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: 40.32,-78.7 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -78.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 1 950 500 SFC 946 536 24.9 22.5 87 2.3 23.2 285 14 302.8 306.2 298.2 357.5 18.46 3 900 973 20.8 20.2 96 0.6 20.4 289 35 302.9 306.0 297.2 352.6 16.77 4 850 1467 18.6 17.0 90 1.7 17.5 298 43 305.7 308.4 296.4 349.0 14.47 5 800 1987 16.5 11.2 71 5.3 13.0 297 48 308.7 310.7 294.4 340.6 10.49 6 750 2534 13.7 2.7 47 11.0 7.5 298 49 311.4 312.6 291.9 330.7 6.21 7 700 3112 10.7 -2.3 40 13.0 3.9 306 54 314.3 315.2 291.4 328.9 4.60 8 650 3725 6.5 -4.5 45 11.1 1.0 312 58 316.3 317.1 291.7 329.8 4.20 9 600 4377 2.0 -4.9 60 6.9 -1.4 317 62 318.4 319.3 292.4 332.7 4.43 10 550 5073 -2.6 -12.6 46 10.0 -6.7 319 64 321.0 321.5 291.6 329.8 2.63 11 500 5822 -7.1 -21.3 31 14.2 -11.6 321 64 324.4 324.7 291.5 329.3 1.40 12 450 6636 -12.0 -27.5 26 15.5 -16.0 318 64 328.2 328.4 292.1 331.4 0.89 13 400 7525 -19.0 -31.3 33 12.3 -21.6 316 61 330.3 330.4 292.5 332.8 0.70 14 350 8502 -27.1 -39.3 30 12.2 -28.7 324 65 332.3 332.3 292.7 333.6 0.36 15 300 9595 -34.8 -46.5 30 11.6 -35.9 328 73 336.3 336.3 293.6 337.0 0.20 16 250 10842 -44.0 -54.3 31 10.3 -44.5 335 82 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.1 0.10 17 200 12307 -53.7 -65.3 23 11.6 -53.9 332 72 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.9 0.03 18 150 14113 -62.9 -72.4 27 9.4 -63.0 313 71 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16589 -61.0 -85.7 2 24.7 -61.3 331 42 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.28 m Freezing level: 578.35 mb = 4678.38 m = 15348.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.86 mb = 3994.42 m = 13104.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.46 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.73 mb = 831.03 m = 2726.43 ft T: 22.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 28.62 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.67 mb = 1329.32 m = 4361.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.97 C = 80.55 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -5.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.67 C Showalter Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.72 C Cross Totals Index: 24.05 C K Index: 29.71 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2080.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.87 mb = 1178.42 m = 3866.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.87 mb = 2378.95 m = 7804.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.87 mb = 13185.78 m = 43259.91 ft B at Equ Level: 2059.05 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.4 at 53.8 knts Storm direction: 340.4 at 40.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 413.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 413.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 137.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.97 Bulk Rich Number: 15.97 Bulk Shear: 130.22 m/s