MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 27.7 21.4 69 6.3 23.2 248 9 300.7 303.7 296.3 348.4 16.24 1 1000 79 26.8 20.6 69 6.2 22.4 249 10 300.0 302.8 295.6 345.2 15.46 2 950 529 22.2 19.2 83 3.0 20.1 250 14 299.7 302.4 295.1 343.2 14.87 3 900 997 18.2 17.4 95 0.8 17.7 254 16 300.3 302.9 294.7 341.4 14.03 4 850 1487 16.9 12.4 74 4.6 14.0 255 22 303.9 305.9 293.3 335.7 10.69 5 800 2003 13.9 9.8 76 4.1 11.3 252 23 305.9 307.7 293.0 334.7 9.55 6 750 2545 10.8 6.4 75 4.3 8.2 253 24 308.3 309.8 292.5 333.0 8.09 7 700 3117 7.6 1.2 64 6.4 4.1 257 28 310.9 312.0 291.5 329.4 5.95 8 650 3724 3.8 -4.6 54 8.4 -0.2 257 32 313.3 314.1 290.7 326.6 4.20 9 600 4370 -0.3 -8.4 54 8.1 -3.8 256 33 315.8 316.5 290.8 326.8 3.38 10 550 5060 -4.7 -12.4 55 7.8 -7.7 259 34 318.5 319.0 291.0 327.4 2.67 11 500 5803 -9.5 -16.5 57 7.0 -11.9 263 36 321.4 321.8 291.3 328.5 2.11 12 450 6610 -14.3 -22.2 51 8.0 -16.6 260 35 325.3 325.6 291.8 330.3 1.43 13 400 7494 -19.4 -30.4 37 11.0 -21.7 242 35 329.8 329.9 292.4 332.6 0.76 14 350 8473 -26.1 -27.7 87 1.6 -26.5 244 42 333.5 333.7 293.7 337.6 1.12 15 300 9571 -34.0 -33.9 100 -0.0 -34.0 235 48 337.5 337.7 294.4 340.2 0.72 16 250 10823 -42.9 -47.7 59 4.8 -43.2 235 58 342.3 342.3 295.1 343.1 0.20 17 200 12285 -55.4 -58.0 72 2.6 -55.4 252 61 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.4 0.08 18 150 14076 -63.5 -74.9 20 11.4 -63.6 236 42 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16552 -66.9 -83.1 8 16.2 -67.0 250 28 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.85 m Freezing level: 603.21 mb = 4328.12 m = 14199.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.51 mb = 3692.51 m = 12114.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.11 % Est. max temperature: 30.76 C = 87.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.40 mb = 859.77 m = 2820.73 ft T: 19.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 21.78 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.59 mb = 991.58 m = 3253.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.27 C = 81.08 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -4.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.12 C Showalter Index: -0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.47 C Cross Totals Index: 21.91 C K Index: 32.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 800.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.64 mb = 943.11 m = 3094.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.64 mb = 2101.47 m = 6894.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 250.64 mb = 10805.43 m = 35450.44 ft B at Equ Level: 799.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.64 mb = 14469.40 m = 47471.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.6 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 286.6 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.0 neg: -0.0 tot: 57.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 27.91 Bulk Shear: 28.69 m/s