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: 37.46,-78.79 Latitude: 37.46 Longitude: -78.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 SFC 995 187 31.0 19.1 49 11.9 22.5 235 6 304.5 307.1 295.8 346.5 14.10 2 950 602 25.6 17.4 61 8.2 19.9 246 11 303.1 305.6 294.9 342.4 13.24 3 900 1075 21.5 16.0 71 5.4 17.8 259 11 303.6 306.0 294.7 341.8 12.85 4 850 1569 19.0 11.8 63 7.3 14.3 268 12 306.1 308.0 293.6 336.9 10.26 5 800 2087 14.9 9.1 68 5.7 11.3 263 11 307.0 308.7 293.0 334.6 9.13 6 750 2630 10.5 5.9 73 4.7 7.8 259 8 308.0 309.5 292.2 331.8 7.78 7 700 3201 6.8 -1.3 56 8.1 2.7 274 8 310.1 311.0 290.5 325.6 4.98 8 650 3808 5.2 -13.5 25 18.6 -2.3 284 8 314.8 315.2 289.3 321.7 2.08 9 600 4457 2.1 -22.5 14 24.6 -5.9 280 10 318.5 318.7 289.4 322.2 1.05 10 550 5153 -2.0 -26.7 13 24.7 -9.1 265 11 321.7 321.8 290.1 324.5 0.78 11 500 5904 -6.4 -31.4 12 25.0 -12.6 256 12 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.3 0.55 12 450 6719 -11.7 -38.0 9 26.3 -16.8 245 20 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.8 0.32 13 400 7609 -18.3 -42.3 10 24.1 -22.0 240 21 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.2 0.23 14 350 8590 -26.2 -48.4 10 22.3 -28.5 253 16 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.13 15 300 9685 -34.9 -50.2 19 15.4 -36.1 265 9 336.2 336.3 293.5 336.8 0.13 16 250 10932 -44.0 -44.2 98 0.2 -44.0 356 3 340.7 340.7 294.8 341.9 0.30 17 200 12389 -56.1 -59.2 68 3.1 -56.2 248 5 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.07 18 150 14151 -70.8 -71.3 93 0.5 -70.8 331 13 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.02 19 100 16565 -65.1 -82.8 7 17.7 -65.2 20 13 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.31 m Freezing level: 574.52 mb = 4811.99 m = 15787.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.01 mb = 3522.99 m = 11558.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.37 % Est. max temperature: 32.61 C = 90.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.20 mb = 1688.92 m = 5541.00 ft T: 18.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.90 C/km ThetaE index: 24.87 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.05 mb = 2107.83 m = 6915.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.50 C = 92.31 F Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lifted Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.79 C Showalter Index: 1.68 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.40 C Cross Totals Index: 18.15 C K Index: 29.06 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 504.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.26 mb = 1688.28 m = 5538.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.26 mb = 2482.68 m = 8145.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.26 mb = 11969.79 m = 39270.50 ft B at Equ Level: 500.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.26 mb = 14855.50 m = 48737.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.8 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 294.8 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.2 neg: -6.4 tot: 9.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 273.58 Bulk Shear: 1.84 m/s