MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 36.61,-78.15 Latitude: 36.61 Longitude: -78.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 997 106 30.0 19.3 53 10.7 22.4 277 7 303.4 306.0 295.7 345.7 14.26 2 950 535 24.4 16.8 63 7.6 19.2 272 13 301.9 304.3 294.2 339.6 12.77 3 900 1006 19.9 15.8 77 4.1 17.1 269 14 302.0 304.3 294.1 339.2 12.60 4 850 1496 15.7 14.4 92 1.3 14.8 268 15 302.5 304.8 294.0 338.6 12.19 5 800 2008 11.9 11.1 95 0.8 11.4 273 17 303.8 305.8 293.0 335.0 10.44 6 750 2548 10.0 7.0 82 3.0 8.2 276 23 307.4 309.0 292.5 333.0 8.42 7 700 3120 6.9 3.8 80 3.1 5.1 275 25 310.1 311.5 292.3 332.2 7.18 8 650 3726 3.3 0.2 80 3.1 1.7 274 28 312.7 313.9 292.1 331.4 5.98 9 600 4371 -0.2 -4.4 74 4.1 -2.3 277 32 315.8 316.7 291.9 330.6 4.61 10 550 5064 -3.5 -13.4 46 10.0 -7.4 282 32 320.0 320.5 291.2 328.2 2.47 11 500 5810 -8.0 -22.1 31 14.2 -12.3 285 37 323.3 323.6 291.1 327.9 1.30 12 450 6622 -12.1 -29.7 22 17.6 -16.4 281 44 328.0 328.1 291.9 330.6 0.72 13 400 7514 -17.5 -34.8 21 17.3 -20.9 276 51 332.2 332.3 292.8 334.1 0.50 14 350 8499 -24.9 -36.9 32 12.0 -26.8 278 52 335.2 335.3 293.6 337.0 0.46 15 300 9600 -33.6 -42.5 40 9.0 -34.6 287 45 338.0 338.1 294.1 339.2 0.30 16 250 10852 -43.6 -48.7 57 5.2 -43.9 291 64 341.3 341.4 294.8 342.1 0.18 17 200 12315 -54.2 -57.6 66 3.4 -54.3 269 63 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.3 0.08 18 150 14114 -64.4 -70.4 44 6.0 -64.4 282 48 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.3 0.02 19 100 16571 -67.9 -83.8 9 15.9 -68.0 281 33 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.64 m Freezing level: 603.49 mb = 4325.90 m = 14192.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.85 mb = 3992.25 m = 13097.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.42 % Est. max temperature: 29.23 C = 84.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.22 mb = 1453.62 m = 4769.05 ft T: 16.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 17.80 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.70 mb = 1538.93 m = 5048.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.27 C = 84.68 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -1.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: -0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.61 C Cross Totals Index: 22.31 C K Index: 34.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 264.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.61 mb = 1489.92 m = 4888.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.61 mb = 1640.38 m = 5381.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 295.61 mb = 9701.47 m = 31828.59 ft B at Equ Level: 264.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.61 mb = 12781.64 m = 41934.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.4 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 307.4 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 50.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 9.81 Bulk Shear: 27.01 m/s