MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F306.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F306.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 306 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 38.05,-83.96 Latitude: 38.05 Longitude: -83.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 SFC 979 283 25.5 23.2 87 2.3 23.8 184 4 300.4 303.8 297.7 355.0 18.56 2 950 549 24.8 19.8 74 5.0 21.2 187 5 302.3 305.2 296.2 348.1 15.48 3 900 1022 21.2 17.4 79 3.8 18.5 270 2 303.4 306.0 295.5 344.9 14.00 4 850 1515 17.8 14.8 82 3.0 15.8 293 5 304.8 307.1 294.8 342.2 12.52 5 800 2033 15.3 10.2 71 5.1 12.1 250 5 307.5 309.3 293.6 337.2 9.80 6 750 2578 13.4 -1.8 35 15.3 5.5 245 3 311.2 312.0 290.3 325.2 4.46 7 700 3155 10.6 -10.3 22 20.9 1.4 3 2 314.2 314.7 289.5 322.3 2.49 8 650 3768 7.2 -10.2 28 17.4 -0.5 24 7 317.1 317.6 290.6 326.0 2.70 9 600 4421 3.2 -14.3 27 17.4 -3.8 17 9 319.8 320.2 290.8 326.9 2.11 10 550 5120 -1.3 -20.3 22 19.0 -7.8 360 10 322.6 322.8 291.0 327.4 1.39 11 500 5872 -6.2 -28.2 16 22.0 -12.1 353 9 325.5 325.6 291.2 328.2 0.75 12 450 6687 -12.0 -30.8 19 18.8 -16.4 343 12 328.1 328.3 291.9 330.5 0.65 13 400 7577 -18.2 -36.2 19 18.0 -21.5 330 22 331.4 331.4 292.5 333.0 0.43 14 350 8559 -25.7 -48.1 10 22.4 -28.2 324 31 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.7 0.14 15 300 9656 -34.4 -52.5 14 18.1 -35.7 331 35 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.3 0.10 16 250 10907 -43.1 -62.2 10 19.1 -43.8 315 28 342.0 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.04 17 200 12374 -53.4 -68.4 14 15.0 -53.7 306 34 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 14193 -60.4 -79.7 6 19.2 -60.6 316 41 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.00 19 100 16645 -67.5 -83.7 8 16.2 -67.7 300 33 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.86 m Freezing level: 564.40 mb = 4918.76 m = 16137.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.75 mb = 3607.46 m = 11835.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.32 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.16 mb = 575.42 m = 1887.85 ft T: 24.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 32.63 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.27 mb = 1542.93 m = 5062.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.95 C = 85.91 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.68 C Showalter Index: -0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.98 C Cross Totals Index: 20.95 C K Index: 17.84 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 924.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.88 mb = 1256.44 m = 4122.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.88 mb = 4011.74 m = 13161.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.88 mb = 12345.26 m = 40502.33 ft B at Equ Level: 911.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.88 mb = 15017.19 m = 49268.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 347.8 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 17.8 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.5 neg: -8.8 tot: 6.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 70.11 Bulk Shear: 13.19 m/s