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: 41.09,-88.56 Latitude: 41.09 Longitude: -88.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 987 207 30.6 26.2 77 4.4 27.3 280 9 304.9 309.0 300.8 371.6 22.19 2 950 550 28.4 23.4 74 5.0 24.7 283 18 306.0 309.7 299.5 364.5 19.44 3 900 1030 24.5 21.8 85 2.7 22.5 283 21 306.7 310.2 299.2 362.6 18.52 4 850 1530 20.9 19.7 93 1.2 20.1 285 22 308.1 311.3 298.7 360.2 17.22 5 800 2054 18.6 16.1 85 2.5 16.8 296 20 311.0 313.7 297.8 355.4 14.53 6 750 2608 17.5 6.0 47 11.5 10.4 305 25 315.6 317.1 294.4 340.3 7.84 7 700 3194 14.0 -3.3 30 17.2 4.9 304 31 318.0 318.8 292.2 331.8 4.29 8 650 3813 9.0 -10.2 25 19.2 0.4 302 37 319.1 319.7 291.2 328.1 2.72 9 600 4468 3.7 -20.4 15 24.1 -4.7 316 39 320.5 320.7 290.2 324.8 1.26 10 550 5168 -1.1 -28.0 11 26.9 -8.7 326 46 322.8 322.9 290.3 325.3 0.70 11 500 5920 -6.0 -33.0 10 27.0 -12.5 319 43 325.7 325.8 291.0 327.4 0.47 12 450 6738 -10.1 -39.6 7 29.5 -15.9 314 45 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.6 0.27 13 400 7634 -16.4 -37.2 15 20.8 -20.3 310 49 333.7 333.8 293.1 335.2 0.39 14 350 8624 -23.9 -41.1 19 17.3 -26.4 307 47 336.6 336.6 293.7 337.8 0.30 15 300 9730 -32.1 -53.5 10 21.4 -33.8 305 49 340.1 340.2 294.4 340.5 0.09 16 250 10993 -41.1 -60.3 11 19.2 -42.0 298 47 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.05 17 200 12477 -50.8 -68.4 11 17.7 -51.2 290 38 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.5 0.02 18 150 14301 -62.2 -77.1 12 14.8 -62.4 289 40 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16756 -69.4 -83.5 11 14.2 -69.5 291 12 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.96 m Freezing level: 561.12 mb = 5012.37 m = 16444.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.36 mb = 3858.98 m = 12660.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.58 % Est. max temperature: 34.50 C = 94.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.45 mb = 772.94 m = 2535.85 ft T: 26.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.34 C/km ThetaE index: 46.81 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.84 mb = 1378.44 m = 4522.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.38 C = 92.08 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -7.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Showalter Index: -6.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.96 C Cross Totals Index: 25.73 C K Index: 29.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3316.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.30 mb = 1183.81 m = 3883.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.30 mb = 1537.09 m = 5042.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 779.30 mb = 2279.37 m = 7478.15 ft B at Equ Level: 12.33 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.3 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 338.3 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.9 neg: -0.2 tot: 109.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.51 Bulk Rich Number: 70.33 Bulk Shear: 47.16 m/s