MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 39.20,-80.37 Latitude: 39.20 Longitude: -80.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 SFC 965 418 24.2 20.3 79 3.9 21.4 238 6 300.4 303.3 295.8 346.5 15.72 2 950 554 22.4 17.8 75 4.6 19.2 237 10 299.9 302.4 294.3 339.9 13.66 3 900 1022 18.1 16.6 91 1.5 17.1 238 11 300.1 302.5 294.1 339.0 13.28 4 850 1509 15.1 13.0 87 2.1 13.7 242 15 302.0 304.0 293.0 334.9 11.14 5 800 2022 12.6 9.8 83 2.8 10.9 252 18 304.6 306.3 292.6 333.1 9.54 6 750 2562 9.7 6.3 79 3.5 7.7 261 18 307.1 308.6 292.1 331.4 7.99 7 700 3132 6.5 1.8 72 4.7 3.9 267 19 309.7 310.8 291.4 328.9 6.24 8 650 3737 2.7 -1.9 72 4.6 0.3 268 20 312.0 312.9 291.2 328.0 5.11 9 600 4380 -1.6 -5.0 78 3.4 -3.2 267 23 314.2 315.1 291.2 328.2 4.39 10 550 5067 -6.1 -10.1 73 4.0 -7.8 267 26 316.8 317.4 290.9 327.3 3.23 11 500 5807 -10.5 -16.6 60 6.2 -12.6 268 30 320.3 320.7 290.9 327.3 2.08 12 450 6611 -14.4 -22.4 51 8.0 -16.7 271 31 325.1 325.4 291.7 330.1 1.41 13 400 7495 -19.9 -26.8 54 7.0 -21.5 279 42 329.2 329.4 292.5 333.0 1.07 14 350 8473 -26.3 -34.1 48 7.8 -27.6 277 48 333.2 333.4 293.2 335.5 0.61 15 300 9568 -35.0 -40.1 60 5.1 -35.5 293 59 336.1 336.1 293.7 337.6 0.39 16 250 10811 -45.4 -47.7 77 2.4 -45.5 294 69 338.6 338.7 294.2 339.5 0.20 17 200 12259 -56.4 -63.6 40 7.2 -56.5 292 58 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.04 18 150 14054 -61.3 -75.4 14 14.1 -61.5 278 49 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.5 0.01 19 100 16552 -65.5 -83.9 6 18.4 -65.7 278 36 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.29 m Freezing level: 618.92 mb = 4136.31 m = 13570.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.55 mb = 3791.80 m = 12440.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.03 % Est. max temperature: 27.55 C = 81.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.43 mb = 912.36 m = 2993.27 ft T: 19.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 18.47 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.87 mb = 1371.29 m = 4498.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.24 C = 77.44 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -3.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.98 C Showalter Index: -1.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.58 C Cross Totals Index: 23.47 C K Index: 33.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 519.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.42 mb = 1228.72 m = 4031.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.42 mb = 1881.24 m = 6171.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.42 mb = 10454.58 m = 34299.38 ft B at Equ Level: 519.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.42 mb = 13519.67 m = 44355.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.7 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 292.7 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 54.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 24.61 Bulk Shear: 21.12 m/s