MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 10 JUN 25 Station: 36.92,-77.38 Latitude: 36.92 Longitude: -77.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1006 47 26.9 22.0 75 4.9 23.4 219 10 299.5 302.6 296.3 348.6 16.80 1 1000 103 26.0 20.8 73 5.2 22.3 221 16 299.2 302.0 295.4 344.7 15.61 2 950 552 21.7 19.0 84 2.7 19.8 227 23 299.2 301.9 294.8 342.0 14.68 3 900 1020 18.4 16.9 91 1.5 17.4 237 27 300.5 303.0 294.4 340.4 13.61 4 850 1510 15.9 12.9 82 3.0 14.0 249 27 302.8 304.9 293.2 335.6 11.05 5 800 2023 13.2 7.9 70 5.4 10.0 251 28 305.3 306.8 291.8 330.4 8.36 6 750 2564 10.2 1.5 55 8.7 5.5 247 29 307.7 308.7 290.3 325.2 5.71 7 700 3134 7.2 -5.2 41 12.3 1.3 253 31 310.4 311.1 289.4 322.1 3.72 8 650 3740 3.6 -10.9 34 14.5 -2.4 255 34 313.0 313.5 289.2 321.3 2.57 9 600 4385 0.2 -14.4 33 14.5 -5.4 253 33 316.3 316.7 289.8 323.3 2.09 10 550 5077 -3.7 -17.5 33 13.8 -8.5 248 34 319.8 320.1 290.5 325.7 1.77 11 500 5824 -8.0 -22.1 31 14.1 -12.3 247 35 323.3 323.6 291.1 327.9 1.30 12 450 6634 -13.3 -24.5 38 11.2 -16.4 245 37 326.5 326.8 291.9 330.7 1.17 13 400 7520 -19.3 -28.3 45 9.0 -21.4 239 41 329.9 330.1 292.6 333.3 0.93 14 350 8499 -26.3 -35.7 41 9.4 -27.8 235 47 333.3 333.4 293.1 335.3 0.52 15 300 9595 -33.9 -43.3 38 9.4 -34.9 233 62 337.5 337.6 294.0 338.6 0.28 16 250 10846 -43.6 -50.2 48 6.6 -44.0 218 58 341.3 341.3 294.8 341.9 0.15 17 200 12305 -55.6 -61.9 45 6.3 -55.8 228 63 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.05 18 150 14098 -64.2 -71.4 37 7.2 -64.3 226 52 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.02 19 100 16575 -64.6 -83.4 6 18.8 -64.7 223 24 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.90 m Freezing level: 597.63 mb = 4417.75 m = 14493.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.55 mb = 3340.60 m = 10959.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.62 % Est. max temperature: 29.91 C = 85.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.65 mb = 665.67 m = 2183.94 ft T: 20.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 27.27 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.75 mb = 1079.96 m = 3543.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.19 C = 82.74 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.36 C Showalter Index: 0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.88 C Cross Totals Index: 20.85 C K Index: 24.43 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 648.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.44 mb = 911.03 m = 2988.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.44 mb = 1545.10 m = 5069.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.44 mb = 10940.19 m = 35892.58 ft B at Equ Level: 648.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.44 mb = 14244.36 m = 46732.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.6 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 277.6 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.4 neg: -1.7 tot: 119.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 21.99 Bulk Shear: 29.49 m/s