MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F309.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F309.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 309 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 38.84,-77.44 Latitude: 38.84 Longitude: -77.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 993 98 30.1 21.7 61 8.3 24.0 343 3 303.9 307.0 297.4 353.6 16.72 2 950 488 27.4 18.7 59 8.7 21.2 264 3 305.0 307.7 296.2 348.0 14.40 3 900 965 23.5 16.9 66 6.6 18.9 225 7 305.8 308.3 295.8 346.5 13.58 4 850 1462 19.4 15.4 78 3.9 16.7 213 12 306.4 308.9 295.7 345.8 13.10 5 800 1981 15.1 13.4 90 1.6 14.0 213 18 307.2 309.5 295.3 344.0 12.18 6 750 2525 11.4 10.8 96 0.7 11.0 219 20 309.0 311.0 294.8 342.1 10.90 7 700 3100 8.1 6.9 92 1.2 7.3 231 27 311.4 313.1 294.1 339.0 8.95 8 650 3710 5.1 0.1 70 5.0 2.4 234 32 314.7 315.9 292.6 333.4 5.92 9 600 4360 1.8 -5.8 57 7.6 -1.9 237 34 318.2 319.0 292.2 331.5 4.12 10 550 5057 -2.0 -7.2 68 5.2 -4.4 243 37 321.7 322.5 293.1 335.1 4.07 11 500 5809 -6.4 -10.8 71 4.4 -8.2 243 37 325.3 325.9 293.4 336.6 3.37 12 450 6626 -11.2 -15.0 73 3.8 -12.6 243 37 329.2 329.7 293.9 338.3 2.65 13 400 7521 -16.6 -21.1 68 4.6 -18.0 244 37 333.5 333.8 294.3 339.8 1.77 14 350 8511 -23.5 -28.5 64 5.0 -24.6 246 37 337.0 337.3 294.6 340.9 1.04 15 300 9618 -32.0 -37.3 60 5.3 -32.7 245 37 340.3 340.4 294.8 342.3 0.52 16 250 10878 -42.3 -47.1 60 4.7 -42.7 244 34 343.1 343.2 295.3 344.0 0.22 17 200 12348 -54.0 -59.5 51 5.5 -54.1 236 43 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.6 0.06 18 150 14137 -65.8 -69.0 64 3.2 -65.8 226 35 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.02 19 100 16608 -64.2 -84.2 5 20.0 -64.3 255 18 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.94 m Freezing level: 576.28 mb = 4690.29 m = 15387.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.99 mb = 4067.35 m = 13344.17 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.12 % Est. max temperature: 32.76 C = 90.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.99 mb = 1160.23 m = 3806.48 ft T: 21.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 22.06 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.41 mb = 1806.92 m = 5928.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.16 C = 91.68 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.15 C Showalter Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.75 C Cross Totals Index: 21.83 C K Index: 40.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 974.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.26 mb = 1570.48 m = 5152.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.26 mb = 2041.47 m = 6697.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.26 mb = 12528.60 m = 41103.84 ft B at Equ Level: 973.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.26 mb = 15795.26 m = 51821.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.5 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 264.5 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 109.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 14.76 Bulk Shear: 66.02 m/s