MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 67 21.7 21.1 96 0.6 21.3 158 5 294.2 297.0 294.1 339.4 15.84 1 1000 142 21.0 20.5 97 0.4 20.7 160 7 294.1 296.9 293.9 338.0 15.39 2 950 585 18.8 18.6 99 0.1 18.7 179 14 296.2 298.8 293.7 337.7 14.38 3 900 1049 16.7 16.6 99 0.2 16.7 205 13 298.8 301.2 293.7 337.5 13.30 4 850 1536 14.6 14.0 96 0.7 14.2 230 10 301.5 303.6 293.4 336.5 11.88 5 800 2048 12.3 10.9 92 1.3 11.4 250 9 304.2 306.1 293.0 335.0 10.31 6 750 2588 9.7 8.1 90 1.6 8.7 257 11 307.1 308.8 292.9 334.5 9.06 7 700 3159 6.6 5.2 90 1.5 5.8 255 11 309.8 311.3 292.9 334.2 7.94 8 650 3765 3.1 2.8 98 0.3 2.9 261 9 312.5 313.9 293.1 335.0 7.24 9 600 4411 0.0 -0.1 99 0.2 -0.1 273 7 316.1 317.4 293.3 336.2 6.32 10 550 5105 -3.1 -3.6 96 0.5 -3.4 264 10 320.4 321.4 293.7 337.6 5.32 11 500 5856 -6.8 -7.5 95 0.7 -7.1 246 17 324.8 325.6 294.1 339.2 4.35 12 450 6672 -11.5 -12.0 96 0.5 -11.7 232 24 328.8 329.5 294.4 340.3 3.40 13 400 7565 -17.2 -18.0 94 0.8 -17.5 230 29 332.6 333.1 294.5 340.7 2.32 14 350 8553 -24.1 -25.0 92 0.9 -24.4 227 30 336.2 336.5 294.7 341.4 1.43 15 300 9658 -32.8 -34.7 83 1.9 -33.1 212 31 339.1 339.2 294.7 341.6 0.67 16 250 10912 -43.7 -44.6 90 0.9 -43.8 205 28 341.1 341.1 294.8 342.2 0.29 17 200 12368 -56.3 -56.4 99 0.1 -56.3 203 25 343.6 343.6 295.3 344.0 0.09 18 150 14147 -62.9 -75.5 17 12.6 -63.1 266 25 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16599 -69.9 -83.1 13 13.2 -69.9 325 17 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.85 m Freezing level: 599.74 mb = 4414.70 m = 14483.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.60 mb = 4389.60 m = 14401.39 ft Precipitable water: 2.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.42 % Est. max temperature: 28.58 C = 83.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.19 mb = 140.06 m = 459.51 ft T: 20.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.98 C/km ThetaE index: 5.19 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 952.73 mb = 560.32 m = 1838.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.69 C = 74.65 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: 0.87 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Showalter Index: 1.51 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.41 C Cross Totals Index: 20.75 C K Index: 33.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.99 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 54.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 954.88 mb = 540.85 m = 1774.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 939.88 mb = 677.09 m = 2221.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 879.88 mb = 1241.89 m = 4074.39 ft B at Equ Level: 16.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 439.88 mb = 6844.28 m = 22454.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.6 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 271.6 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 56.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.92 Bulk Shear: 18.77 m/s