MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 1001 66 22.8 21.5 92 1.3 21.9 214 7 295.8 298.8 295.0 342.9 16.34 1 1000 78 22.6 21.2 92 1.4 21.6 216 8 295.7 298.6 294.8 341.9 16.03 2 950 524 21.3 18.7 85 2.6 19.5 252 20 298.8 301.4 294.5 340.8 14.44 3 900 993 20.5 14.8 70 5.6 16.7 254 23 302.6 304.8 293.7 337.8 11.87 4 850 1485 17.6 12.0 69 5.7 14.0 253 24 304.6 306.6 293.3 335.7 10.41 5 800 2002 14.3 9.7 74 4.6 11.4 256 24 306.4 308.2 293.1 335.1 9.50 6 750 2544 10.9 7.2 78 3.7 8.7 261 26 308.4 310.0 292.9 334.5 8.55 7 700 3117 7.5 4.3 81 3.1 5.6 261 28 310.7 312.2 292.7 333.8 7.48 8 650 3724 3.5 0.6 81 3.0 2.0 258 29 313.0 314.2 292.3 332.3 6.16 9 600 4369 -0.8 -3.2 84 2.4 -2.0 258 29 315.2 316.2 292.0 331.2 5.04 10 550 5060 -4.8 -6.5 88 1.7 -5.5 259 28 318.4 319.3 292.3 332.3 4.28 11 500 5804 -9.0 -10.2 91 1.2 -9.5 256 29 322.1 322.8 292.7 333.8 3.53 12 450 6613 -14.0 -16.5 81 2.5 -14.9 262 31 325.6 326.1 292.7 333.6 2.33 13 400 7498 -19.4 -21.8 81 2.5 -20.1 256 36 329.8 330.2 293.2 335.7 1.67 14 350 8478 -25.7 -26.5 93 0.8 -25.9 252 38 334.1 334.4 294.0 338.6 1.25 15 300 9576 -34.1 -34.1 99 0.1 -34.1 246 43 337.4 337.5 294.3 340.0 0.71 16 250 10827 -43.6 -46.9 70 3.3 -43.8 238 45 341.3 341.3 294.8 342.2 0.22 17 200 12289 -54.9 -57.8 70 2.9 -55.0 233 42 345.8 345.9 295.8 346.2 0.08 18 150 14085 -63.4 -73.4 25 10.0 -63.5 250 39 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16559 -67.6 -82.6 10 15.0 -67.7 262 27 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.65 m Freezing level: 609.07 mb = 4252.41 m = 13951.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.12 mb = 4038.80 m = 13250.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.81 % Est. max temperature: 31.53 C = 88.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.09 mb = 225.96 m = 741.34 ft T: 22.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 11.63 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.27 mb = 1685.35 m = 5529.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.29 C = 90.13 F Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lifted Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Showalter Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.63 C Cross Totals Index: 20.97 C K Index: 35.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 433.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 119.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.89 mb = 898.33 m = 2947.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.89 mb = 2942.45 m = 9653.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 284.89 mb = 9930.81 m = 32580.99 ft B at Equ Level: 431.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.89 mb = 13126.75 m = 43066.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.9 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 286.9 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 84.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 21.79 Bulk Shear: 19.90 m/s