MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 12Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 38.91,-76.88 Latitude: 38.91 Longitude: -76.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 57 20.5 17.8 84 2.7 18.7 357 3 293.5 295.8 291.7 330.1 12.86 1 1000 75 20.2 17.5 84 2.8 18.4 355 3 293.4 295.7 291.6 329.5 12.67 2 950 517 18.5 15.2 81 3.3 16.3 357 6 295.9 298.0 291.5 329.0 11.49 3 900 980 16.2 12.7 80 3.5 14.0 326 5 298.2 300.1 291.2 328.2 10.32 4 850 1465 13.8 9.2 74 4.6 11.0 280 7 300.6 302.2 290.6 326.0 8.61 5 800 1974 10.8 7.5 80 3.3 8.9 261 9 302.7 304.2 290.9 327.0 8.16 6 750 2510 8.1 4.5 78 3.6 6.1 247 12 305.4 306.7 290.7 326.7 7.04 7 700 3077 4.3 3.5 95 0.7 3.8 256 14 307.2 308.5 291.3 328.7 7.05 8 650 3677 1.0 0.8 98 0.3 0.9 256 15 310.1 311.3 291.6 329.4 6.23 9 600 4317 -3.0 -4.4 90 1.4 -3.6 251 22 312.7 313.6 290.9 327.3 4.62 10 550 5002 -6.1 -8.4 84 2.3 -7.1 259 22 316.9 317.6 291.4 328.8 3.70 11 500 5743 -10.0 -18.8 49 8.8 -12.8 257 24 320.8 321.2 290.7 326.7 1.74 12 450 6549 -14.0 -40.3 9 26.2 -18.5 266 27 325.6 325.7 290.7 326.6 0.25 13 400 7432 -20.9 -48.8 6 27.9 -24.2 267 26 327.8 327.9 291.2 328.3 0.11 14 350 8402 -28.7 -38.7 38 10.0 -30.0 249 35 330.0 330.1 292.1 331.5 0.38 15 300 9490 -35.9 -36.0 98 0.2 -35.9 240 56 334.8 335.0 293.6 337.0 0.59 16 250 10730 -45.5 -45.5 100 -0.0 -45.5 234 70 338.4 338.5 294.2 339.4 0.26 17 200 12183 -55.6 -60.6 53 5.0 -55.7 243 82 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.05 18 150 13994 -59.0 -77.5 7 18.4 -59.2 245 57 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.01 19 100 16504 -63.4 -84.1 4 20.7 -63.6 246 32 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.36 m Freezing level: 637.05 mb = 3842.88 m = 12607.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.04 mb = 3800.70 m = 12469.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.61 % Est. max temperature: 27.50 C = 81.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.76 mb = 402.09 m = 1319.19 ft T: 18.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 4.08 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.36 mb = 1530.52 m = 5021.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.88 C = 82.19 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: 1.68 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C Showalter Index: 3.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.79 C Cross Totals Index: 19.20 C K Index: 32.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 147.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 124.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.52 mb = 908.62 m = 2981.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 602.52 mb = 4283.08 m = 14051.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 592.52 mb = 4415.44 m = 14486.16 ft B at Equ Level: 18.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 532.52 mb = 5253.53 m = 17235.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.3 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 290.3 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.1 neg: -8.2 tot: 12.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.57 Bulk Shear: 31.97 m/s