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,-87.44 Latitude: 42.35 Longitude: -87.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 989 176 22.1 19.9 87 2.2 20.6 272 11 296.2 298.9 294.1 339.2 14.93 2 950 535 27.7 22.9 75 4.9 24.1 284 22 305.3 308.8 299.0 361.6 18.77 3 900 1013 23.6 21.3 87 2.3 21.9 288 23 305.8 309.2 298.7 360.0 18.03 4 850 1511 19.6 18.8 95 0.8 19.1 290 23 306.7 309.7 297.8 355.7 16.28 5 800 2033 19.0 9.6 54 9.5 13.0 296 25 311.4 313.2 294.4 340.4 9.41 6 750 2586 16.5 2.8 40 13.6 8.6 293 32 314.5 315.7 292.9 334.2 6.27 7 700 3168 12.3 0.6 45 11.6 5.8 288 36 316.1 317.2 292.9 334.3 5.74 8 650 3784 7.9 -8.3 31 16.2 0.4 285 41 317.9 318.5 291.2 328.2 3.14 9 600 4437 2.1 -19.3 19 21.4 -5.4 286 43 318.5 318.8 289.8 323.2 1.38 10 550 5133 -2.3 -37.4 5 35.1 -10.1 297 45 321.4 321.5 289.5 322.4 0.28 11 500 5881 -7.2 -39.1 6 31.9 -13.6 299 48 324.3 324.4 290.3 325.3 0.26 12 450 6694 -12.4 -42.7 6 30.3 -17.6 297 49 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.4 0.20 13 400 7584 -18.2 -49.8 4 31.6 -22.2 292 58 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.10 14 350 8569 -23.9 -54.4 4 30.5 -26.9 293 65 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.8 0.07 15 300 9677 -31.7 -56.5 7 24.8 -33.5 299 68 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.06 16 250 10941 -40.3 -63.8 6 23.5 -41.3 290 72 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.03 17 200 12431 -49.9 -72.0 6 22.1 -50.4 284 57 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 14260 -60.9 -79.3 7 18.4 -61.1 279 53 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.00 19 100 16734 -68.0 -83.6 9 15.6 -68.1 279 15 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.74 m Freezing level: 576.04 mb = 4770.18 m = 15650.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.80 mb = 3824.69 m = 12548.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.46 % Est. max temperature: 33.58 C = 92.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.95 mb = 460.33 m = 1510.26 ft T: 26.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 27.41 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 988.99 mb = 176.28 m = 578.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.66 C = 72.78 F Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lifted Index: -6.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: -6.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.77 C Cross Totals Index: 25.97 C K Index: 33.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 394.46 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2003.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 116.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.49 mb = 1075.83 m = 3529.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.49 mb = 3186.17 m = 10453.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.49 mb = 12807.43 m = 42018.60 ft B at Equ Level: 2002.86 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.3 at 34.9 knts Storm direction: 321.3 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 84.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.84 Bulk Rich Number: 49.90 Bulk Shear: 40.15 m/s