MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F279.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F279.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 279 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 40.53,-83.78 Latitude: 40.53 Longitude: -83.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 976 308 30.3 24.9 73 5.4 26.2 244 15 305.6 309.4 300.2 367.8 20.70 2 950 544 27.7 22.2 72 5.5 23.6 248 25 305.3 308.6 298.5 359.2 18.00 3 900 1021 23.1 20.5 85 2.6 21.2 253 30 305.3 308.5 298.0 356.6 17.10 4 850 1519 20.0 18.1 89 1.9 18.7 264 33 307.1 310.0 297.4 353.9 15.52 5 800 2041 17.7 13.5 76 4.2 14.8 276 31 310.0 312.3 296.0 347.2 12.22 6 750 2591 16.0 3.2 42 12.8 8.6 289 29 313.9 315.1 292.8 334.1 6.42 7 700 3174 12.2 -1.2 39 13.4 5.0 296 30 316.0 316.9 292.2 331.9 4.99 8 650 3789 7.9 -7.0 34 14.9 0.8 303 32 317.9 318.5 291.5 329.1 3.47 9 600 4443 3.1 -12.1 32 15.2 -3.3 302 32 319.7 320.2 291.2 328.1 2.52 10 550 5142 -1.2 -23.7 16 22.5 -8.2 298 31 322.7 322.9 290.6 326.3 1.03 11 500 5895 -5.8 -24.2 22 18.4 -11.3 306 31 326.0 326.2 291.7 329.8 1.08 12 450 6712 -10.1 -31.8 15 21.7 -15.3 296 45 330.6 330.7 292.4 332.8 0.59 13 400 7609 -16.5 -34.6 19 18.1 -20.2 288 49 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.4 0.51 14 350 8598 -23.7 -41.2 18 17.5 -26.3 288 48 336.8 336.8 293.8 337.9 0.30 15 300 9705 -31.8 -36.9 60 5.1 -32.5 299 49 340.6 340.7 295.0 342.7 0.54 16 250 10972 -39.9 -49.0 37 9.1 -40.6 297 54 346.7 346.7 296.1 347.4 0.18 17 200 12460 -50.5 -67.0 12 16.6 -50.9 286 42 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.02 18 150 14284 -61.8 -75.2 15 13.4 -62.0 299 42 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16733 -69.6 -83.7 11 14.1 -69.6 283 18 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.16 m Freezing level: 563.80 mb = 4948.99 m = 16236.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.34 mb = 3911.82 m = 12833.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.91 % Est. max temperature: 33.16 C = 91.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.07 mb = 990.85 m = 3250.77 ft T: 23.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 41.51 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.69 mb = 1470.76 m = 4825.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.61 C = 88.91 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -5.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: -4.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.75 C Cross Totals Index: 23.81 C K Index: 30.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2109.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.01 mb = 1286.08 m = 4219.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.01 mb = 2959.32 m = 9708.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.01 mb = 13565.34 m = 44505.17 ft B at Equ Level: 2099.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.2 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 318.2 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 202.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 202.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.41 Bulk Rich Number: 40.09 Bulk Shear: 52.61 m/s