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,-77.84 Latitude: 37.42 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 65 SFC 998 86 28.3 21.6 67 6.7 23.5 257 5 301.7 304.7 296.7 350.3 16.48 2 950 518 24.3 18.0 68 6.3 19.9 259 14 301.8 304.4 295.0 342.6 13.81 3 900 989 20.3 16.3 78 4.0 17.6 263 19 302.4 304.9 294.6 341.0 13.05 4 850 1481 16.4 14.5 88 1.9 15.1 267 23 303.4 305.6 294.3 339.8 12.29 5 800 1995 12.9 11.6 91 1.4 12.1 271 25 304.9 306.9 293.6 337.1 10.77 6 750 2536 10.1 7.6 84 2.5 8.6 276 25 307.6 309.2 292.9 334.2 8.76 7 700 3107 6.9 3.7 80 3.2 5.1 277 25 310.1 311.5 292.3 332.2 7.15 8 650 3713 3.5 -1.4 70 4.9 1.0 278 25 312.9 313.9 291.6 329.6 5.31 9 600 4359 -0.1 -8.0 55 7.9 -3.6 280 25 316.1 316.7 291.0 327.4 3.50 10 550 5051 -3.7 -14.4 43 10.7 -7.8 266 31 319.7 320.1 290.9 327.3 2.28 11 500 5798 -7.9 -10.3 83 2.4 -8.9 257 40 323.4 324.1 293.1 335.1 3.51 12 450 6611 -12.2 -13.6 89 1.4 -12.7 258 50 327.9 328.5 293.9 338.1 2.98 13 400 7503 -17.6 -20.7 77 3.1 -18.6 251 38 332.1 332.5 294.0 338.6 1.84 14 350 8488 -25.0 -26.0 92 1.0 -25.2 259 38 335.0 335.3 294.3 339.8 1.31 15 300 9589 -33.5 -33.5 100 0.0 -33.5 262 47 338.2 338.3 294.6 341.0 0.75 16 250 10842 -43.3 -45.4 79 2.1 -43.5 257 61 341.7 341.8 295.0 342.8 0.26 17 200 12303 -55.0 -58.3 67 3.2 -55.1 249 60 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.9 0.07 18 150 14097 -64.6 -68.6 58 4.0 -64.6 265 54 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.02 19 100 16568 -65.8 -84.4 6 18.7 -65.9 276 32 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.22 m Freezing level: 600.83 mb = 4348.18 m = 14265.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.53 mb = 3844.26 m = 12612.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.88 % Est. max temperature: 30.07 C = 86.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.87 mb = 942.08 m = 3090.77 ft T: 20.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 22.93 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.79 mb = 1432.33 m = 4699.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.91 C = 85.83 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.96 C Showalter Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.32 C Cross Totals Index: 22.38 C K Index: 35.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 680.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.93 mb = 1271.47 m = 4171.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.93 mb = 1622.19 m = 5322.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.93 mb = 11505.18 m = 37746.19 ft B at Equ Level: 677.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.93 mb = 14697.51 m = 48219.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.2 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 299.2 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 70.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 21.04 Bulk Shear: 32.36 m/s