MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F243.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F243.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 243 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 16 JUN 25 Station: 40.8,-87.36 Latitude: 40.80 Longitude: -87.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 986 212 26.9 22.7 78 4.2 23.8 233 7 301.2 304.5 297.4 353.7 17.83 2 950 540 22.9 20.7 88 2.2 21.3 238 9 300.4 303.4 296.3 348.5 16.38 3 900 1009 19.0 18.6 97 0.4 18.7 247 11 301.1 303.9 295.6 345.5 15.12 4 850 1501 17.5 14.6 83 2.8 15.5 261 14 304.4 306.7 294.7 341.4 12.39 5 800 2018 15.3 10.5 73 4.8 12.2 264 13 307.4 309.3 293.7 337.7 10.00 6 750 2564 12.9 6.5 65 6.3 9.0 271 13 310.5 312.1 293.2 335.6 8.15 7 700 3141 10.1 1.9 57 8.2 5.5 279 13 313.6 314.8 292.6 333.4 6.29 8 650 3754 6.7 -4.3 45 11.1 1.2 282 13 316.6 317.4 291.8 330.3 4.26 9 600 4406 2.8 -11.0 35 13.8 -3.1 282 13 319.3 319.8 291.3 328.4 2.74 10 550 5104 -1.8 -17.2 30 15.4 -7.4 289 12 322.0 322.3 291.2 328.1 1.80 11 500 5855 -6.8 -22.6 27 15.9 -11.6 301 11 324.8 325.0 291.5 329.2 1.24 12 450 6668 -12.9 -24.4 38 11.5 -16.1 296 10 327.0 327.3 292.0 331.2 1.18 13 400 7554 -19.4 -28.2 45 8.8 -21.4 304 12 329.8 330.0 292.6 333.2 0.94 14 350 8531 -27.2 -35.8 44 8.6 -28.5 320 14 332.1 332.2 292.8 334.1 0.52 15 300 9622 -35.5 -50.7 20 15.2 -36.7 310 14 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.12 16 250 10868 -43.8 -58.0 19 14.3 -44.4 274 19 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.06 17 200 12338 -51.5 -61.9 28 10.4 -51.8 286 27 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.4 0.05 18 150 14177 -58.4 -76.7 8 18.3 -58.7 297 22 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.01 19 100 16672 -66.8 -83.8 7 17.0 -66.9 346 15 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.53 m Freezing level: 569.59 mb = 4830.65 m = 15848.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.26 mb = 3927.93 m = 12886.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.74 % Est. max temperature: 30.87 C = 87.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.63 mb = 746.77 m = 2450.01 ft T: 21.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 25.60 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.79 mb = 924.96 m = 3034.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.63 C = 79.94 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -3.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.21 C Cross Totals Index: 21.37 C K Index: 30.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1267.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.36 mb = 910.00 m = 2985.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.36 mb = 957.83 m = 3142.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 865.36 mb = 1347.01 m = 4419.28 ft B at Equ Level: 5.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 775.36 mb = 2282.64 m = 7488.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.0 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 305.0 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 27.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 173.49 Bulk Shear: 7.31 m/s