MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: 37.60,-79.84 Latitude: 37.60 Longitude: -79.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 951 530 25.4 17.6 62 7.8 20.0 286 4 302.8 305.3 295.0 342.6 13.44 2 950 542 25.3 16.0 57 9.2 19.0 283 5 302.8 305.1 294.0 338.9 12.16 3 900 1015 21.2 13.2 61 7.9 16.0 266 9 303.3 305.3 293.1 335.1 10.68 4 850 1506 16.8 11.8 72 5.1 13.6 249 12 303.8 305.7 292.9 334.3 10.25 5 800 2020 12.8 9.9 82 2.9 11.0 244 18 304.8 306.5 292.7 333.5 9.59 6 750 2559 8.8 7.6 92 1.2 8.0 246 23 306.1 307.7 292.4 332.5 8.75 7 700 3128 5.4 3.8 90 1.6 4.5 256 30 308.5 309.8 291.9 330.5 7.21 8 650 3731 2.0 -0.1 86 2.1 1.0 255 34 311.3 312.4 291.6 329.5 5.87 9 600 4373 -1.6 -4.9 78 3.3 -3.2 248 34 314.2 315.1 291.2 328.3 4.43 10 550 5061 -5.5 -11.9 60 6.5 -8.0 242 33 317.6 318.1 290.8 326.7 2.79 11 500 5802 -10.1 -22.8 35 12.7 -13.7 239 39 320.7 321.0 290.2 324.9 1.22 12 450 6607 -14.8 -26.2 37 11.4 -17.7 237 41 324.6 324.8 291.2 328.2 1.00 13 400 7490 -19.7 -31.4 34 11.8 -22.1 226 37 329.4 329.6 292.3 332.0 0.69 14 350 8468 -26.1 -41.2 23 15.1 -28.1 231 49 333.6 333.7 293.0 334.8 0.30 15 300 9565 -34.6 -44.1 38 9.5 -35.5 249 56 336.6 336.7 293.7 337.6 0.25 16 250 10809 -45.7 -51.1 54 5.4 -46.0 264 58 338.1 338.2 294.0 338.7 0.14 17 200 12252 -58.2 -61.4 67 3.2 -58.3 262 78 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.05 18 150 14028 -65.6 -70.8 48 5.2 -65.6 230 72 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.02 19 100 16506 -63.7 -84.9 4 21.1 -63.9 247 40 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.28 m Freezing level: 622.37 mb = 4085.78 m = 13404.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.49 mb = 3874.12 m = 12710.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.49 % Est. max temperature: 27.27 C = 81.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.16 mb = 1514.64 m = 4969.24 ft T: 16.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 17.70 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.38 mb = 2185.01 m = 7168.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.71 C = 81.87 F Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lifted Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.92 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 37.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 207.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.62 mb = 1960.87 m = 6433.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.62 mb = 2442.01 m = 8011.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 400.62 mb = 7478.22 m = 24534.55 ft B at Equ Level: 205.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 250.62 mb = 10791.95 m = 35406.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.5 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 276.5 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 83.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 3.47 Bulk Shear: 59.64 m/s