MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 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 1002 66 25.5 21.0 76 4.5 22.3 242 10 298.5 301.4 295.4 344.6 15.85 1 1000 81 25.1 20.3 75 4.8 21.8 242 11 298.3 301.1 294.9 342.5 15.20 2 950 530 21.2 18.5 84 2.8 19.4 241 21 298.7 301.3 294.4 340.1 14.23 3 900 999 20.6 14.0 66 6.6 16.3 251 27 302.8 304.8 293.3 336.1 11.23 4 850 1491 17.8 12.6 71 5.3 14.4 256 32 304.8 306.8 293.6 337.2 10.83 5 800 2008 14.3 10.3 77 4.0 11.7 257 36 306.4 308.2 293.3 336.1 9.85 6 750 2550 10.9 7.2 78 3.6 8.6 257 36 308.4 310.0 292.9 334.3 8.53 7 700 3123 7.2 4.9 85 2.4 5.9 253 36 310.5 312.0 292.9 334.4 7.77 8 650 3730 3.5 1.8 89 1.6 2.5 249 39 312.9 314.2 292.7 333.8 6.72 9 600 4375 -0.7 -2.5 88 1.8 -1.6 250 42 315.3 316.3 292.3 332.2 5.32 10 550 5066 -4.2 -6.8 82 2.6 -5.4 253 44 319.1 320.0 292.4 332.7 4.19 11 500 5813 -8.0 -9.4 89 1.4 -8.7 259 42 323.3 324.0 293.2 335.7 3.74 12 450 6626 -12.2 -13.8 88 1.6 -12.8 255 32 327.9 328.5 293.8 337.9 2.93 13 400 7519 -17.0 -21.0 71 4.0 -18.2 256 30 332.9 333.2 294.1 339.2 1.79 14 350 8508 -24.1 -29.1 64 5.0 -25.2 248 30 336.3 336.5 294.3 339.9 0.99 15 300 9613 -32.5 -41.6 40 9.1 -33.6 246 35 339.6 339.7 294.6 340.9 0.33 16 250 10869 -43.0 -49.8 47 6.8 -43.5 252 32 342.1 342.1 295.0 342.7 0.16 17 200 12330 -56.2 -61.6 51 5.4 -56.3 267 40 343.7 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.05 18 150 14110 -65.9 -69.5 60 3.6 -66.0 204 17 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.02 19 100 16560 -67.7 -83.0 10 15.3 -67.8 242 28 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.52 m Freezing level: 608.45 mb = 4265.90 m = 13995.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.48 mb = 4117.37 m = 13508.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.10 % Est. max temperature: 31.76 C = 89.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.47 mb = 635.84 m = 2086.08 ft T: 21.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 8.55 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.75 mb = 1810.22 m = 5938.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.79 C = 91.02 F Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.40 C Showalter Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.84 C Cross Totals Index: 20.57 C K Index: 36.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 179.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 123.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.72 mb = 1049.23 m = 3442.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.72 mb = 2892.22 m = 9488.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 429.72 mb = 6975.67 m = 22885.76 ft B at Equ Level: 178.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 259.72 mb = 10606.62 m = 34798.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.1 at 35.3 knts Storm direction: 283.1 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.5 neg: -6.7 tot: 108.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 3.48 Bulk Shear: 51.75 m/s