MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F342.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F342.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 342 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 20 JUN 25 Station: 39.04,-77.21 Latitude: 39.04 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 46 SFC 994 101 29.5 22.8 67 6.7 24.6 294 11 303.2 306.5 298.0 356.3 17.90 2 950 503 26.8 21.4 72 5.4 22.8 296 28 304.4 307.5 297.7 355.3 17.08 3 900 979 22.5 20.0 86 2.5 20.7 298 34 304.7 307.7 297.5 354.2 16.59 4 850 1475 19.6 16.7 84 2.9 17.7 303 40 306.7 309.4 296.5 349.6 14.26 5 800 1997 17.5 10.5 63 7.0 13.0 300 42 309.9 311.7 294.4 340.5 10.03 6 750 2546 14.5 3.2 47 11.3 8.0 297 41 312.3 313.5 292.4 332.4 6.44 7 700 3125 10.5 -1.0 45 11.5 4.4 302 43 314.1 315.0 291.7 330.1 5.08 8 650 3738 6.5 -1.0 59 7.5 2.5 312 48 316.3 317.3 292.7 333.7 5.47 9 600 4390 2.1 -3.9 65 5.9 -0.9 317 52 318.5 319.4 292.8 334.0 4.80 10 550 5086 -2.4 -12.7 45 10.3 -6.6 320 53 321.2 321.7 291.7 329.9 2.61 11 500 5836 -7.3 -19.8 36 12.4 -11.4 321 54 324.1 324.4 291.6 329.6 1.59 12 450 6648 -12.5 -25.2 34 12.6 -16.0 319 56 327.5 327.7 292.1 331.4 1.10 13 400 7535 -19.6 -29.1 43 9.5 -21.7 315 56 329.5 329.7 292.4 332.7 0.86 14 350 8511 -27.6 -35.8 45 8.2 -28.9 319 58 331.5 331.6 292.6 333.5 0.51 15 300 9599 -36.3 -38.2 83 1.8 -36.5 324 66 334.2 334.3 293.3 336.0 0.47 16 250 10839 -45.2 -45.8 94 0.6 -45.2 334 84 338.9 338.9 294.3 339.9 0.25 17 200 12294 -55.4 -62.2 42 6.8 -55.5 331 78 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.04 18 150 14090 -63.2 -72.9 26 9.7 -63.3 320 87 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16603 -60.1 -85.4 2 25.3 -60.4 345 22 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.48 m Freezing level: 576.92 mb = 4711.25 m = 15456.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.50 mb = 4208.33 m = 13806.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.48 % Est. max temperature: 33.38 C = 92.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.52 mb = 954.39 m = 3131.15 ft T: 22.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 26.20 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.44 mb = 1491.19 m = 4892.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.11 C = 91.59 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -6.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.50 C Showalter Index: -4.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.94 C Cross Totals Index: 24.07 C K Index: 32.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2844.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.36 mb = 1170.53 m = 3840.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.36 mb = 2598.03 m = 8523.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.36 mb = 13480.99 m = 44228.43 ft B at Equ Level: 2836.46 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.3 at 43.8 knts Storm direction: 339.3 at 32.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 203.9 neg: -9.3 tot: 194.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.22 Bulk Rich Number: 39.11 Bulk Shear: 72.73 m/s