MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: 42.05,-88.01 Latitude: 42.05 Longitude: -88.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 978 225 24.9 9.6 38 15.3 15.5 220 14 299.9 301.3 289.6 322.7 7.70 2 950 476 20.9 7.9 43 13.0 13.3 220 28 298.4 299.7 288.5 319.2 7.04 3 900 940 16.4 6.7 53 9.6 10.8 220 31 298.4 299.6 288.3 318.5 6.86 4 850 1422 11.8 5.5 65 6.3 8.3 221 30 298.5 299.8 288.2 318.2 6.68 5 800 1926 7.3 4.0 80 3.2 5.5 225 29 298.9 300.1 288.1 317.8 6.40 6 750 2453 2.8 0.3 84 2.5 1.5 236 27 299.6 300.5 287.1 315.2 5.22 7 700 3008 -1.6 -5.6 74 4.0 -3.3 247 30 300.7 301.4 285.9 311.7 3.60 8 650 3592 -6.1 -11.4 66 5.3 -8.0 249 35 302.1 302.5 285.2 309.7 2.46 9 600 4217 -7.9 -16.5 50 8.5 -10.6 251 42 306.9 307.3 286.2 312.6 1.76 10 550 4888 -11.6 -19.8 51 8.2 -13.9 247 46 310.4 310.6 287.1 315.1 1.45 11 500 5612 -16.3 -23.3 54 7.1 -18.0 243 50 313.2 313.4 287.8 317.1 1.17 12 450 6396 -22.1 -25.3 75 3.2 -22.8 242 54 315.4 315.7 288.5 319.1 1.08 13 400 7252 -27.9 -31.1 74 3.3 -28.4 246 64 318.8 318.9 289.1 321.3 0.71 14 350 8197 -35.0 -38.8 68 3.8 -35.4 249 70 321.5 321.6 289.6 322.9 0.38 15 300 9256 -39.9 -50.0 33 10.1 -40.5 237 95 329.1 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.13 16 250 10483 -47.2 -60.6 20 13.4 -47.6 238 88 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.04 17 200 11941 -50.8 -70.2 8 19.4 -51.2 241 82 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 13807 -52.7 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.2 251 46 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.00 19 100 16410 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 267 21 420.9 420.9 307.8 420.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5580.32 m Freezing level: 718.28 mb = 2804.83 m = 9202.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 734.13 mb = 2624.99 m = 8612.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.88 % Est. max temperature: 23.67 C = 74.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 781.14 mb = 2120.81 m = 6957.97 ft T: 5.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 12.98 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.95 mb = 2206.97 m = 7240.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.24 C = 75.63 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: 0.50 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.73 C Showalter Index: 1.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.79 C K Index: 29.61 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 266.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 126.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.48 mb = 2127.74 m = 6980.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.48 mb = 2393.69 m = 7853.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 555.48 mb = 4811.81 m = 15786.59 ft B at Equ Level: 126.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 365.48 mb = 7890.60 m = 25887.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.1 at 36.7 knts Storm direction: 270.1 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.0 neg: -3.2 tot: 115.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 3.76 Bulk Shear: 33.71 m/s