MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 5 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 1010 67 19.1 18.5 97 0.6 18.7 44 8 291.4 293.8 291.5 329.3 13.40 1 1000 149 18.3 18.0 98 0.3 18.1 47 11 291.5 293.8 291.3 328.5 13.13 2 950 589 18.0 17.8 99 0.1 17.9 109 9 295.4 297.9 293.0 334.7 13.66 3 900 1053 16.7 16.5 99 0.2 16.6 182 10 298.7 301.1 293.6 337.3 13.26 4 850 1540 14.7 14.2 97 0.5 14.4 213 11 301.6 303.8 293.6 337.2 12.08 5 800 2052 12.3 11.4 94 0.9 11.7 225 15 304.3 306.2 293.3 336.1 10.67 6 750 2592 9.8 8.5 91 1.3 9.0 236 16 307.2 308.9 293.2 335.3 9.30 7 700 3164 6.9 5.7 92 1.1 6.2 238 18 310.1 311.6 293.2 335.4 8.24 8 650 3770 3.5 2.6 94 0.9 3.0 242 19 312.9 314.3 293.1 335.1 7.11 9 600 4417 0.4 -0.9 91 1.3 -0.3 253 17 316.6 317.7 293.2 335.6 5.98 10 550 5111 -3.2 -4.7 89 1.5 -4.0 260 16 320.3 321.2 293.3 336.1 4.89 11 500 5860 -7.5 -9.2 88 1.7 -8.2 262 16 323.9 324.6 293.4 336.5 3.81 12 450 6674 -12.5 -15.0 82 2.5 -13.4 266 18 327.5 328.1 293.5 336.6 2.66 13 400 7563 -18.8 -20.9 83 2.1 -19.4 257 17 330.6 331.0 293.6 336.9 1.80 14 350 8544 -25.2 -26.0 93 0.8 -25.4 238 21 334.8 335.1 294.2 339.6 1.31 15 300 9646 -33.2 -33.2 100 0.0 -33.2 216 26 338.6 338.8 294.7 341.5 0.78 16 250 10899 -44.0 -44.0 100 -0.0 -44.0 200 34 340.6 340.6 294.7 341.8 0.31 17 200 12351 -56.8 -57.0 98 0.2 -56.8 217 36 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.1 0.09 18 150 14149 -61.6 -75.8 13 14.2 -61.7 288 24 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16605 -68.9 -83.2 11 14.3 -69.0 310 21 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.58 m Freezing level: 594.44 mb = 4494.26 m = 14744.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.16 mb = 4361.22 m = 14308.30 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.37 % Est. max temperature: 28.71 C = 83.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.72 mb = 134.10 m = 439.97 ft T: 18.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 1.98 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1000.00 mb = 148.79 m = 488.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.21 C = 66.58 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: 2.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.44 C Showalter Index: 0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.26 C Cross Totals Index: 21.73 C K Index: 35.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4830.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 955.88 mb = 536.14 m = 1758.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.4 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 269.4 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.7 neg: -2.4 tot: 149.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 84.84 m/s