MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 40.63,-79.98 Latitude: 40.63 Longitude: -79.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 971 340 22.9 21.8 93 1.1 22.2 239 7 298.6 301.7 296.3 348.6 17.19 2 950 533 20.9 19.0 89 1.9 19.6 241 14 298.4 301.0 294.6 341.1 14.71 3 900 999 17.9 16.7 92 1.3 17.1 242 17 300.0 302.4 294.1 339.2 13.38 4 850 1488 15.6 12.7 83 2.9 13.7 248 19 302.5 304.5 293.0 334.8 10.91 5 800 2001 12.5 9.3 81 3.2 10.5 252 20 304.5 306.2 292.3 332.1 9.22 6 750 2540 9.1 6.1 81 3.1 7.3 254 21 306.5 308.0 291.8 330.4 7.89 7 700 3109 5.6 3.0 84 2.6 4.2 256 23 308.7 310.0 291.6 329.6 6.82 8 650 3712 1.9 -0.3 85 2.2 0.7 257 24 311.1 312.2 291.5 329.0 5.76 9 600 4353 -2.2 -4.0 87 1.8 -3.1 260 25 313.6 314.5 291.3 328.6 4.74 10 550 5041 -5.6 -8.7 79 3.1 -7.0 271 27 317.5 318.2 291.5 329.2 3.60 11 500 5782 -9.9 -14.3 70 4.4 -11.5 279 28 321.0 321.5 291.6 329.5 2.53 12 450 6588 -14.5 -20.2 62 5.8 -16.2 277 29 325.0 325.4 292.0 330.9 1.70 13 400 7471 -19.7 -27.4 50 7.8 -21.5 278 33 329.4 329.6 292.5 333.0 1.00 14 350 8448 -27.4 -34.1 53 6.7 -28.5 275 35 331.8 331.9 292.8 334.0 0.61 15 300 9535 -37.0 -39.6 77 2.6 -37.3 289 41 333.2 333.3 293.0 334.7 0.41 16 250 10769 -46.2 -46.9 93 0.7 -46.3 285 68 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.3 0.22 17 200 12213 -57.6 -59.0 85 1.3 -57.6 283 68 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.8 0.07 18 150 14020 -59.6 -75.1 12 15.5 -59.7 271 52 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16524 -62.7 -84.9 4 22.2 -62.9 275 36 406.6 406.6 306.0 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.59 m Freezing level: 626.80 mb = 4009.32 m = 13153.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.44 mb = 3830.48 m = 12567.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.21 % Est. max temperature: 27.95 C = 82.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.94 mb = 478.86 m = 1571.05 ft T: 21.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 19.99 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.25 mb = 1179.45 m = 3869.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.28 C = 77.50 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -3.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.21 C Showalter Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.48 C Cross Totals Index: 22.56 C K Index: 35.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.53 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 921.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.96 mb = 999.81 m = 3280.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.96 mb = 1740.99 m = 5711.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.96 mb = 11745.78 m = 38535.54 ft B at Equ Level: 919.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.96 mb = 14230.71 m = 46688.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.9 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 290.9 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 63.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 53.96 Bulk Shear: 17.08 m/s