MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 62 SFC 1000 66 29.9 20.9 58 9.0 23.4 291 5 303.1 306.0 296.5 349.7 15.73 2 950 518 26.3 17.1 57 9.2 19.9 290 13 303.9 306.3 294.9 342.5 12.99 3 900 992 22.1 15.7 67 6.4 17.8 277 15 304.3 306.6 294.7 341.7 12.55 4 850 1486 18.3 13.7 74 4.6 15.3 262 20 305.4 307.5 294.4 340.4 11.69 5 800 2003 14.4 10.6 78 3.8 12.0 256 27 306.5 308.4 293.6 336.9 10.08 6 750 2546 10.5 6.4 76 4.1 8.0 255 30 308.0 309.5 292.4 332.4 8.04 7 700 3117 7.2 -1.5 54 8.6 2.7 261 26 310.4 311.4 290.5 325.8 4.92 8 650 3723 4.1 -14.4 24 18.5 -3.1 276 24 313.6 314.0 288.7 319.9 1.92 9 600 4369 0.8 -22.4 16 23.2 -6.6 279 27 317.0 317.3 288.9 320.7 1.06 10 550 5062 -3.1 -33.8 7 30.7 -10.4 276 30 320.4 320.5 289.3 321.9 0.40 11 500 5808 -8.3 -33.5 11 25.2 -13.9 277 32 323.0 323.1 290.2 324.6 0.45 12 450 6617 -14.2 -33.3 18 19.1 -18.1 268 29 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.3 0.51 13 400 7498 -21.0 -44.2 10 23.3 -24.1 266 34 327.7 327.7 291.3 328.4 0.19 14 350 8472 -27.1 -55.0 5 27.9 -29.5 254 42 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.06 15 300 9564 -35.2 -56.3 10 21.0 -36.5 254 48 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.06 16 250 10810 -44.0 -49.1 57 5.0 -44.3 259 71 340.6 340.7 294.7 341.4 0.18 17 200 12268 -56.1 -56.9 91 0.8 -56.2 251 77 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.2 0.09 18 150 14063 -61.7 -73.7 19 11.9 -61.9 240 52 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16559 -64.6 -84.2 5 19.6 -64.8 265 25 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.71 m Freezing level: 589.69 mb = 4511.80 m = 14802.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.60 mb = 3394.82 m = 11137.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.41 % Est. max temperature: 32.18 C = 89.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.21 mb = 1213.59 m = 3981.54 ft T: 20.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 29.82 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.96 mb = 1897.72 m = 6226.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.08 C = 91.55 F Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lifted Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.76 C Showalter Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.61 C Cross Totals Index: 21.99 C K Index: 31.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1034.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.04 mb = 1596.82 m = 5238.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.04 mb = 2172.63 m = 7127.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.04 mb = 12137.24 m = 39819.84 ft B at Equ Level: 1033.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.04 mb = 14755.53 m = 48409.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.1 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 300.1 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 4.5 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.7 neg: -0.4 tot: 48.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 30.45 Bulk Shear: 33.96 m/s