MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506031800F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506031800F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 10 JUN 25 Station: 37.69,-77.84 Latitude: 37.69 Longitude: -77.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1000 92 27.5 23.4 79 4.1 24.5 191 10 300.6 304.0 297.7 354.8 18.44 1 1000 94 27.3 22.5 75 4.8 23.8 192 11 300.5 303.7 297.0 351.6 17.44 2 950 546 23.0 19.3 79 3.7 20.4 195 25 300.6 303.3 295.4 344.6 15.00 3 900 1016 19.3 17.5 89 1.8 18.1 199 30 301.4 304.0 295.0 343.0 14.12 4 850 1506 16.1 14.7 91 1.4 15.2 204 33 303.1 305.4 294.3 340.1 12.50 5 800 2020 13.1 10.0 82 3.0 11.2 214 39 305.1 306.9 292.9 334.2 9.71 6 750 2561 10.0 7.0 82 3.0 8.2 217 44 307.4 309.0 292.5 333.0 8.41 7 700 3132 6.8 4.2 83 2.6 5.3 213 48 310.0 311.4 292.4 332.7 7.39 8 650 3738 3.0 1.2 88 1.8 2.0 213 51 312.4 313.6 292.4 332.4 6.43 9 600 4383 -0.7 -2.0 91 1.3 -1.4 213 53 315.3 316.3 292.4 332.7 5.50 10 550 5074 -3.8 -5.1 91 1.3 -4.4 209 47 319.5 320.5 293.0 335.0 4.76 11 500 5823 -7.3 -9.7 83 2.4 -8.3 205 47 324.2 324.9 293.4 336.4 3.67 12 450 6638 -11.7 -14.1 83 2.4 -12.6 205 46 328.5 329.1 293.9 338.3 2.86 13 400 7530 -17.4 -18.8 89 1.4 -17.9 209 44 332.4 332.9 294.3 340.0 2.17 14 350 8518 -24.0 -25.5 88 1.4 -24.4 212 43 336.3 336.6 294.6 341.3 1.38 15 300 9625 -31.8 -35.3 71 3.5 -32.4 216 42 340.5 340.7 295.0 343.0 0.63 16 250 10885 -42.6 -48.0 55 5.5 -42.9 202 45 342.8 342.8 295.2 343.6 0.20 17 200 12349 -55.0 -58.1 68 3.1 -55.1 228 54 345.7 345.7 295.7 346.0 0.07 18 150 14125 -67.2 -69.8 69 2.6 -67.2 216 41 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.02 19 100 16589 -65.1 -83.6 6 18.5 -65.2 210 28 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.51 m Freezing level: 609.79 mb = 4256.34 m = 13964.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.40 mb = 4113.24 m = 13494.71 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.94 % Est. max temperature: 29.91 C = 85.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.39 mb = 606.88 m = 1991.07 ft T: 22.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 22.37 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.26 mb = 1118.92 m = 3670.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.63 C = 83.53 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -2.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.67 C Showalter Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.39 C Cross Totals Index: 21.99 C K Index: 35.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 290.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 859.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.46 mb = 992.16 m = 3255.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 877.46 mb = 1233.52 m = 4046.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.46 mb = 12427.68 m = 40772.75 ft B at Equ Level: 854.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.46 mb = 15114.33 m = 49587.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.6 at 41.9 knts Storm direction: 239.6 at 31.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 201.9 neg: -0.3 tot: 201.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.97 Bulk Rich Number: 11.05 Bulk Shear: 77.80 m/s