MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 9 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 1005 66 26.8 21.3 71 5.6 22.9 221 8 299.6 302.5 295.8 346.4 16.02 1 1000 110 25.6 20.4 73 5.2 21.9 223 10 298.7 301.5 295.1 343.1 15.23 2 950 559 21.2 19.2 88 2.0 19.8 228 12 298.7 301.4 294.8 341.9 14.86 3 900 1027 19.6 15.4 77 4.2 16.8 239 16 301.7 303.9 293.8 337.9 12.29 4 850 1518 17.2 11.7 70 5.5 13.7 232 17 304.1 306.0 293.0 334.6 10.20 5 800 2033 13.7 9.4 75 4.3 11.0 230 19 305.8 307.5 292.7 333.8 9.30 6 750 2575 10.1 7.1 82 2.9 8.3 231 23 307.5 309.1 292.6 333.3 8.50 7 700 3145 6.0 4.7 91 1.4 5.2 228 23 309.1 310.6 292.4 332.6 7.65 8 650 3749 2.1 1.4 96 0.6 1.7 220 20 311.3 312.5 292.2 331.6 6.54 9 600 4392 -1.4 -3.9 83 2.5 -2.6 214 19 314.5 315.4 291.6 329.6 4.77 10 550 5081 -5.3 -7.1 87 1.8 -6.1 230 14 317.8 318.6 292.0 331.0 4.08 11 500 5824 -9.5 -10.4 93 0.9 -9.8 242 12 321.5 322.2 292.5 333.0 3.48 12 450 6632 -13.8 -14.0 98 0.3 -13.9 241 17 325.9 326.5 293.2 335.7 2.87 13 400 7518 -19.1 -19.4 98 0.3 -19.2 238 21 330.1 330.5 293.6 337.3 2.06 14 350 8499 -25.7 -25.7 100 0.0 -25.7 230 29 334.1 334.4 294.0 338.9 1.34 15 300 9597 -34.5 -35.5 90 1.0 -34.6 234 41 336.8 336.9 294.1 339.2 0.62 16 250 10843 -44.9 -46.2 87 1.3 -45.0 225 51 339.4 339.4 294.4 340.3 0.24 17 200 12299 -56.0 -59.3 66 3.4 -56.1 232 61 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.4 0.06 18 150 14082 -65.1 -73.1 33 7.9 -65.2 242 48 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16550 -67.0 -83.5 8 16.5 -67.1 242 28 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.22 m Freezing level: 620.55 mb = 4127.56 m = 13541.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.18 mb = 3997.67 m = 13115.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.04 % Est. max temperature: 31.18 C = 88.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.73 mb = 773.69 m = 2538.32 ft T: 20.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 16.75 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.51 mb = 1563.11 m = 5128.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.58 C = 88.84 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.15 C Showalter Index: -0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.64 C Cross Totals Index: 21.14 C K Index: 36.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 706.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.14 mb = 948.90 m = 3113.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.14 mb = 2319.70 m = 7610.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.14 mb = 11298.98 m = 37069.70 ft B at Equ Level: 705.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.14 mb = 14367.03 m = 47135.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.3 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 258.3 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.1 neg: -3.9 tot: 20.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 130.41 Bulk Shear: 5.42 m/s