MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 38.00,-78.45 Latitude: 38.00 Longitude: -78.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 SFC 997 169 29.7 16.1 44 13.6 20.5 184 5 303.1 305.2 293.7 337.6 11.62 2 950 596 24.0 14.1 54 9.8 17.5 193 8 301.5 303.5 292.6 333.2 10.73 3 900 1066 19.4 13.1 67 6.4 15.3 199 7 301.5 303.5 292.4 332.7 10.56 4 850 1555 14.9 12.0 83 2.9 13.0 202 6 301.7 303.6 292.4 332.4 10.39 5 800 2065 11.8 5.5 65 6.3 8.2 179 1 303.7 305.0 290.3 325.0 7.08 6 750 2605 10.3 -4.1 36 14.4 3.4 327 1 307.8 308.5 288.6 319.5 3.77 7 700 3173 5.2 -4.1 51 9.3 0.7 227 5 308.2 309.0 289.0 320.8 4.03 8 650 3773 0.8 -6.9 57 7.7 -2.6 186 7 309.9 310.5 289.0 321.0 3.52 9 600 4412 -3.0 -10.3 57 7.3 -6.0 168 15 312.6 313.2 289.3 322.0 2.92 10 550 5096 -6.5 -8.5 86 2.0 -7.4 169 17 316.4 317.1 291.2 328.2 3.67 11 500 5840 -8.1 -10.9 81 2.7 -9.3 270 20 323.1 323.8 292.9 334.2 3.33 12 450 6651 -13.1 -18.9 62 5.8 -15.0 267 16 326.8 327.1 292.6 333.4 1.91 13 400 7538 -18.7 -40.6 13 21.8 -22.2 260 16 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.7 0.28 14 350 8518 -26.2 -37.1 35 11.0 -27.9 258 24 333.5 333.6 293.1 335.2 0.45 15 300 9613 -34.7 -36.4 84 1.8 -34.9 230 39 336.5 336.6 294.0 338.7 0.56 16 250 10860 -44.7 -45.9 88 1.2 -44.7 216 42 339.7 339.7 294.5 340.7 0.25 17 200 12311 -56.9 -57.0 99 0.1 -56.9 219 47 342.6 342.6 295.0 343.0 0.09 18 150 14109 -61.1 -76.3 12 15.2 -61.2 261 28 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16580 -66.6 -83.5 8 16.9 -66.7 287 24 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.46 m Freezing level: 639.60 mb = 3905.94 m = 12814.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.18 mb = 3299.33 m = 10824.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.83 % Est. max temperature: 28.44 C = 83.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.75 mb = 1869.85 m = 6134.61 ft T: 12.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 18.05 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.97 mb = 2138.66 m = 7016.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.89 C = 87.61 F Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lifted Index: 1.21 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: 1.97 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.12 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.01 C Cross Totals Index: 20.11 C K Index: 25.72 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 144.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.69 mb = 1849.92 m = 6069.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.69 mb = 3106.46 m = 10191.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 515.69 mb = 5598.51 m = 18367.59 ft B at Equ Level: 143.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 375.69 mb = 7997.87 m = 26239.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.2 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 232.2 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -36.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: -12.5 tot: -7.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 104.30 Bulk Shear: 1.39 m/s