MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F318.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F318.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 318 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 19 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 131 SFC 976 340 24.5 21.1 81 3.4 22.1 227 7 299.6 302.6 296.0 347.3 16.32 2 950 580 23.9 19.8 78 4.1 20.9 232 19 301.4 304.2 295.9 346.8 15.43 3 900 1051 20.2 18.1 88 2.1 18.8 244 26 302.4 305.1 295.7 345.8 14.71 4 850 1543 17.2 15.1 87 2.1 15.8 255 30 304.2 306.6 294.9 342.3 12.80 5 800 2060 15.8 7.7 59 8.1 10.9 273 27 308.0 309.5 292.6 333.2 8.28 6 750 2606 12.8 8.6 76 4.2 10.2 303 27 310.5 312.2 294.1 339.2 9.39 7 700 3184 10.2 5.1 71 5.0 7.2 309 31 313.7 315.3 293.9 338.4 7.92 8 650 3798 7.0 -2.0 53 9.0 2.3 307 32 316.9 317.9 292.6 333.2 5.10 9 600 4451 2.3 -7.2 49 9.5 -2.1 303 31 318.7 319.5 291.9 330.8 3.71 10 550 5146 -3.5 -9.8 61 6.3 -6.2 309 32 320.0 320.6 291.9 330.9 3.31 11 500 5892 -9.2 -12.7 76 3.5 -10.5 315 34 321.8 322.4 292.1 331.5 2.89 12 450 6699 -14.3 -20.9 57 6.6 -16.3 325 36 325.2 325.5 291.9 330.8 1.60 13 400 7581 -20.6 -24.3 72 3.7 -21.5 324 36 328.2 328.5 292.5 332.9 1.33 14 350 8555 -27.6 -29.5 84 1.9 -28.0 323 38 331.6 331.7 293.0 335.0 0.95 15 300 9645 -35.8 -35.9 99 0.1 -35.8 321 41 334.9 335.1 293.6 337.2 0.60 16 250 10887 -45.2 -45.2 100 -0.0 -45.2 315 44 338.9 339.0 294.3 340.0 0.27 17 200 12340 -56.2 -56.2 99 0.1 -56.2 317 50 343.8 343.9 295.3 344.2 0.09 18 150 14115 -67.5 -68.7 85 1.2 -67.5 334 61 353.8 353.8 297.5 353.9 0.02 19 100 16615 -62.2 -84.6 3 22.4 -62.4 321 36 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.94 m Freezing level: 580.17 mb = 4726.49 m = 15506.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.12 mb = 4129.12 m = 13546.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.00 % Est. max temperature: 30.73 C = 87.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.70 mb = 768.14 m = 2520.11 ft T: 22.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 14.16 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.98 mb = 1452.90 m = 4766.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.66 C = 83.58 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -4.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.63 C Showalter Index: -3.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.43 C Cross Totals Index: 24.28 C K Index: 36.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1409.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.60 mb = 1190.16 m = 3904.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.60 mb = 4044.89 m = 13270.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.60 mb = 12969.41 m = 42550.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1395.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.60 mb = 15993.48 m = 52471.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.1 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 325.1 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 274.5 neg: -0.0 tot: 274.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.16 Bulk Rich Number: 15.91 Bulk Shear: 88.59 m/s