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: 40.34,-76.57 Latitude: 40.34 Longitude: -76.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 SFC 979 216 27.2 22.5 76 4.7 23.8 283 13 302.2 305.4 297.7 354.9 17.82 2 950 482 25.2 19.5 71 5.7 21.2 289 26 302.8 305.6 296.1 347.7 15.18 3 900 955 21.2 17.5 79 3.7 18.7 296 33 303.4 306.0 295.6 345.3 14.13 4 850 1448 17.9 14.7 81 3.3 15.7 303 40 304.9 307.2 294.8 342.1 12.45 5 800 1966 15.0 9.7 71 5.3 11.7 301 46 307.1 308.9 293.3 335.8 9.49 6 750 2510 12.3 0.6 45 11.7 6.0 299 52 310.0 311.0 290.7 326.5 5.33 7 700 3085 9.6 -5.9 33 15.5 2.1 301 56 313.1 313.7 290.0 324.3 3.50 8 650 3696 6.1 -6.9 39 12.9 0.0 305 60 315.8 316.5 290.9 327.2 3.51 9 600 4346 1.7 -9.1 45 10.8 -3.1 305 61 318.1 318.7 291.3 328.6 3.21 10 550 5041 -2.9 -14.8 39 11.9 -7.4 306 59 320.7 321.1 291.2 328.1 2.21 11 500 5789 -7.8 -20.4 36 12.6 -11.8 310 63 323.5 323.8 291.3 328.7 1.51 12 450 6600 -13.1 -24.5 38 11.4 -16.3 306 70 326.7 326.9 291.9 330.8 1.16 13 400 7486 -19.7 -31.2 35 11.5 -22.0 298 71 329.4 329.6 292.3 332.0 0.71 14 350 8461 -28.0 -38.3 37 10.2 -29.5 305 71 330.9 331.0 292.4 332.5 0.40 15 300 9546 -37.1 -46.9 36 9.8 -37.9 312 74 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.8 0.19 16 250 10781 -45.9 -57.7 25 11.8 -46.3 323 82 337.8 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.06 17 200 12236 -54.8 -65.0 27 10.2 -55.0 324 77 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.03 18 150 14046 -60.6 -74.4 15 13.7 -60.8 310 75 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16568 -58.2 -85.2 2 27.0 -58.6 341 28 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.28 m Freezing level: 581.45 mb = 4604.10 m = 15105.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.68 mb = 3699.76 m = 12138.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.21 % Est. max temperature: 30.84 C = 87.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.16 mb = 808.77 m = 2653.41 ft T: 22.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 30.60 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.84 mb = 1550.92 m = 5088.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.38 C = 86.69 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -3.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Showalter Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.72 C Cross Totals Index: 22.47 C K Index: 24.90 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.45 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1593.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.26 mb = 1264.83 m = 4149.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.26 mb = 2143.89 m = 7033.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.26 mb = 12451.70 m = 40851.55 ft B at Equ Level: 1582.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.26 mb = 15266.98 m = 50087.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.4 at 51.6 knts Storm direction: 333.4 at 38.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 285.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 285.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.28 Bulk Rich Number: 14.02 Bulk Shear: 113.69 m/s