MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 0Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: 37.21,-77.98 Latitude: 37.21 Longitude: -77.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 996 104 21.1 20.8 98 0.3 20.9 311 2 294.6 297.4 294.2 339.7 15.75 2 950 512 19.5 17.8 90 1.7 18.4 360 6 297.0 299.5 293.4 336.5 13.66 3 900 977 17.2 15.3 88 1.9 16.0 317 8 299.3 301.5 293.0 335.0 12.22 4 850 1464 14.9 12.5 86 2.3 13.4 295 14 301.7 303.7 292.7 333.7 10.81 5 800 1976 12.6 9.2 80 3.3 10.5 286 19 304.5 306.2 292.3 332.1 9.20 6 750 2516 9.9 6.7 81 3.2 8.0 289 23 307.3 308.9 292.3 332.4 8.26 7 700 3088 7.1 3.6 78 3.5 5.1 295 26 310.4 311.7 292.3 332.3 7.11 8 650 3695 3.8 0.4 78 3.4 2.0 292 27 313.3 314.4 292.3 332.2 6.06 9 600 4341 0.1 -4.2 72 4.4 -2.0 291 28 316.3 317.2 292.0 331.2 4.66 10 550 5034 -3.6 -9.7 62 6.2 -6.2 288 28 319.9 320.5 291.9 330.8 3.32 11 500 5782 -8.0 -16.4 51 8.4 -11.0 268 27 323.3 323.7 291.9 330.5 2.12 12 450 6593 -13.0 -16.6 74 3.6 -14.3 244 34 326.9 327.3 293.0 334.8 2.32 13 400 7482 -17.6 -20.4 79 2.8 -18.5 234 39 332.1 332.5 294.0 338.7 1.89 14 350 8470 -24.0 -27.8 71 3.8 -24.8 232 47 336.4 336.7 294.4 340.5 1.12 15 300 9576 -31.9 -39.8 45 7.9 -32.9 225 53 340.4 340.5 294.8 342.0 0.40 16 250 10836 -42.8 -45.7 73 2.9 -43.0 231 60 342.4 342.5 295.1 343.5 0.26 17 200 12302 -54.0 -67.1 19 13.1 -54.2 229 54 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.4 0.02 18 150 14091 -65.7 -73.4 34 7.6 -65.8 227 51 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16542 -65.0 -83.0 7 18.0 -65.1 280 32 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.14 m Freezing level: 598.13 mb = 4367.30 m = 14328.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.49 mb = 4005.27 m = 13140.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.97 % Est. max temperature: 28.46 C = 83.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.16 mb = 136.00 m = 446.20 ft T: 20.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 7.58 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.36 mb = 1040.21 m = 3412.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.08 C = 78.94 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: 0.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.50 C Showalter Index: 1.54 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.88 C Cross Totals Index: 20.54 C K Index: 31.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.77 mb = 734.38 m = 2409.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.77 mb = 4331.09 m = 14209.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 580.77 mb = 4600.88 m = 15094.57 ft B at Equ Level: 18.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 430.77 mb = 6922.81 m = 22712.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.9 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 318.9 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.1 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.0 neg: -13.9 tot: 35.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 51.11 m/s