MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 41.66,-88.53 Latitude: 41.66 Longitude: -88.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 981 220 27.1 24.6 86 2.5 25.3 213 12 301.9 305.7 299.1 361.9 20.26 2 950 499 26.5 23.9 86 2.6 24.6 221 28 304.1 307.8 299.4 363.8 20.00 3 900 977 24.1 21.6 86 2.5 22.3 241 36 306.4 309.8 299.0 361.7 18.39 4 850 1477 21.6 18.3 81 3.4 19.2 257 35 308.8 311.8 298.0 356.5 15.72 5 800 2003 19.4 14.9 75 4.4 16.3 271 35 311.8 314.4 297.3 353.2 13.48 6 750 2557 16.9 9.9 63 7.0 12.3 266 38 314.9 316.9 296.0 346.9 10.27 7 700 3143 13.6 4.7 55 8.9 8.3 266 40 317.5 319.0 294.8 341.9 7.69 8 650 3763 9.9 -2.3 42 12.1 3.4 271 44 320.1 321.1 293.4 336.3 4.98 9 600 4422 4.6 -5.5 48 10.1 -0.4 268 42 321.5 322.3 293.2 335.3 4.22 10 550 5123 -1.9 -8.9 59 7.0 -5.0 264 39 321.8 322.5 292.7 333.6 3.56 11 500 5874 -7.4 -13.6 61 6.3 -9.8 275 42 324.1 324.6 292.6 333.1 2.67 12 450 6686 -12.5 -20.1 53 7.6 -14.9 289 42 327.5 327.8 292.6 333.5 1.72 13 400 7574 -18.7 -21.3 80 2.6 -19.5 294 41 330.7 331.0 293.5 336.8 1.74 14 350 8557 -25.1 -25.7 94 0.6 -25.2 303 42 334.9 335.2 294.3 339.8 1.34 15 300 9659 -33.2 -34.8 86 1.6 -33.4 304 35 338.6 338.7 294.6 341.1 0.67 16 250 10914 -42.4 -50.5 41 8.0 -42.9 280 39 343.0 343.0 295.2 343.6 0.15 17 200 12386 -52.8 -60.3 40 7.5 -53.1 275 40 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.4 0.06 18 150 14207 -61.0 -70.9 26 9.9 -61.2 280 42 364.9 364.9 299.7 365.0 0.02 19 100 16693 -64.6 -84.3 5 19.7 -64.8 263 17 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.85 m Freezing level: 564.54 mb = 4919.38 m = 16139.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.13 mb = 4352.22 m = 14278.77 ft Precipitable water: 2.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.86 % Est. max temperature: 35.07 C = 95.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.31 mb = 533.31 m = 1749.70 ft T: 26.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.67 C/km ThetaE index: 30.73 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.41 mb = 1565.18 m = 5135.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.43 C = 93.97 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: -8.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: -6.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.98 C Cross Totals Index: 25.60 C K Index: 38.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 442.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3309.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.12 mb = 1014.80 m = 3329.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.12 mb = 3129.12 m = 10266.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.12 mb = 14159.58 m = 46454.76 ft B at Equ Level: 3279.20 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.8 at 38.1 knts Storm direction: 293.8 at 28.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 304.3 neg: -0.1 tot: 304.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.07 Bulk Rich Number: 38.46 Bulk Shear: 86.04 m/s