MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F273.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F273.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 273 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 41.8,-88.79 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -88.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 982 238 29.3 24.7 77 4.5 25.9 248 15 303.9 307.7 299.6 364.8 20.38 2 950 535 25.6 23.1 86 2.5 23.8 251 23 303.2 306.7 298.7 359.9 19.05 3 900 1010 21.8 21.4 98 0.4 21.5 260 23 304.0 307.3 298.3 357.9 18.11 4 850 1510 23.3 16.4 65 6.9 18.5 281 26 310.5 313.2 297.3 353.1 13.93 5 800 2038 20.9 13.0 61 7.8 15.5 285 26 313.4 315.6 296.7 350.0 11.86 6 750 2594 17.4 7.8 53 9.7 11.3 284 26 315.5 317.2 295.1 343.3 8.88 7 700 3179 14.0 -0.8 36 14.8 5.9 296 32 318.0 319.0 292.9 334.5 5.16 8 650 3799 9.2 -11.0 23 20.3 0.3 303 33 319.4 319.9 291.1 327.8 2.53 9 600 4455 3.8 -16.7 21 20.5 -4.0 292 33 320.6 320.9 290.7 326.4 1.73 10 550 5154 -1.4 -27.4 12 26.0 -8.8 294 38 322.4 322.5 290.3 325.0 0.73 11 500 5904 -7.1 -32.3 11 25.2 -13.1 304 42 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.2 0.51 12 450 6720 -9.8 -38.4 8 28.7 -15.6 295 47 331.0 331.0 292.3 332.1 0.31 13 400 7617 -16.8 -38.5 13 21.7 -20.7 291 48 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.4 0.34 14 350 8603 -24.6 -43.5 16 19.0 -27.1 296 50 335.6 335.7 293.4 336.6 0.23 15 300 9707 -32.7 -53.4 11 20.7 -34.3 297 55 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.7 0.09 16 250 10969 -40.3 -64.6 6 24.3 -41.3 287 56 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.03 17 200 12454 -51.0 -70.9 8 19.9 -51.5 281 42 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14274 -62.2 -79.0 9 16.8 -62.4 275 39 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16733 -67.0 -83.8 8 16.7 -67.1 305 16 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.96 m Freezing level: 563.52 mb = 4964.76 m = 16288.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.99 mb = 3836.88 m = 12588.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.44 % Est. max temperature: 36.79 C = 98.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.82 mb = 808.78 m = 2653.45 ft T: 23.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.74 C/km ThetaE index: 39.77 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.44 mb = 985.80 m = 3234.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.25 C = 84.65 F Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lifted Index: -7.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.91 C Showalter Index: -5.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.37 C Cross Totals Index: 23.49 C K Index: 31.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 388.52 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2388.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 160.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.82 mb = 972.41 m = 3190.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.82 mb = 3560.31 m = 11680.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.82 mb = 13912.62 m = 45644.52 ft B at Equ Level: 2372.98 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.1 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 320.1 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 137.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.53 Bulk Rich Number: 46.16 Bulk Shear: 51.74 m/s