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: 43.03,-83.76 Latitude: 43.03 Longitude: -83.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 982 246 30.0 24.4 72 5.6 25.8 249 17 304.7 308.4 299.5 364.3 19.93 2 950 542 26.7 21.9 75 4.8 23.2 252 31 304.3 307.6 298.1 356.9 17.66 3 900 1017 22.2 20.3 89 1.8 20.9 256 37 304.4 307.5 297.7 354.9 16.93 4 850 1513 18.7 17.6 93 1.1 17.9 265 44 305.7 308.5 296.8 350.9 15.08 5 800 2034 17.9 12.4 70 5.5 14.3 276 44 310.2 312.4 295.5 344.9 11.36 6 750 2585 16.1 6.1 51 10.1 10.0 285 46 314.1 315.6 294.0 338.7 7.88 7 700 3168 12.4 2.9 52 9.5 6.9 290 47 316.2 317.5 293.7 337.5 6.75 8 650 3785 7.8 1.3 64 6.4 4.2 297 49 317.8 319.0 293.9 338.5 6.50 9 600 4440 3.2 -7.1 47 10.3 -1.7 305 40 319.8 320.5 292.3 332.0 3.75 10 550 5138 -2.3 -15.9 34 13.6 -7.4 313 51 321.4 321.8 291.2 328.2 2.02 11 500 5886 -8.8 -15.6 58 6.8 -11.2 311 56 322.3 322.7 291.7 330.0 2.28 12 450 6693 -14.1 -28.0 30 13.9 -17.4 316 50 325.5 325.7 291.3 328.6 0.85 13 400 7576 -20.1 -34.8 26 14.7 -22.8 318 47 328.8 328.9 291.9 330.7 0.50 14 350 8552 -27.1 -41.4 25 14.3 -28.9 314 48 332.2 332.3 292.6 333.4 0.29 15 300 9643 -35.4 -49.5 22 14.1 -36.5 313 47 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.14 16 250 10887 -44.8 -55.7 28 10.9 -45.3 316 50 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.8 0.08 17 200 12344 -54.7 -63.3 34 8.5 -54.9 316 49 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.04 18 150 14140 -64.4 -72.9 30 8.5 -64.5 328 52 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16628 -61.0 -84.9 3 23.9 -61.3 335 37 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.34 m Freezing level: 570.95 mb = 4845.72 m = 15897.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.40 mb = 4246.18 m = 13930.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.06 % Est. max temperature: 32.57 C = 90.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.90 mb = 959.88 m = 3149.17 ft T: 22.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.80 C/km ThetaE index: 26.83 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.56 mb = 1246.12 m = 4088.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.30 C = 86.54 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -8.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: -6.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.50 C Cross Totals Index: 26.43 C K Index: 35.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 454.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3109.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.15 mb = 1171.37 m = 3843.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.15 mb = 1319.71 m = 4329.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 819.15 mb = 1830.42 m = 6005.25 ft B at Equ Level: 6.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 789.15 mb = 2150.36 m = 7054.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.5 at 44.9 knts Storm direction: 321.5 at 33.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 406.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 406.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 135.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.73 Bulk Rich Number: 26.93 Bulk Shear: 115.45 m/s