MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 66 SFC 1000 66 30.0 21.4 60 8.7 23.8 239 13 303.2 306.2 296.9 351.3 16.20 2 950 521 25.1 18.6 67 6.5 20.5 240 25 302.6 305.3 295.5 344.9 14.30 3 900 994 20.7 17.4 81 3.3 18.4 240 27 302.9 305.5 295.4 344.4 14.02 4 850 1486 17.0 15.5 91 1.4 16.0 240 32 303.9 306.3 295.1 343.1 13.17 5 800 2001 13.5 12.5 93 1.0 12.9 245 37 305.6 307.7 294.3 340.0 11.46 6 750 2544 10.8 8.9 88 1.9 9.6 250 43 308.3 310.1 293.7 337.5 9.60 7 700 3116 7.2 5.7 90 1.5 6.3 253 46 310.5 312.1 293.3 335.8 8.23 8 650 3723 3.7 1.5 86 2.2 2.5 252 48 313.2 314.4 292.7 333.8 6.59 9 600 4370 -0.0 -2.9 81 2.9 -1.5 250 53 316.1 317.1 292.4 332.5 5.15 10 550 5062 -4.4 -5.4 93 1.0 -4.9 252 55 318.8 319.7 292.7 333.9 4.66 11 500 5809 -7.5 -8.2 95 0.7 -7.8 259 49 323.9 324.7 293.7 337.5 4.13 12 450 6624 -11.6 -12.6 92 1.0 -12.0 252 37 328.7 329.3 294.2 339.7 3.23 13 400 7517 -17.3 -18.2 92 1.0 -17.6 245 34 332.5 333.0 294.4 340.5 2.27 14 350 8505 -24.3 -26.9 79 2.6 -24.9 238 33 336.0 336.3 294.4 340.4 1.21 15 300 9610 -32.5 -37.1 63 4.6 -33.1 235 31 339.6 339.7 294.7 341.6 0.53 16 250 10867 -42.8 -46.7 65 3.9 -43.0 229 29 342.5 342.6 295.1 343.4 0.23 17 200 12330 -55.5 -56.7 86 1.2 -55.5 235 41 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.2 0.09 18 150 14120 -65.4 -70.4 49 5.1 -65.4 216 35 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.6 0.02 19 100 16563 -67.1 -82.7 9 15.6 -67.2 260 23 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.59 m Freezing level: 600.64 mb = 4361.83 m = 14310.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.60 mb = 4123.51 m = 13528.41 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.80 % Est. max temperature: 30.76 C = 87.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.87 mb = 1168.80 m = 3834.59 ft T: 19.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 18.79 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.49 mb = 1440.45 m = 4725.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.67 C = 87.21 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -3.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.34 C Showalter Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.48 C Cross Totals Index: 23.05 C K Index: 38.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.52 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 948.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.82 mb = 1317.08 m = 4321.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.82 mb = 1568.05 m = 5144.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.82 mb = 12589.75 m = 41304.47 ft B at Equ Level: 942.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.82 mb = 15373.42 m = 50437.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.8 at 41.9 knts Storm direction: 279.8 at 31.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 189.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 189.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 13.61 Bulk Shear: 69.68 m/s