MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: 38.26,-79.08 Latitude: 38.26 Longitude: -79.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 1 950 520 SFC 945 567 16.0 15.2 95 0.8 15.5 232 4 293.9 296.0 290.9 327.0 11.58 3 900 984 17.8 13.2 75 4.6 14.8 266 11 299.8 301.8 292.0 331.0 10.65 4 850 1471 14.3 11.5 83 2.8 12.6 278 14 301.1 303.0 291.9 330.9 10.09 5 800 1981 12.1 7.2 72 4.8 9.2 272 14 304.0 305.5 291.2 328.0 8.01 6 750 2521 10.3 1.0 52 9.3 5.4 255 13 307.8 308.8 290.2 324.7 5.50 7 700 3091 6.9 -3.3 48 10.2 1.9 250 15 310.1 311.0 289.9 323.6 4.29 8 650 3697 4.0 -12.5 29 16.5 -2.7 255 18 313.4 313.9 289.0 320.8 2.25 9 600 4343 0.3 -20.8 19 21.1 -6.6 257 20 316.5 316.7 288.9 320.6 1.21 10 550 5034 -4.3 -27.4 15 23.1 -10.5 257 20 318.9 319.1 289.2 321.5 0.73 11 500 5777 -9.2 -36.7 9 27.5 -14.7 262 20 321.8 321.9 289.7 323.1 0.33 12 450 6583 -14.5 -44.5 6 30.1 -19.0 247 16 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.7 0.16 13 400 7462 -21.9 -43.6 12 21.6 -24.8 245 14 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.2 0.20 14 350 8428 -30.2 -49.5 14 19.2 -31.9 256 18 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.5 0.12 15 300 9506 -38.3 -54.5 17 16.3 -39.2 262 26 331.4 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.08 16 250 10735 -47.1 -58.6 26 11.4 -47.5 253 36 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.06 17 200 12183 -54.7 -66.8 21 12.0 -54.9 239 56 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 18 150 13994 -59.2 -75.8 10 16.6 -59.4 248 51 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16515 -62.6 -84.3 4 21.7 -62.8 237 19 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.98 m Freezing level: 596.65 mb = 4388.81 m = 14398.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.27 mb = 3336.90 m = 10947.69 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.26 % Est. max temperature: 26.33 C = 79.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.51 mb = 669.69 m = 2197.10 ft T: 16.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 10.42 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.38 mb = 2416.80 m = 7929.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.95 C = 84.11 F Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lifted Index: 1.99 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.56 C Showalter Index: 1.64 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.48 C Cross Totals Index: 20.69 C K Index: 24.80 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5978.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.92 mb = 1451.26 m = 4761.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.9 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 288.9 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.2 neg: -4.0 tot: 22.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.07 Bulk Shear: 9.44 m/s