MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F339.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F339.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 339 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 19 JUN 25 Station: 39.58,-77.21 Latitude: 39.58 Longitude: -77.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 981 209 28.9 24.3 76 4.7 25.4 291 15 303.7 307.4 299.2 362.8 19.82 2 950 497 26.7 21.4 73 5.3 22.8 290 28 304.3 307.4 297.7 355.2 17.11 3 900 972 22.4 19.7 85 2.7 20.5 288 34 304.6 307.6 297.3 353.1 16.26 4 850 1469 19.3 17.1 87 2.2 17.8 291 44 306.4 309.1 296.7 350.3 14.60 5 800 1989 16.8 12.2 74 4.6 13.8 295 48 309.0 311.2 295.1 343.2 11.23 6 750 2538 14.5 2.3 43 12.3 7.6 295 47 312.3 313.5 292.0 331.1 6.01 7 700 3117 11.3 -2.4 38 13.7 4.2 302 46 315.0 315.9 291.6 329.6 4.60 8 650 3731 6.6 -5.4 42 12.0 0.8 308 49 316.5 317.2 291.5 329.2 3.95 9 600 4382 1.4 -8.2 49 9.6 -2.9 310 52 317.8 318.4 291.4 328.9 3.43 10 550 5076 -3.8 -9.0 67 5.2 -6.1 313 58 319.5 320.2 292.0 331.1 3.52 11 500 5822 -8.0 -13.4 66 5.3 -10.1 315 57 323.2 323.8 292.4 332.4 2.73 12 450 6634 -12.6 -20.2 53 7.6 -15.0 313 58 327.4 327.7 292.6 333.3 1.71 13 400 7523 -18.5 -27.9 44 9.4 -20.8 305 55 330.9 331.1 292.9 334.4 0.96 14 350 8501 -27.3 -35.8 44 8.6 -28.6 311 55 331.9 332.1 292.7 333.9 0.51 15 300 9591 -35.8 -45.9 35 10.1 -36.7 312 62 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.7 0.21 16 250 10831 -45.4 -53.2 41 7.8 -45.8 326 72 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.0 0.11 17 200 12285 -55.5 -62.1 44 6.5 -55.7 326 75 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.05 18 150 14076 -63.3 -72.6 27 9.3 -63.4 313 81 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16583 -59.8 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.1 328 22 412.2 412.2 306.8 412.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.50 m Freezing level: 586.46 mb = 4569.86 m = 14992.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.41 mb = 3864.70 m = 12679.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.94 % Est. max temperature: 32.57 C = 90.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.75 mb = 800.59 m = 2626.59 ft T: 23.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.16 C/km ThetaE index: 33.81 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.27 mb = 1415.00 m = 4642.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.42 C = 88.56 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -6.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.72 C Showalter Index: -5.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.39 C Cross Totals Index: 25.16 C K Index: 30.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 421.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2878.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.26 mb = 1184.70 m = 3886.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.26 mb = 1954.48 m = 6412.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 763.26 mb = 2388.96 m = 7837.69 ft B at Equ Level: 4.11 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.1 at 47.6 knts Storm direction: 334.1 at 35.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 2.8 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 267.4 neg: -3.1 tot: 264.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.29 Bulk Rich Number: 36.77 Bulk Shear: 78.29 m/s