MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 40.53,-89.42 Latitude: 40.53 Longitude: -89.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 984 199 29.8 25.7 79 4.1 26.7 209 12 304.3 308.3 300.4 369.0 21.60 2 950 511 28.2 23.5 76 4.7 24.7 215 23 305.8 309.4 299.5 364.5 19.54 3 900 990 24.2 21.1 83 3.1 22.0 225 29 306.4 309.8 298.7 360.0 17.81 4 850 1490 22.5 16.0 67 6.5 18.0 239 29 309.7 312.3 296.8 351.1 13.60 5 800 2018 21.6 9.7 46 12.0 13.9 255 27 314.2 316.0 295.2 343.7 9.47 6 750 2575 19.2 2.8 34 16.4 9.6 275 26 317.4 318.6 293.6 337.3 6.25 7 700 3164 14.7 1.6 41 13.2 7.2 286 28 318.8 320.0 293.9 338.4 6.13 8 650 3785 9.8 -2.0 43 11.9 3.5 291 26 320.1 321.1 293.4 336.5 5.07 9 600 4443 4.3 -3.1 59 7.4 0.4 299 28 321.1 322.1 293.7 337.5 5.08 10 550 5144 -1.6 -8.0 62 6.4 -4.6 306 30 322.2 322.9 293.0 334.7 3.81 11 500 5894 -7.8 -16.1 51 8.4 -10.8 309 28 323.6 324.0 292.0 330.9 2.17 12 450 6706 -12.1 -32.0 17 19.9 -16.6 305 32 328.0 328.2 291.7 330.2 0.58 13 400 7600 -17.3 -39.5 13 22.2 -21.1 304 35 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.7 0.31 14 350 8584 -25.4 -42.9 18 17.5 -27.7 305 39 334.5 334.5 293.2 335.4 0.25 15 300 9684 -32.8 -53.5 11 20.7 -34.4 294 37 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.5 0.09 16 250 10944 -41.5 -63.0 8 21.5 -42.4 283 33 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.03 17 200 12421 -52.2 -69.3 11 17.1 -52.6 290 35 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14236 -61.9 -78.2 10 16.3 -62.0 297 39 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16707 -66.8 -84.1 7 17.3 -67.0 278 15 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.95 m Freezing level: 563.79 mb = 4951.03 m = 16243.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.68 mb = 4501.63 m = 14768.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.67 % Est. max temperature: 36.53 C = 97.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.42 mb = 714.58 m = 2344.40 ft T: 26.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.24 C/km ThetaE index: 31.73 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.95 mb = 2553.01 m = 8375.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.67 C = 108.80 F Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lifted Index: -9.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.82 C Showalter Index: -5.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.27 C Cross Totals Index: 23.80 C K Index: 33.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 521.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3299.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 165.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.34 mb = 1173.32 m = 3849.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 676.34 mb = 3451.92 m = 11325.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.34 mb = 14386.65 m = 47199.72 ft B at Equ Level: 3267.96 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.5 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 307.5 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 247.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 247.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.47 Bulk Rich Number: 39.14 Bulk Shear: 84.30 m/s