MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z WED 11 JUN 25 Station: 37.35,-78.31 Latitude: 37.35 Longitude: -78.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 998 133 21.7 20.6 93 1.1 20.9 132 3 295.0 297.7 294.1 339.2 15.44 2 950 567 21.9 17.1 74 4.8 18.7 186 8 299.4 301.8 293.7 337.4 13.01 3 900 1034 18.3 15.3 83 3.0 16.3 214 10 300.3 302.6 293.4 336.2 12.23 4 850 1523 15.1 13.1 88 2.0 13.8 237 11 302.0 304.1 293.1 335.2 11.24 5 800 2035 12.2 10.0 86 2.2 10.8 257 15 304.2 305.9 292.5 333.0 9.67 6 750 2574 9.1 5.6 79 3.5 7.1 261 23 306.4 307.8 291.6 329.5 7.60 7 700 3142 5.6 0.7 71 4.9 3.0 265 26 308.7 309.8 290.7 326.5 5.77 8 650 3745 2.2 -4.9 59 7.1 -1.2 266 28 311.5 312.3 290.1 324.4 4.09 9 600 4387 -1.3 -9.0 56 7.6 -4.6 261 33 314.6 315.2 290.3 325.0 3.23 10 550 5076 -5.6 -12.9 56 7.4 -8.4 256 36 317.5 318.0 290.6 325.9 2.57 11 500 5816 -10.6 -15.6 67 5.0 -12.3 249 41 320.2 320.6 291.1 327.8 2.27 12 450 6619 -15.2 -18.0 79 2.8 -16.2 244 49 324.1 324.5 292.0 331.1 2.06 13 400 7501 -20.4 -22.7 81 2.4 -21.0 245 58 328.5 328.8 292.8 333.9 1.54 14 350 8477 -26.7 -30.5 70 3.8 -27.4 244 65 332.8 333.0 293.3 336.0 0.86 15 300 9571 -35.2 -37.6 79 2.4 -35.4 238 61 335.8 335.9 293.7 337.7 0.50 16 250 10813 -45.4 -46.0 94 0.6 -45.4 241 61 338.5 338.6 294.2 339.5 0.25 17 200 12265 -55.9 -62.6 43 6.7 -56.1 265 92 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.04 18 150 14056 -63.3 -73.7 23 10.4 -63.4 230 62 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16567 -61.4 -84.3 3 23.0 -61.6 244 25 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.41 m Freezing level: 618.79 mb = 4145.94 m = 13602.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.85 mb = 3573.63 m = 11724.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.15 % Est. max temperature: 28.76 C = 83.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.39 mb = 273.88 m = 898.55 ft T: 21.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 14.82 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.26 mb = 1380.62 m = 4529.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.22 C = 82.80 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.29 C Showalter Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.68 C Cross Totals Index: 23.70 C K Index: 33.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 404.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.16 mb = 1023.33 m = 3357.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.16 mb = 2075.04 m = 6807.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 326.16 mb = 8977.70 m = 29454.04 ft B at Equ Level: 404.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.16 mb = 13055.09 m = 42831.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.5 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 284.5 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 98.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 5.34 Bulk Shear: 75.81 m/s