MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F282.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F282.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 282 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 40.96,-87.43 Latitude: 40.96 Longitude: -87.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 987 206 28.7 25.8 85 2.9 26.6 283 8 302.9 306.9 300.1 367.5 21.68 2 950 551 28.2 22.9 73 5.3 24.3 299 20 305.8 309.3 299.1 362.3 18.83 3 900 1030 25.4 20.0 72 5.4 21.5 301 23 307.6 310.7 298.2 357.6 16.55 4 850 1531 21.6 17.4 77 4.2 18.7 297 23 308.8 311.6 297.5 353.9 14.89 5 800 2055 18.3 10.5 60 7.9 13.3 297 22 310.7 312.6 294.6 341.3 9.98 6 750 2607 17.2 -7.8 17 25.0 5.2 309 27 315.3 315.8 290.1 324.5 2.84 7 700 3191 13.3 -8.5 21 21.8 3.1 313 36 317.2 317.8 290.7 326.6 2.88 8 650 3809 8.9 -11.6 22 20.4 -0.0 310 43 319.0 319.5 290.9 327.1 2.43 9 600 4464 4.1 -23.6 11 27.7 -5.0 324 41 320.9 321.1 290.0 324.2 0.95 10 550 5164 -1.1 -27.7 11 26.6 -8.7 324 42 322.8 322.9 290.3 325.3 0.71 11 500 5916 -6.1 -32.9 10 26.9 -12.5 319 42 325.7 325.7 291.0 327.4 0.48 12 450 6735 -9.5 -38.7 7 29.1 -15.5 320 46 331.2 331.3 292.4 332.4 0.30 13 400 7632 -16.3 -34.1 20 17.8 -20.0 315 51 333.8 333.9 293.3 335.9 0.54 14 350 8623 -23.4 -43.4 14 20.0 -26.2 310 49 337.2 337.2 293.9 338.1 0.23 15 300 9730 -31.8 -55.7 8 23.8 -33.6 305 47 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.8 0.07 16 250 10994 -40.8 -62.3 8 21.5 -41.8 308 47 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.6 0.04 17 200 12478 -50.8 -69.8 9 19.0 -51.2 296 39 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.02 18 150 14300 -62.0 -77.4 11 15.4 -62.1 298 47 363.2 363.3 299.3 363.3 0.01 19 100 16752 -69.6 -83.4 12 13.8 -69.7 286 25 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.37 m Freezing level: 560.69 mb = 5014.50 m = 16451.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.63 mb = 3800.62 m = 12469.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.48 % Est. max temperature: 35.00 C = 94.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.82 mb = 570.96 m = 1873.20 ft T: 28.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.10 C/km ThetaE index: 43.03 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.64 mb = 1719.94 m = 5642.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.21 C = 95.37 F Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lifted Index: -6.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Showalter Index: -4.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.68 C Cross Totals Index: 23.47 C K Index: 23.33 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2580.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.81 mb = 1289.12 m = 4229.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.81 mb = 3205.07 m = 10515.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 148.81 mb = 14348.14 m = 47073.37 ft B at Equ Level: 2546.44 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.5 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 343.5 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.8 neg: -2.6 tot: 138.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.35 Bulk Rich Number: 57.38 Bulk Shear: 44.97 m/s