MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 10 JUN 25 Station: 40.43,-79.92 Latitude: 40.43 Longitude: -79.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 970 330 20.9 19.5 92 1.4 19.9 229 9 296.7 299.4 294.2 339.6 14.88 2 950 506 19.2 16.8 86 2.4 17.6 232 19 296.6 298.9 292.6 333.5 12.76 3 900 969 15.5 14.3 93 1.2 14.7 236 26 297.5 299.5 291.9 330.7 11.48 4 850 1452 11.8 10.9 94 0.9 11.3 240 28 298.5 300.3 290.8 326.9 9.70 5 800 1959 9.9 5.1 72 4.8 7.2 246 31 301.7 302.9 289.4 322.2 6.88 6 750 2493 6.4 3.0 79 3.4 4.6 244 34 303.6 304.7 289.6 322.7 6.35 7 700 3055 2.8 -1.2 75 4.0 0.8 244 39 305.6 306.6 289.0 321.0 5.01 8 650 3652 -0.6 -7.6 59 7.0 -3.6 242 45 308.3 308.9 288.3 318.7 3.31 9 600 4288 -3.5 -11.9 52 8.3 -6.8 238 50 312.0 312.5 288.8 320.3 2.57 10 550 4971 -6.8 -16.0 48 9.2 -10.0 237 51 316.0 316.4 289.6 322.6 2.00 11 500 5710 -10.7 -23.5 34 12.8 -14.3 236 57 320.0 320.2 290.0 324.0 1.15 12 450 6511 -16.5 -30.4 29 13.9 -19.4 230 60 322.5 322.6 290.2 324.9 0.68 13 400 7384 -23.3 -36.4 29 13.1 -25.4 228 60 324.7 324.8 290.6 326.3 0.43 14 350 8347 -29.9 -41.9 30 12.0 -31.3 225 66 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.5 0.28 15 300 9427 -38.1 -44.7 50 6.6 -38.6 222 73 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.6 0.24 16 250 10657 -46.6 -56.1 33 9.4 -47.0 217 80 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.08 17 200 12109 -54.5 -64.7 27 10.2 -54.7 216 80 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.03 18 150 13940 -55.7 -80.0 3 24.3 -56.0 228 62 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.2 0.00 19 100 16504 -58.7 -85.3 2 26.6 -59.1 239 38 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.41 m Freezing level: 658.52 mb = 3550.05 m = 11647.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.57 mb = 3164.54 m = 10382.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.81 % Est. max temperature: 24.61 C = 76.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.97 mb = 506.72 m = 1662.44 ft T: 19.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.10 C/km ThetaE index: 17.46 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.97 mb = 1035.50 m = 3397.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.85 C = 71.33 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.22 C Showalter Index: 2.05 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.52 C Cross Totals Index: 21.64 C K Index: 29.44 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 344.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.45 mb = 983.82 m = 3227.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.45 mb = 1126.05 m = 3694.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 333.45 mb = 8686.63 m = 28499.10 ft B at Equ Level: 343.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.45 mb = 11685.86 m = 38338.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.8 at 41.2 knts Storm direction: 268.8 at 30.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 134.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 5.09 Bulk Shear: 67.61 m/s