MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 8 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 1003 66 21.3 20.7 96 0.6 20.9 267 6 294.2 297.0 293.9 338.4 15.50 1 1000 91 21.3 20.4 95 0.8 20.7 275 7 294.4 297.2 293.9 338.1 15.28 2 950 536 20.7 18.6 88 2.0 19.3 282 19 298.1 300.8 294.3 339.9 14.37 3 900 1004 18.6 17.1 91 1.5 17.6 273 23 300.7 303.2 294.6 341.1 13.77 4 850 1494 16.4 14.8 90 1.7 15.3 267 27 303.4 305.7 294.4 340.6 12.54 5 800 2009 13.4 12.5 94 0.9 12.9 262 27 305.4 307.6 294.3 339.8 11.47 6 750 2551 10.3 9.6 95 0.7 9.9 256 28 307.8 309.7 293.9 338.2 10.04 7 700 3124 7.0 6.0 93 1.0 6.4 251 27 310.3 311.9 293.3 336.1 8.43 8 650 3730 3.3 2.8 96 0.6 3.0 249 28 312.7 314.1 293.1 335.1 7.20 9 600 4376 -0.2 -0.5 98 0.3 -0.3 246 32 315.9 317.1 293.2 335.5 6.18 10 550 5070 -3.1 -3.4 98 0.3 -3.2 251 35 320.5 321.5 293.8 338.0 5.42 11 500 5821 -6.6 -7.1 96 0.5 -6.8 257 35 324.9 325.8 294.3 339.8 4.49 12 450 6637 -11.3 -11.9 96 0.6 -11.5 256 30 329.0 329.7 294.5 340.7 3.43 13 400 7531 -17.2 -17.3 99 0.1 -17.3 254 28 332.6 333.1 294.6 341.2 2.46 14 350 8519 -24.2 -24.3 99 0.1 -24.2 250 32 336.2 336.5 294.7 341.7 1.53 15 300 9624 -32.4 -33.2 93 0.8 -32.5 246 32 339.7 339.9 295.0 342.7 0.78 16 250 10881 -42.9 -43.8 91 0.9 -43.0 235 27 342.2 342.3 295.1 343.5 0.31 17 200 12344 -54.7 -57.4 72 2.7 -54.8 242 30 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.4 0.08 18 150 14130 -65.7 -68.0 73 2.3 -65.8 230 33 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.03 19 100 16586 -67.4 -83.7 8 16.3 -67.5 273 19 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.89 m Freezing level: 602.41 mb = 4345.06 m = 14255.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.97 mb = 4309.69 m = 14139.24 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.43 % Est. max temperature: 30.30 C = 86.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.54 mb = 138.28 m = 453.67 ft T: 21.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 5.96 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.27 mb = 1272.46 m = 4174.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.24 C = 84.63 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: 0.26 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.55 C Showalter Index: -0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.07 C Cross Totals Index: 21.42 C K Index: 36.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 108.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.20 mb = 718.42 m = 2356.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.20 mb = 2604.57 m = 8545.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 515.20 mb = 5584.74 m = 18322.42 ft B at Equ Level: 108.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 315.20 mb = 9269.75 m = 30412.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.7 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 286.7 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.5 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.1 neg: -17.7 tot: -6.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.96 Bulk Shear: 36.71 m/s