MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: 37.89,-78.23 Latitude: 37.89 Longitude: -78.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 989 141 22.5 20.2 87 2.3 20.9 121 1 296.5 299.3 294.4 340.4 15.23 2 950 497 22.5 17.2 72 5.2 18.9 238 6 300.0 302.4 293.9 338.5 13.15 3 900 965 18.6 15.8 84 2.8 16.7 250 13 300.7 303.0 293.8 337.8 12.64 4 850 1455 15.9 13.2 84 2.6 14.1 265 20 302.8 304.9 293.4 336.3 11.32 5 800 1968 13.2 10.7 85 2.5 11.6 269 22 305.2 307.1 293.2 335.7 10.16 6 750 2510 10.2 6.9 80 3.4 8.2 269 24 307.7 309.2 292.5 333.0 8.33 7 700 3081 7.2 -0.2 59 7.4 3.3 269 26 310.4 311.5 290.9 327.2 5.38 8 650 3687 4.0 -8.4 40 12.4 -1.5 267 27 313.5 314.1 289.8 323.5 3.12 9 600 4333 0.2 -11.8 40 12.0 -4.7 266 28 316.4 316.9 290.2 324.8 2.57 10 550 5024 -4.5 -16.7 38 12.2 -8.8 268 31 318.7 319.1 290.3 325.0 1.87 11 500 5768 -9.3 -22.3 34 13.1 -13.2 267 36 321.7 322.0 290.6 326.1 1.27 12 450 6574 -14.2 -23.5 45 9.3 -16.8 257 33 325.4 325.6 291.7 329.9 1.28 13 400 7457 -20.5 -29.6 44 9.1 -22.4 248 31 328.4 328.6 292.1 331.4 0.82 14 350 8434 -25.9 -31.9 57 5.9 -27.1 234 44 333.8 333.9 293.4 336.6 0.76 15 300 9536 -32.6 -33.3 94 0.7 -32.7 224 63 339.4 339.5 294.8 342.3 0.77 16 250 10793 -43.0 -43.1 99 0.1 -43.0 222 69 342.2 342.2 295.1 343.5 0.34 17 200 12252 -56.5 -56.5 99 0.1 -56.5 230 77 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.7 0.09 18 150 14040 -61.8 -74.9 16 13.1 -61.9 243 50 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16529 -63.8 -84.0 5 20.3 -64.0 269 27 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.55 m Freezing level: 597.80 mb = 4363.56 m = 14315.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.65 mb = 3492.55 m = 11458.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.28 % Est. max temperature: 29.21 C = 84.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.43 mb = 429.00 m = 1407.45 ft T: 22.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 16.94 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.29 mb = 1491.60 m = 4893.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.88 C = 83.99 F Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lifted Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.15 C Cross Totals Index: 22.51 C K Index: 30.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 263.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.01 mb = 1080.18 m = 3543.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.01 mb = 3045.43 m = 9991.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 343.01 mb = 8578.18 m = 28143.30 ft B at Equ Level: 261.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 233.01 mb = 11253.19 m = 36919.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.1 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 296.1 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 97.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 4.81 Bulk Shear: 54.74 m/s