MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F231.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F231.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 231 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 15 JUN 25 Station: 41.81,-88.07 Latitude: 41.81 Longitude: -88.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 987 220 28.6 21.5 65 7.2 23.5 215 9 302.9 306.0 297.1 352.0 16.56 2 950 556 25.4 19.3 69 6.1 21.1 209 15 302.9 305.7 296.0 347.3 14.99 3 900 1029 21.1 18.0 82 3.1 18.9 200 13 303.3 306.0 295.8 346.6 14.60 4 850 1522 17.6 15.7 89 1.8 16.4 195 13 304.6 307.0 295.4 344.4 13.35 5 800 2039 14.3 12.2 87 2.1 13.0 211 14 306.4 308.5 294.4 340.3 11.26 6 750 2583 11.4 9.0 85 2.4 9.9 219 14 309.0 310.8 293.9 338.5 9.68 7 700 3157 8.0 6.1 88 1.9 6.9 213 14 311.4 313.0 293.7 337.5 8.48 8 650 3766 4.5 3.4 93 1.1 3.9 213 14 314.1 315.5 293.7 337.7 7.55 9 600 4415 0.8 0.6 98 0.2 0.7 219 12 317.1 318.4 293.9 338.3 6.69 10 550 5111 -2.3 -2.7 97 0.4 -2.5 220 14 321.4 322.5 294.3 339.9 5.71 11 500 5864 -6.1 -6.6 96 0.5 -6.3 224 15 325.6 326.5 294.6 341.1 4.68 12 450 6683 -10.5 -11.0 96 0.5 -10.7 223 24 330.1 330.8 294.9 342.6 3.68 13 400 7580 -16.3 -16.6 97 0.4 -16.4 226 28 333.8 334.4 295.0 342.9 2.60 14 350 8571 -23.0 -24.2 90 1.2 -23.3 230 28 337.8 338.1 295.1 343.4 1.54 15 300 9684 -30.6 -36.7 55 6.1 -31.5 221 28 342.3 342.4 295.4 344.4 0.55 16 250 10950 -41.2 -42.5 87 1.3 -41.3 242 35 344.8 344.8 295.8 346.2 0.36 17 200 12423 -54.3 -54.5 98 0.2 -54.4 259 41 346.7 346.8 296.0 347.2 0.12 18 150 14206 -65.6 -69.1 62 3.5 -65.7 256 21 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.02 19 100 16670 -65.4 -84.1 6 18.6 -65.6 305 9 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.65 m Freezing level: 586.81 mb = 4598.72 m = 15087.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.78 mb = 4566.01 m = 14980.16 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.97 % Est. max temperature: 30.75 C = 87.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.78 mb = 1127.62 m = 3699.51 ft T: 20.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 14.48 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.07 mb = 1511.54 m = 4959.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.24 C = 86.43 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -2.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.97 C Showalter Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.69 C Cross Totals Index: 21.84 C K Index: 37.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 696.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.20 mb = 1329.61 m = 4362.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.20 mb = 1785.13 m = 5856.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.20 mb = 12605.07 m = 41354.71 ft B at Equ Level: 692.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.20 mb = 15353.07 m = 50370.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.9 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 243.9 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.1 neg: -9.4 tot: 7.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 2061.42 Bulk Shear: 0.34 m/s