MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F297.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F297.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 297 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 41.51,-87.41 Latitude: 41.51 Longitude: -87.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 987 209 32.8 22.3 54 10.5 25.0 215 13 307.2 310.4 298.7 359.8 17.44 2 950 548 28.3 20.4 62 7.9 22.6 220 25 305.9 308.9 297.5 354.2 16.12 3 900 1026 24.0 19.1 74 4.9 20.5 227 27 306.2 309.1 297.3 353.1 15.62 4 850 1524 21.3 14.3 64 7.0 16.5 245 29 308.4 310.7 295.6 345.1 12.12 5 800 2051 22.6 -4.9 15 27.6 8.5 266 35 315.3 315.9 290.6 325.9 3.31 6 750 2608 19.1 -2.9 22 22.0 7.5 270 33 317.3 318.1 291.9 330.7 4.13 7 700 3196 15.4 -12.8 13 28.3 3.0 273 28 319.6 320.0 290.7 326.4 2.03 8 650 3818 10.8 -10.4 21 21.2 1.1 271 25 321.2 321.7 291.7 330.1 2.67 9 600 4477 4.9 -8.9 36 13.8 -1.5 272 22 321.7 322.4 292.4 332.5 3.25 10 550 5179 -0.8 -14.2 36 13.4 -6.1 275 21 323.1 323.6 292.0 331.0 2.32 11 500 5931 -6.3 -26.1 19 19.8 -11.9 293 23 325.4 325.5 291.3 328.6 0.91 12 450 6746 -12.7 -17.8 66 5.1 -14.4 308 33 327.3 327.7 292.9 334.5 2.10 13 400 7634 -18.6 -33.0 27 14.4 -21.5 297 32 330.8 330.9 292.5 333.0 0.59 14 350 8614 -26.1 -49.4 9 23.3 -28.5 302 28 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.12 15 300 9711 -34.1 -55.4 10 21.3 -35.5 312 21 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.07 16 250 10961 -43.4 -60.4 14 17.0 -44.1 302 16 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.04 17 200 12428 -53.6 -67.7 16 14.2 -53.8 296 15 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 14242 -60.6 -75.9 12 15.3 -60.8 311 31 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16728 -66.2 -83.6 7 17.5 -66.3 301 23 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.52 m Freezing level: 557.12 mb = 5079.07 m = 16663.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.51 mb = 4094.64 m = 13433.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.35 % Est. max temperature: 35.84 C = 96.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.08 mb = 1544.00 m = 5065.55 ft T: 21.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.95 C/km ThetaE index: 33.81 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.44 mb = 3165.87 m = 10386.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.11 C = 113.20 F Cap Strength: 5.97 C Lifted Index: -4.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.61 C Showalter Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.56 C Cross Totals Index: 20.57 C K Index: 13.55 Risk: None Sweat Index: 369.95 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2066.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 342.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.09 mb = 1595.22 m = 5233.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.09 mb = 4232.35 m = 13885.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.09 mb = 13159.59 m = 43173.97 ft B at Equ Level: 2058.96 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.2 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 294.2 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 221.2 neg: -5.2 tot: 216.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.80 Bulk Rich Number: 45.32 Bulk Shear: 45.60 m/s