MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040600F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040600F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 37.42,-77.22 Latitude: 37.42 Longitude: -77.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 41 26.9 22.6 77 4.3 23.8 249 6 299.8 303.0 296.8 350.8 17.45 1 1000 69 26.9 21.0 70 6.0 22.7 248 7 300.1 303.0 295.8 346.4 15.82 2 950 520 23.0 18.4 75 4.7 19.8 251 15 300.6 303.2 294.8 342.0 14.14 3 900 990 19.2 16.6 85 2.6 17.4 255 20 301.3 303.8 294.4 340.5 13.32 4 850 1480 15.6 14.5 93 1.1 14.9 258 23 302.5 304.7 294.0 338.9 12.31 5 800 1994 13.4 10.5 83 2.9 11.6 266 23 305.4 307.3 293.2 335.6 10.05 6 750 2535 10.3 7.7 83 2.7 8.7 271 22 307.8 309.5 292.9 334.5 8.80 7 700 3107 7.0 4.2 82 2.8 5.4 272 23 310.2 311.6 292.5 333.0 7.40 8 650 3713 3.4 -0.7 74 4.1 1.3 274 26 312.8 313.9 291.8 330.4 5.59 9 600 4359 0.1 -6.1 63 6.2 -2.9 275 27 316.2 317.0 291.5 329.2 4.03 10 550 5052 -3.5 -11.9 52 8.4 -6.9 271 31 319.9 320.5 291.5 329.2 2.80 11 500 5800 -7.4 -12.8 65 5.4 -9.5 265 34 324.0 324.6 292.7 333.6 2.86 12 450 6613 -12.0 -13.8 86 1.8 -12.7 263 46 328.1 328.7 293.9 338.1 2.92 13 400 7505 -17.8 -20.2 81 2.5 -18.5 257 37 331.9 332.3 294.0 338.7 1.92 14 350 8490 -24.7 -27.6 77 2.8 -25.4 261 37 335.4 335.6 294.2 339.6 1.13 15 300 9592 -33.3 -34.6 88 1.3 -33.5 265 46 338.4 338.6 294.6 341.0 0.68 16 250 10845 -43.6 -44.6 90 1.0 -43.7 263 57 341.2 341.2 294.9 342.3 0.29 17 200 12306 -55.0 -57.0 78 2.0 -55.1 250 62 345.7 345.7 295.7 346.0 0.09 18 150 14096 -64.6 -69.3 52 4.8 -64.6 270 57 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.02 19 100 16567 -65.4 -84.4 5 19.0 -65.5 282 30 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.88 m Freezing level: 599.03 mb = 4372.29 m = 14344.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.76 mb = 3904.44 m = 12809.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.26 % Est. max temperature: 29.51 C = 85.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.49 mb = 589.35 m = 1933.54 ft T: 22.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 21.68 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.80 mb = 1233.24 m = 4046.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.01 C = 84.22 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: -0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.98 C Cross Totals Index: 21.90 C K Index: 34.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 496.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.49 mb = 1071.26 m = 3514.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.49 mb = 1414.60 m = 4641.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.49 mb = 11208.41 m = 36772.56 ft B at Equ Level: 493.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.49 mb = 14240.43 m = 46720.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.5 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 297.5 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 76.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 18.21 Bulk Shear: 27.24 m/s