MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 37.44,-76.93 Latitude: 37.44 Longitude: -76.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 26 25.0 23.1 89 1.8 23.6 337 4 297.8 301.1 296.7 350.1 18.02 1 1000 59 25.0 21.5 81 3.5 22.5 335 5 298.2 301.1 295.7 345.7 16.38 2 950 508 21.6 18.1 81 3.5 19.2 296 10 299.1 301.6 294.2 339.6 13.90 3 900 975 18.6 16.2 86 2.4 17.0 261 13 300.7 303.1 294.0 338.8 12.99 4 850 1465 15.8 13.9 89 1.9 14.6 246 16 302.7 304.9 293.8 337.8 11.86 5 800 1978 12.8 10.8 88 2.0 11.5 252 20 304.7 306.6 293.2 335.3 10.22 6 750 2519 9.8 7.1 83 2.7 8.2 265 23 307.2 308.8 292.4 332.8 8.44 7 700 3090 6.8 2.8 76 4.0 4.6 264 19 310.0 311.3 291.9 330.7 6.71 8 650 3694 2.4 -0.1 84 2.4 1.1 248 17 311.6 312.7 291.7 329.9 5.87 9 600 4337 -2.0 -2.7 95 0.7 -2.4 232 24 313.8 314.8 291.8 330.3 5.23 10 550 5025 -5.4 -5.9 96 0.5 -5.7 225 33 317.6 318.5 292.3 332.1 4.48 11 500 5770 -7.8 -8.3 96 0.5 -8.0 236 41 323.5 324.3 293.6 337.1 4.10 12 450 6583 -12.0 -12.5 96 0.4 -12.2 252 42 328.1 328.8 294.1 339.2 3.26 13 400 7475 -17.6 -17.7 99 0.1 -17.6 244 40 332.1 332.6 294.4 340.5 2.39 14 350 8462 -24.4 -24.4 100 0.0 -24.4 243 41 335.8 336.1 294.6 341.3 1.51 15 300 9566 -32.8 -33.1 97 0.3 -32.9 241 51 339.1 339.3 294.8 342.1 0.78 16 250 10821 -43.3 -43.7 96 0.3 -43.4 240 57 341.6 341.7 295.0 342.9 0.32 17 200 12280 -56.2 -57.1 89 0.9 -56.2 244 64 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.2 0.09 18 150 14064 -63.8 -69.2 48 5.4 -63.9 216 52 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.02 19 100 16550 -63.7 -84.1 5 20.4 -63.8 253 28 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.20 m Freezing level: 623.03 mb = 4040.99 m = 13257.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.46 mb = 3888.63 m = 12757.81 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.39 % Est. max temperature: 29.72 C = 85.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.55 mb = 257.52 m = 844.87 ft T: 23.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 20.17 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.30 mb = 1174.70 m = 3853.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.70 C = 83.66 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: -0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.60 C Cross Totals Index: 21.74 C K Index: 33.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 392.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.79 mb = 881.86 m = 2893.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.79 mb = 1719.90 m = 5642.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 344.79 mb = 8569.17 m = 28113.72 ft B at Equ Level: 392.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.79 mb = 13480.61 m = 44227.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.2 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 275.2 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.4 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.3 neg: -14.8 tot: 19.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 7.38 Bulk Shear: 53.19 m/s