MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506031800F171.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506031800F171.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 171 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 10 JUN 25 Station: 40.29,-75.98 Latitude: 40.29 Longitude: -75.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 990 169 25.0 23.0 89 2.0 23.6 179 13 299.0 302.3 297.1 352.0 18.16 2 950 533 22.0 19.9 88 2.1 20.5 184 27 299.5 302.3 295.5 345.0 15.58 3 900 1001 19.1 17.3 90 1.8 17.9 191 36 301.2 303.7 294.8 342.2 13.94 4 850 1492 16.6 13.7 83 2.9 14.7 203 39 303.5 305.7 293.9 338.1 11.64 5 800 2007 13.4 10.8 85 2.5 11.7 209 40 305.4 307.3 293.3 336.1 10.24 6 750 2548 10.2 8.2 87 2.0 9.0 211 40 307.7 309.4 293.2 335.4 9.14 7 700 3119 6.7 5.3 91 1.4 5.8 211 43 309.9 311.4 292.9 334.4 7.99 8 650 3725 2.9 2.6 98 0.3 2.7 211 47 312.2 313.6 292.9 334.3 7.10 9 600 4370 -0.4 -0.8 97 0.4 -0.6 210 48 315.7 316.8 293.0 334.8 6.04 10 550 5063 -3.8 -4.4 96 0.6 -4.1 207 48 319.6 320.6 293.3 335.9 5.04 11 500 5811 -7.4 -8.4 93 0.9 -7.8 207 50 324.0 324.8 293.7 337.4 4.07 12 450 6625 -12.1 -12.7 96 0.6 -12.3 208 48 328.0 328.6 294.0 338.9 3.20 13 400 7517 -17.6 -17.7 100 0.0 -17.6 212 47 332.1 332.6 294.4 340.4 2.39 14 350 8503 -24.3 -24.3 100 0.0 -24.4 215 48 336.0 336.3 294.7 341.5 1.52 15 300 9609 -32.3 -32.4 99 0.1 -32.4 214 50 339.8 340.0 295.0 342.9 0.84 16 250 10867 -42.9 -42.8 100 -0.0 -42.9 209 54 342.4 342.4 295.2 343.7 0.35 17 200 12330 -55.3 -55.7 95 0.4 -55.3 228 62 345.2 345.3 295.7 345.7 0.10 18 150 14107 -66.2 -69.9 60 3.7 -66.3 210 52 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.02 19 100 16592 -62.8 -84.2 4 21.4 -63.0 224 27 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.58 m Freezing level: 605.68 mb = 4296.82 m = 14097.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.63 mb = 4255.05 m = 13959.97 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.22 % Est. max temperature: 29.87 C = 85.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.65 mb = 417.10 m = 1368.41 ft T: 22.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 17.66 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.09 mb = 1038.71 m = 3407.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.35 C = 81.23 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -2.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.60 C Showalter Index: 0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.00 C Cross Totals Index: 21.09 C K Index: 36.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 819.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.97 mb = 867.90 m = 2847.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.97 mb = 1502.25 m = 4928.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.97 mb = 12361.87 m = 40556.81 ft B at Equ Level: 812.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.97 mb = 15033.07 m = 49320.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.2 at 42.1 knts Storm direction: 236.2 at 31.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 241.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 241.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.15 Bulk Rich Number: 11.23 Bulk Shear: 72.98 m/s