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: 41.3,-86.14 Latitude: 41.30 Longitude: -86.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 982 247 29.1 25.1 79 4.0 26.1 270 13 303.8 307.7 299.8 365.9 20.79 2 950 541 27.1 22.6 77 4.5 23.8 274 24 304.7 308.1 298.7 359.9 18.47 3 900 1017 23.1 20.9 88 2.1 21.5 278 27 305.3 308.6 298.3 358.0 17.59 4 850 1516 20.5 19.2 92 1.4 19.5 282 29 307.6 310.7 298.3 357.9 16.65 5 800 2039 17.8 16.8 93 1.1 17.1 285 29 310.1 313.0 298.0 356.4 15.18 6 750 2591 15.9 9.8 67 6.1 12.0 294 30 313.9 315.8 295.6 345.6 10.21 7 700 3175 12.6 3.1 52 9.5 7.1 294 34 316.4 317.7 293.9 338.1 6.85 8 650 3792 7.8 -4.1 43 11.8 1.8 295 39 317.8 318.6 292.2 331.8 4.36 9 600 4445 2.5 -13.2 30 15.7 -3.8 295 41 319.0 319.4 290.7 326.7 2.31 10 550 5142 -2.0 -20.9 22 18.9 -8.2 303 42 321.7 322.0 290.6 326.2 1.32 11 500 5893 -6.1 -26.3 19 20.2 -11.8 307 43 325.6 325.7 291.3 328.7 0.89 12 450 6709 -10.7 -31.0 17 20.3 -15.6 304 47 329.8 329.9 292.3 332.1 0.64 13 400 7604 -16.4 -35.3 18 18.9 -20.2 303 56 333.6 333.7 293.2 335.4 0.47 14 350 8595 -23.0 -40.5 19 17.5 -25.6 306 60 337.8 337.8 294.1 339.0 0.32 15 300 9705 -31.6 -45.7 24 14.1 -33.1 305 60 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.7 0.21 16 250 10969 -40.4 -53.1 24 12.7 -41.2 299 59 345.9 346.0 295.8 346.4 0.11 17 200 12457 -50.2 -60.8 28 10.6 -50.5 286 46 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.5 0.05 18 150 14284 -61.5 -71.3 26 9.8 -61.6 287 43 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.3 0.02 19 100 16739 -69.2 -83.6 11 14.3 -69.3 271 20 394.0 394.0 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.27 m Freezing level: 572.37 mb = 4829.83 m = 15845.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.20 mb = 3992.45 m = 13098.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.93 % Est. max temperature: 33.77 C = 92.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.62 mb = 760.33 m = 2494.50 ft T: 25.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 39.66 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.62 mb = 1438.00 m = 4717.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.52 C = 90.53 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -6.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.58 C Showalter Index: -5.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.64 C Cross Totals Index: 25.28 C K Index: 36.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 388.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2352.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.31 mb = 1141.21 m = 3744.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.31 mb = 2014.53 m = 6609.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 782.31 mb = 2230.66 m = 7318.35 ft B at Equ Level: 6.22 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.3 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 324.3 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 128.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.51 Bulk Rich Number: 62.16 Bulk Shear: 37.85 m/s