MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 21 JUN 25 Station: 38.29,-79.05 Latitude: 38.29 Longitude: -79.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 502 SFC 944 558 29.1 20.2 59 8.9 22.7 278 10 307.3 310.3 297.8 355.6 16.02 3 900 982 25.5 17.3 61 8.2 19.7 281 23 307.8 310.4 296.6 349.8 13.94 4 850 1482 20.7 15.9 74 4.8 17.4 282 28 307.8 310.3 296.3 348.6 13.51 5 800 2003 17.2 12.8 75 4.4 14.3 291 33 309.5 311.7 295.5 345.0 11.67 6 750 2553 14.8 9.9 72 4.9 11.7 305 37 312.7 314.6 295.4 344.4 10.28 7 700 3135 11.8 7.4 74 4.4 9.0 310 37 315.6 317.4 295.4 344.6 9.29 8 650 3752 8.1 4.7 79 3.4 6.1 312 34 318.1 319.7 295.3 344.3 8.26 9 600 4409 3.5 1.3 86 2.2 2.2 315 32 320.1 321.5 295.0 342.6 7.02 10 550 5110 -1.0 -1.8 95 0.8 -1.4 321 30 322.9 324.1 295.0 342.8 6.11 11 500 5867 -4.7 -5.0 98 0.3 -4.8 321 27 327.3 328.3 295.5 344.8 5.29 12 450 6691 -8.5 -9.5 93 0.9 -8.9 314 26 332.5 333.4 295.9 346.7 4.15 13 400 7597 -13.4 -17.6 70 4.2 -14.9 327 27 337.6 338.1 295.7 346.1 2.39 14 350 8599 -20.7 -23.1 81 2.4 -21.4 343 28 340.9 341.2 296.0 347.1 1.71 15 300 9722 -28.6 -30.6 83 2.0 -29.0 327 26 345.1 345.3 296.4 348.9 1.00 16 250 11001 -38.8 -43.6 60 4.8 -39.2 318 20 348.4 348.5 296.5 349.7 0.32 17 200 12491 -51.3 -52.1 92 0.7 -51.4 314 22 351.5 351.5 297.1 352.1 0.16 18 150 14292 -67.1 -68.0 88 0.9 -67.1 294 29 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.03 19 100 16702 -69.9 -83.5 12 13.6 -70.0 30 6 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.90 m Freezing level: 561.41 mb = 4950.42 m = 16241.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 569.57 mb = 4828.54 m = 15841.49 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.21 % Est. max temperature: 31.62 C = 88.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.91 mb = 1687.36 m = 5535.89 ft T: 19.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 11.21 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.83 mb = 2566.15 m = 8419.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.49 C = 94.08 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.03 C Showalter Index: -1.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.39 C Cross Totals Index: 20.64 C K Index: 36.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 275.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 295.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.69 mb = 1963.70 m = 6442.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.69 mb = 3896.43 m = 12783.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.69 mb = 11309.66 m = 37104.74 ft B at Equ Level: 294.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.69 mb = 14757.91 m = 48417.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.2 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 337.2 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 204.7 neg: -1.4 tot: 203.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 8.11 Bulk Shear: 36.41 m/s