MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F276.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F276.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11.5 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 42.35,-84.40 Latitude: 42.35 Longitude: -84.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 974 299 30.2 24.6 72 5.6 26.0 250 16 305.6 309.4 300.0 366.8 20.37 2 950 522 27.7 21.7 70 6.0 23.3 252 27 305.3 308.6 298.2 357.6 17.45 3 900 999 23.2 20.1 83 3.1 20.9 256 31 305.4 308.5 297.7 355.2 16.64 4 850 1496 19.3 18.5 95 0.8 18.8 258 32 306.4 309.4 297.5 354.4 15.97 5 800 2018 17.4 13.8 79 3.6 15.0 271 33 309.7 312.1 296.1 347.8 12.51 6 750 2568 15.4 8.2 62 7.3 10.9 275 34 313.3 315.1 294.7 341.7 9.13 7 700 3151 12.0 3.1 54 9.0 6.8 278 37 315.8 317.1 293.7 337.4 6.84 8 650 3767 7.6 -1.8 52 9.3 2.6 283 41 317.5 318.5 292.8 334.1 5.17 9 600 4420 2.7 -8.7 43 11.4 -2.4 280 42 319.2 319.9 291.7 330.1 3.31 10 550 5117 -2.4 -16.2 34 13.8 -7.5 278 44 321.2 321.6 291.1 327.9 1.96 11 500 5866 -7.3 -21.7 31 14.3 -11.8 289 46 324.1 324.4 291.4 328.8 1.35 12 450 6679 -11.9 -28.4 24 16.4 -16.1 297 51 328.2 328.4 292.0 331.2 0.82 13 400 7569 -18.2 -32.1 28 13.9 -21.1 284 59 331.3 331.4 292.7 333.7 0.65 14 350 8552 -25.0 -35.6 37 10.6 -26.8 280 61 335.1 335.2 293.6 337.1 0.53 15 300 9657 -31.6 -41.9 36 10.3 -32.9 282 62 340.8 340.8 294.8 342.0 0.32 16 250 10924 -39.7 -50.4 31 10.7 -40.4 284 71 347.1 347.1 296.1 347.7 0.15 17 200 12416 -50.0 -58.6 36 8.6 -50.3 277 61 353.6 353.6 297.5 353.9 0.07 18 150 14244 -60.4 -72.6 19 12.1 -60.6 291 58 365.9 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.01 19 100 16724 -67.3 -83.7 8 16.4 -67.4 263 22 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.00 m Freezing level: 573.62 mb = 4788.13 m = 15708.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.22 mb = 4097.23 m = 13442.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.39 % Est. max temperature: 32.65 C = 90.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.36 mb = 1005.36 m = 3298.40 ft T: 23.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 38.93 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.71 mb = 1417.86 m = 4651.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.82 C = 87.48 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -6.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: -5.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.68 C Cross Totals Index: 25.84 C K Index: 36.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 402.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2085.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.89 mb = 1315.25 m = 4315.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.89 mb = 1568.67 m = 5146.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 822.89 mb = 1775.18 m = 5824.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 782.89 mb = 2202.24 m = 7225.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.4 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 306.4 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 167.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.83 Bulk Rich Number: 49.63 Bulk Shear: 42.02 m/s