -2.3 -14.9 37 12.6 -7.1 314 51 321.3 321.8 291.3 328.7 2.19 11 500 5887 -8.8 -15.4 59 6.6 -11.2 311 56 322.3 322.7 291.7 330.0 2.30 12 450 6695 -14.1 -28.1 29 14.1 -17.5 317 49 325.5 325.7 291.3 328.5 0.84 13 400 7578 -20.1 -34.9 25 14.8 -22.8 318 47 328.9 329.0 291.9 330.8 0.49 14 350 8553 -27.1 -41.2 25 14.0 -28.9 314 48 332.2 332.3 292.6 333.4 0.30 15 300 9645 -35.4 -49.4 23 14.0 -36.5 313 47 335.4 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.14 16 250 10888 -44.8 -55.8 28 11.0 -45.3 315 49 339.4 339.5 294.3 339.8 0.08 17 200 12346 -54.7 -63.3 34 8.6 -54.9 315 49 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.04 18 150 14141 -64.4 -72.9 30 8.5 -64.4 328 52 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16629 -60.9 -84.9 3 24.0 -61.2 335 36 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.33 m Freezing level: 570.94 mb = 4847.12 m = 15902.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.26 mb = 4249.35 m = 13941.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.22 % Est. max temperature: 32.58 C = 90.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.42 mb = 984.86 m = 3231.13 ft T: 22.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.82 C/km ThetaE index: 26.91 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.41 mb = 1268.34 m = 4161.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.45 C = 86.81 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -8.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: -6.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.53 C Cross Totals Index: 26.39 C K Index: 35.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 452.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3120.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.63 mb = 1197.07 m = 3927.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 866.63 mb = 1345.87 m = 4415.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 816.63 mb = 1857.92 m = 6095.46 ft B at Equ Level: 6.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 786.63 mb = 2178.73 m = 7147.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.7 at 45.1 knts Storm direction: 321.7 at 33.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 419.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 419.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 139.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.87 Bulk Rich Number: 26.72 Bulk Shear: 116.79 m/s