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: 42.39,-83.92 Latitude: 42.39 Longitude: -83.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 976 277 31.0 24.1 67 6.9 25.9 244 16 306.2 309.9 299.8 365.7 19.75 2 950 520 27.8 21.7 69 6.1 23.3 247 27 305.4 308.7 298.2 357.8 17.47 3 900 997 23.4 20.3 83 3.1 21.2 251 30 305.6 308.8 298.0 356.1 16.86 4 850 1495 19.2 18.4 95 0.8 18.7 256 31 306.3 309.2 297.5 353.9 15.85 5 800 2016 17.7 12.5 71 5.2 14.2 271 33 310.0 312.2 295.5 344.9 11.43 6 750 2567 15.5 5.9 53 9.6 9.7 275 34 313.4 314.9 293.7 337.6 7.79 7 700 3148 12.0 1.3 48 10.7 6.0 276 36 315.8 316.9 293.0 334.8 6.00 8 650 3764 7.6 -4.1 43 11.7 1.7 280 40 317.6 318.4 292.2 331.6 4.35 9 600 4418 2.6 -9.2 41 11.8 -2.7 278 42 319.1 319.8 291.6 329.6 3.18 10 550 5114 -2.6 -14.6 39 12.0 -7.2 275 45 321.0 321.4 291.3 328.5 2.25 11 500 5862 -7.7 -18.8 41 11.0 -11.4 281 45 323.6 324.0 291.6 329.6 1.74 12 450 6675 -11.8 -28.9 23 17.1 -16.1 291 54 328.4 328.6 292.0 331.2 0.78 13 400 7565 -18.2 -31.4 31 13.1 -21.0 280 61 331.3 331.4 292.7 333.9 0.70 14 350 8548 -25.3 -35.5 38 10.2 -27.0 276 62 334.7 334.8 293.5 336.7 0.53 15 300 9651 -31.8 -43.0 32 11.2 -33.1 281 64 340.5 340.6 294.7 341.6 0.29 16 250 10920 -39.2 -51.7 25 12.6 -40.1 283 71 347.8 347.8 296.3 348.4 0.13 17 200 12414 -49.9 -59.3 32 9.4 -50.3 276 60 353.7 353.7 297.5 354.0 0.06 18 150 14244 -59.7 -74.1 14 14.4 -59.9 294 56 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16720 -67.4 -83.6 8 16.3 -67.5 262 22 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.23 m Freezing level: 575.02 mb = 4765.84 m = 15635.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.44 mb = 4013.67 m = 13168.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.26 % Est. max temperature: 32.76 C = 90.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.56 mb = 1147.98 m = 3766.29 ft T: 22.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.27 C/km ThetaE index: 37.17 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.57 mb = 1397.38 m = 4584.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.93 C = 87.68 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -7.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: -6.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.94 C Cross Totals Index: 26.10 C K Index: 34.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 407.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2169.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.94 mb = 1333.09 m = 4373.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.94 mb = 1485.14 m = 4872.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 820.94 mb = 1793.75 m = 5884.93 ft B at Equ Level: 3.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 770.94 mb = 2331.53 m = 7649.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.9 at 37.4 knts Storm direction: 302.9 at 28.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 166.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 166.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.00 Bulk Rich Number: 47.01 Bulk Shear: 46.15 m/s