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: 40.86,-78.94 Latitude: 40.86 Longitude: -78.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 952 488 24.6 22.2 86 2.4 22.8 270 12 301.9 305.2 297.7 354.9 17.92 2 950 507 24.1 21.5 85 2.6 22.2 272 15 301.7 304.8 297.1 352.4 17.22 3 900 978 20.2 19.2 94 1.0 19.5 281 32 302.3 305.2 296.4 348.8 15.74 4 850 1471 17.6 16.5 93 1.1 16.8 292 38 304.6 307.2 295.8 346.4 14.02 5 800 1989 15.3 12.4 83 2.9 13.4 295 43 307.4 309.6 294.7 341.7 11.35 6 750 2535 13.0 2.3 48 10.7 7.0 300 48 310.7 311.8 291.5 329.3 6.01 7 700 3112 11.7 -5.9 29 17.6 3.1 310 55 315.5 316.1 290.8 326.8 3.52 8 650 3727 7.1 -5.5 40 12.5 1.0 313 60 317.0 317.7 291.6 329.6 3.91 9 600 4379 1.8 -7.0 52 8.7 -2.3 315 63 318.2 318.9 291.9 330.5 3.78 10 550 5074 -3.4 -11.7 53 8.3 -6.8 308 65 320.0 320.6 291.5 329.4 2.84 11 500 5820 -8.5 -11.9 76 3.4 -9.8 312 67 322.7 323.3 292.5 333.0 3.08 12 450 6630 -12.9 -20.4 53 7.5 -15.2 308 61 327.0 327.4 292.5 332.9 1.67 13 400 7520 -18.6 -27.3 46 8.7 -20.7 308 58 330.8 331.0 292.9 334.5 1.01 14 350 8498 -27.0 -31.9 63 4.9 -27.9 313 60 332.4 332.5 293.1 335.2 0.75 15 300 9589 -35.8 -46.7 32 10.9 -36.7 317 65 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.7 0.19 16 250 10830 -44.6 -59.7 17 15.2 -45.2 332 75 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.05 17 200 12293 -54.1 -67.0 19 12.9 -54.3 338 82 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 14101 -60.9 -75.2 14 14.2 -61.1 311 60 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16585 -61.9 -85.2 3 23.3 -62.1 335 37 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.74 m Freezing level: 582.90 mb = 4616.26 m = 15145.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.15 mb = 3915.11 m = 12844.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.47 % Est. max temperature: 29.87 C = 85.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.29 mb = 793.20 m = 2602.32 ft T: 21.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.46 C/km ThetaE index: 28.08 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.70 mb = 1263.41 m = 4145.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.21 C = 79.19 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -5.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.33 C Showalter Index: -4.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.05 C Cross Totals Index: 24.97 C K Index: 24.94 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.98 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1634.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.79 mb = 1144.51 m = 3754.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.79 mb = 1594.49 m = 5231.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 747.79 mb = 2559.22 m = 8396.30 ft B at Equ Level: 12.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 697.79 mb = 3138.53 m = 10296.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.3 at 53.2 knts Storm direction: 336.3 at 39.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 444.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 444.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 148.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.43 Bulk Rich Number: 10.36 Bulk Shear: 157.81 m/s