MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F330.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F330.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 330 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 40.80,-76.18 Latitude: 40.80 Longitude: -76.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 974 294 22.1 21.5 97 0.5 21.7 151 7 297.5 300.5 295.8 346.2 16.83 2 950 508 20.3 19.9 98 0.4 20.0 154 15 297.7 300.6 295.0 342.8 15.55 3 900 975 18.2 17.7 97 0.5 17.9 172 26 300.2 302.9 294.8 342.2 14.31 4 850 1464 15.9 15.0 95 0.8 15.3 190 30 302.8 305.1 294.4 340.5 12.76 5 800 1978 13.3 11.0 86 2.3 11.9 199 33 305.3 307.2 293.4 336.5 10.39 6 750 2519 10.2 6.5 78 3.7 8.0 202 32 307.7 309.2 292.3 332.3 8.11 7 700 3091 6.8 2.7 75 4.2 4.5 209 32 310.1 311.3 291.9 330.6 6.65 8 650 3696 3.4 1.4 86 2.1 2.3 218 35 312.8 314.1 292.6 333.2 6.51 9 600 4343 0.2 -1.4 89 1.6 -0.6 222 38 316.4 317.5 293.0 334.8 5.78 10 550 5037 -2.9 -5.0 86 2.0 -4.0 222 41 320.6 321.5 293.4 336.2 4.80 11 500 5788 -6.4 -9.6 78 3.2 -7.8 222 44 325.3 326.0 293.7 337.6 3.69 12 450 6605 -11.3 -12.4 92 1.1 -11.8 221 43 329.0 329.7 294.4 340.2 3.28 13 400 7500 -16.3 -16.7 97 0.4 -16.4 224 40 333.8 334.3 295.0 342.9 2.59 14 350 8493 -22.6 -22.7 99 0.1 -22.7 224 41 338.2 338.6 295.4 344.6 1.76 15 300 9607 -30.2 -30.2 100 -0.0 -30.2 222 51 342.8 343.0 295.9 346.6 1.03 16 250 10881 -39.3 -39.3 100 -0.0 -39.3 227 86 347.6 347.7 296.5 349.6 0.51 17 200 12364 -53.0 -53.0 100 0.0 -53.0 228 93 348.9 348.9 296.5 349.5 0.14 18 150 14154 -64.8 -71.6 39 6.8 -64.8 252 96 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.02 19 100 16630 -65.3 -82.1 8 16.9 -65.4 235 34 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.37 m Freezing level: 596.42 mb = 4392.70 m = 14411.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.66 mb = 4200.66 m = 13781.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.38 % Est. max temperature: 28.64 C = 83.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.46 mb = 359.50 m = 1179.44 ft T: 21.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.90 C/km ThetaE index: 15.65 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.59 mb = 892.80 m = 2929.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.39 C = 75.90 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.68 C Showalter Index: 0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.25 C Cross Totals Index: 21.42 C K Index: 33.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 375.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 262.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.95 mb = 813.76 m = 2669.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.95 mb = 1344.68 m = 4411.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 401.95 mb = 7463.48 m = 24486.17 ft B at Equ Level: 262.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 251.95 mb = 10827.09 m = 35521.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.9 at 34.1 knts Storm direction: 239.9 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 264.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 264.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 2.67 Bulk Shear: 98.53 m/s