MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 6 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 1008 67 17.9 17.3 96 0.6 17.5 321 6 290.4 292.6 290.4 325.4 12.42 1 1000 135 17.3 16.9 97 0.4 17.0 325 9 290.4 292.6 290.2 324.7 12.17 2 950 574 17.5 17.4 100 0.1 17.4 306 6 294.9 297.3 292.5 333.0 13.27 3 900 1037 17.0 15.7 92 1.3 16.2 244 7 299.1 301.4 293.3 335.8 12.59 4 850 1525 15.2 13.6 90 1.6 14.1 231 8 302.0 304.2 293.4 336.3 11.60 5 800 2038 12.8 11.0 89 1.8 11.7 233 8 304.8 306.7 293.3 335.9 10.39 6 750 2579 10.2 8.3 88 1.9 9.0 243 8 307.7 309.4 293.2 335.6 9.22 7 700 3151 7.3 5.4 88 1.9 6.2 251 8 310.6 312.1 293.2 335.5 8.09 8 650 3759 4.2 2.0 85 2.2 3.0 263 8 313.7 315.0 293.1 335.1 6.82 9 600 4406 0.6 -3.6 73 4.2 -1.5 275 10 316.9 317.8 292.4 332.5 4.89 10 550 5101 -2.5 -8.5 63 6.0 -5.2 282 11 321.1 321.8 292.6 333.1 3.66 11 500 5852 -6.7 -16.3 46 9.6 -10.2 280 12 324.9 325.3 292.3 332.2 2.14 12 450 6668 -11.1 -30.2 19 19.1 -15.8 280 15 329.2 329.4 292.2 331.8 0.69 13 400 7560 -17.9 -27.3 44 9.4 -20.2 288 17 331.7 331.9 293.2 335.4 1.02 14 350 8544 -25.4 -36.0 37 10.6 -27.2 265 25 334.5 334.6 293.4 336.4 0.51 15 300 9641 -34.3 -36.9 78 2.6 -34.7 239 30 337.0 337.1 294.1 339.0 0.54 16 250 10889 -44.6 -51.7 45 7.1 -44.9 239 39 339.8 339.9 294.4 340.4 0.13 17 200 12343 -56.3 -58.0 81 1.7 -56.3 231 47 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.9 0.08 18 150 14138 -60.4 -75.8 12 15.3 -60.6 287 34 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.01 19 100 16609 -68.6 -83.3 10 14.7 -68.7 303 12 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.54 m Freezing level: 589.95 mb = 4546.12 m = 14914.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.55 mb = 4186.15 m = 13733.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.84 % Est. max temperature: 29.08 C = 84.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.86 mb = 144.42 m = 473.80 ft T: 17.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 3.81 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1000.00 mb = 134.65 m = 441.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.34 C = 65.01 F Cap Strength: 3.68 C Lifted Index: 4.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.66 C Showalter Index: 1.66 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.86 C Cross Totals Index: 20.30 C K Index: 33.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6225.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 951.25 mb = 562.65 m = 1845.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.6 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 295.6 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: -3.7 tot: 0.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.55 Bulk Shear: 7.00 m/s