MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506031200F267.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506031200F267.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 267 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 14 JUN 25 Station: 37.37,-78.68 Latitude: 37.37 Longitude: -78.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 148 SFC 997 171 30.9 19.2 50 11.8 22.6 233 7 304.3 306.9 295.8 346.4 14.15 2 950 603 25.4 17.3 61 8.0 19.8 242 12 302.9 305.4 294.8 342.1 13.23 3 900 1075 21.4 15.9 71 5.4 17.7 254 12 303.5 305.9 294.7 341.4 12.76 4 850 1570 19.0 11.5 62 7.5 14.1 266 12 306.0 307.9 293.4 336.3 10.05 5 800 2088 14.8 9.2 69 5.6 11.3 265 11 306.9 308.6 293.0 334.6 9.16 6 750 2630 10.5 6.0 74 4.4 7.9 265 7 307.9 309.4 292.2 331.9 7.87 7 700 3201 7.0 -1.9 53 8.9 2.5 279 7 310.3 311.2 290.3 325.1 4.75 8 650 3808 5.2 -14.3 23 19.6 -2.5 280 8 314.9 315.2 289.1 321.3 1.94 9 600 4458 2.0 -22.1 15 24.1 -5.9 277 9 318.4 318.7 289.4 322.2 1.08 10 550 5154 -1.9 -26.7 13 24.7 -9.1 264 10 321.8 321.9 290.2 324.6 0.78 11 500 5905 -6.3 -31.5 11 25.3 -12.5 257 11 325.4 325.5 291.0 327.4 0.55 12 450 6720 -11.6 -37.9 9 26.3 -16.8 246 19 328.6 328.7 291.7 329.8 0.32 13 400 7610 -18.3 -41.9 11 23.5 -22.0 240 19 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.1 0.24 14 350 8591 -26.2 -48.4 11 22.2 -28.6 252 15 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.0 0.14 15 300 9685 -34.9 -50.7 18 15.8 -36.1 265 8 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.7 0.12 16 250 10932 -44.0 -45.0 91 0.9 -44.1 340 3 340.6 340.6 294.7 341.7 0.28 17 200 12389 -56.2 -59.4 67 3.3 -56.2 246 4 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.1 0.06 18 150 14151 -70.8 -71.4 92 0.6 -70.8 336 13 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.02 19 100 16564 -65.2 -82.8 7 17.7 -65.3 20 12 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.92 m Freezing level: 574.59 mb = 4811.20 m = 15784.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.95 mb = 3499.82 m = 11482.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.03 % Est. max temperature: 32.72 C = 90.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.41 mb = 1656.66 m = 5435.16 ft T: 18.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.91 C/km ThetaE index: 25.17 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.22 mb = 2095.81 m = 6875.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.57 C = 92.43 F Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lifted Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.56 C Showalter Index: 2.10 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.26 C Cross Totals Index: 17.72 C K Index: 27.78 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 470.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.45 mb = 1666.44 m = 5467.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.45 mb = 2458.82 m = 8066.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.45 mb = 11903.11 m = 39051.71 ft B at Equ Level: 466.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.45 mb = 14758.42 m = 48419.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.8 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 293.8 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 24.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.5 neg: -5.3 tot: 14.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 207.25 Bulk Shear: 2.27 m/s