MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F336.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F336.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14 day GFS valid 18Z THU 19 JUN 25 Station: 40.67,-78.9 Latitude: 40.67 Longitude: -78.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 951 503 23.2 21.9 92 1.3 22.3 269 11 300.7 303.9 297.2 352.6 17.66 2 950 509 23.1 21.6 91 1.5 22.1 270 13 300.7 303.8 297.0 351.6 17.36 3 900 980 19.9 19.5 97 0.4 19.6 279 32 302.1 305.0 296.5 349.4 16.05 4 850 1473 17.5 16.9 96 0.6 17.1 291 40 304.5 307.2 296.1 347.5 14.42 5 800 1992 15.6 13.5 88 2.0 14.2 293 45 307.8 310.1 295.5 344.9 12.29 6 750 2538 13.2 2.5 48 10.7 7.2 300 49 310.9 312.1 291.7 329.9 6.11 7 700 3116 11.7 -6.2 28 17.9 3.1 311 54 315.5 316.1 290.7 326.6 3.44 8 650 3731 7.1 -5.8 39 12.9 0.9 313 58 317.0 317.8 291.5 329.4 3.82 9 600 4383 1.9 -6.8 53 8.7 -2.1 316 62 318.3 319.1 291.9 330.8 3.84 10 550 5078 -3.4 -11.5 54 8.0 -6.7 310 65 320.0 320.6 291.6 329.6 2.90 11 500 5824 -8.3 -12.0 74 3.7 -9.8 311 65 322.9 323.5 292.6 333.1 3.04 12 450 6636 -12.6 -21.5 47 8.9 -15.3 307 61 327.4 327.7 292.4 332.7 1.53 13 400 7525 -18.5 -25.5 54 6.9 -20.3 308 57 330.9 331.1 293.1 335.2 1.20 14 350 8505 -26.8 -32.4 59 5.6 -27.8 313 57 332.6 332.8 293.2 335.3 0.72 15 300 9596 -35.6 -46.9 30 11.3 -36.5 318 61 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.9 0.19 16 250 10838 -44.7 -59.7 17 15.0 -45.3 331 71 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.05 17 200 12300 -54.2 -66.8 20 12.5 -54.5 339 80 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 14106 -61.1 -75.3 14 14.2 -61.2 310 59 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16585 -61.6 -85.1 3 23.5 -61.9 337 36 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.34 m Freezing level: 582.13 mb = 4630.94 m = 15193.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.59 mb = 3913.09 m = 12838.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.51 % Est. max temperature: 30.14 C = 86.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.78 mb = 668.66 m = 2193.74 ft T: 22.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.40 C/km ThetaE index: 26.03 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.20 mb = 1142.42 m = 3748.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.36 C = 77.66 F Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lifted Index: -5.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.27 C Showalter Index: -4.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.82 C Cross Totals Index: 25.23 C K Index: 24.82 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 388.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1668.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.46 mb = 1071.89 m = 3516.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.46 mb = 1417.54 m = 4650.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 825.46 mb = 1723.47 m = 5654.37 ft B at Equ Level: 16.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 705.46 mb = 3050.88 m = 10009.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.5 at 52.8 knts Storm direction: 336.5 at 39.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 462.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 462.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 154.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.85 Bulk Rich Number: 10.45 Bulk Shear: 159.62 m/s