MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 13 JUN 25 Station: 39.32,-77.27 Latitude: 39.32 Longitude: -77.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 SFC 997 165 27.6 20.0 64 7.5 22.2 211 5 301.0 303.7 295.5 344.9 14.95 2 950 589 22.5 17.4 73 5.1 18.9 215 8 300.0 302.4 294.0 338.7 13.23 3 900 1057 18.7 15.6 82 3.1 16.6 226 10 300.8 303.1 293.7 337.4 12.46 4 850 1547 17.2 10.1 63 7.2 12.7 248 16 304.2 305.9 292.2 331.5 9.14 5 800 2062 13.5 8.1 70 5.4 10.2 249 21 305.6 307.1 292.0 331.2 8.50 6 750 2603 9.7 5.9 77 3.8 7.5 249 24 307.1 308.6 291.9 330.8 7.81 7 700 3172 5.7 3.7 87 2.0 4.6 252 27 308.8 310.1 291.9 330.7 7.17 8 650 3775 1.8 0.0 88 1.8 0.8 260 29 311.0 312.1 291.5 329.4 5.91 9 600 4417 -1.2 -5.6 72 4.4 -3.3 264 29 314.7 315.5 291.2 328.2 4.21 10 550 5108 -4.2 -7.6 77 3.4 -5.7 262 30 319.1 319.9 292.2 331.9 3.93 11 500 5855 -8.2 -10.9 80 2.8 -9.3 263 31 323.1 323.7 292.8 334.1 3.32 12 450 6666 -12.9 -15.1 83 2.2 -13.7 266 31 327.0 327.5 293.3 335.9 2.62 13 400 7554 -18.6 -21.0 81 2.4 -19.3 263 34 330.8 331.2 293.6 337.1 1.78 14 350 8536 -25.5 -27.6 82 2.1 -26.0 255 39 334.4 334.6 293.9 338.5 1.13 15 300 9636 -34.0 -36.6 77 2.6 -34.4 249 45 337.4 337.6 294.2 339.6 0.56 16 250 10884 -44.8 -45.9 89 1.1 -44.9 247 52 339.5 339.6 294.4 340.5 0.25 17 200 12335 -56.8 -57.3 95 0.4 -56.9 248 53 342.7 342.8 295.1 343.1 0.08 18 150 14104 -67.7 -69.9 73 2.3 -67.7 232 45 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.02 19 100 16555 -65.0 -84.7 5 19.6 -65.2 281 17 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.92 m Freezing level: 620.14 mb = 4158.70 m = 13643.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.76 mb = 3902.59 m = 12803.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.73 % Est. max temperature: 30.86 C = 87.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.52 mb = 1118.99 m = 3671.17 ft T: 18.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 16.74 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.02 mb = 1810.86 m = 5941.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.49 C = 88.68 F Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lifted Index: -1.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.89 C Showalter Index: 2.36 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.40 C Cross Totals Index: 18.23 C K Index: 33.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 319.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.28 mb = 1266.57 m = 4155.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.28 mb = 2455.61 m = 8056.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 313.28 mb = 9326.87 m = 30599.60 ft B at Equ Level: 319.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.28 mb = 13582.38 m = 44561.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.5 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 285.5 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 77.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 6.88 Bulk Shear: 46.43 m/s