MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506030600F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506030600F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 38.84,-84.83 Latitude: 38.84 Longitude: -84.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 984 236 26.2 23.1 83 3.1 23.9 232 7 300.7 304.1 297.6 354.7 18.34 2 950 542 23.6 18.9 75 4.7 20.3 236 15 301.1 303.8 295.3 344.0 14.58 3 900 1013 19.5 17.2 87 2.3 17.9 240 17 301.6 304.1 294.8 342.2 13.81 4 850 1503 16.7 13.7 83 3.0 14.7 249 19 303.6 305.8 293.9 338.3 11.67 5 800 2018 14.1 8.1 67 6.0 10.4 258 22 306.1 307.7 292.2 331.8 8.49 6 750 2560 10.7 5.3 69 5.4 7.6 257 25 308.2 309.6 292.0 331.1 7.49 7 700 3133 7.2 2.9 74 4.3 4.8 251 28 310.4 311.7 292.0 331.2 6.73 8 650 3739 3.2 -0.8 75 4.0 1.1 243 28 312.6 313.6 291.7 330.0 5.57 9 600 4383 -1.3 -4.4 79 3.1 -2.9 235 27 314.6 315.5 291.5 329.2 4.59 10 550 5072 -4.9 -6.6 88 1.7 -5.7 238 30 318.3 319.1 292.3 332.0 4.25 11 500 5817 -8.4 -9.0 95 0.6 -8.7 255 38 322.8 323.6 293.2 335.7 3.88 12 450 6628 -12.8 -13.2 97 0.3 -13.0 264 36 327.1 327.7 293.7 337.5 3.08 13 400 7518 -18.1 -18.8 94 0.7 -18.3 258 34 331.5 331.9 294.1 339.0 2.16 14 350 8503 -24.8 -26.1 89 1.2 -25.1 245 37 335.3 335.6 294.3 340.0 1.30 15 300 9605 -33.3 -33.7 96 0.4 -33.3 253 43 338.5 338.6 294.6 341.3 0.74 16 250 10857 -44.0 -44.1 99 0.1 -44.0 266 44 340.7 340.8 294.8 341.9 0.31 17 200 12313 -55.8 -57.2 84 1.4 -55.8 269 52 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.7 0.08 18 150 14099 -63.5 -70.8 36 7.4 -63.6 256 31 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.02 19 100 16573 -65.4 -84.3 6 18.9 -65.5 269 26 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.27 m Freezing level: 614.76 mb = 4192.47 m = 13754.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.78 mb = 3916.52 m = 12849.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.18 % Est. max temperature: 29.84 C = 85.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.46 mb = 630.10 m = 2067.24 ft T: 22.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 23.63 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.77 mb = 1325.67 m = 4349.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.30 C = 82.94 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -3.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.98 C Showalter Index: -0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.04 C Cross Totals Index: 22.06 C K Index: 34.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 278.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 957.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.84 mb = 1129.36 m = 3705.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.84 mb = 1883.21 m = 6178.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.84 mb = 12539.47 m = 41139.50 ft B at Equ Level: 940.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.84 mb = 14840.71 m = 48689.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.1 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 277.1 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.0 neg: -2.9 tot: 50.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 39.25 Bulk Shear: 24.39 m/s