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: 35.93,-77.21 Latitude: 35.93 Longitude: -77.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21 29.1 21.3 63 7.8 23.5 226 10 301.8 304.7 296.4 349.0 16.03 1 1000 67 27.4 20.2 65 7.2 22.3 228 13 300.6 303.3 295.4 344.8 15.08 2 950 519 22.8 18.9 79 3.9 20.1 231 18 300.3 303.0 295.1 343.2 14.64 3 900 988 18.8 17.6 93 1.2 17.9 234 20 300.8 303.4 294.9 342.6 14.21 4 850 1478 17.5 12.3 72 5.2 14.1 245 27 304.4 306.4 293.3 336.1 10.60 5 800 1995 14.5 9.6 73 4.8 11.4 252 30 306.6 308.3 293.1 335.1 9.45 6 750 2538 11.0 7.1 77 4.0 8.6 253 34 308.5 310.1 292.9 334.3 8.45 7 700 3110 7.4 4.3 81 3.1 5.6 249 37 310.7 312.1 292.7 333.7 7.47 8 650 3717 3.6 0.7 81 2.9 2.1 247 43 313.1 314.2 292.4 332.5 6.22 9 600 4363 -0.3 -3.0 82 2.8 -1.7 247 48 315.8 316.8 292.3 332.1 5.10 10 550 5056 -3.8 -6.1 84 2.3 -4.8 252 49 319.6 320.5 292.8 334.0 4.42 11 500 5804 -7.4 -8.2 94 0.8 -7.8 255 41 324.0 324.8 293.7 337.6 4.12 12 450 6619 -11.6 -14.1 81 2.5 -12.6 244 38 328.7 329.2 293.9 338.4 2.85 13 400 7513 -17.2 -19.8 80 2.6 -18.0 242 37 332.7 333.1 294.3 339.7 1.99 14 350 8500 -24.3 -28.5 68 4.2 -25.2 242 38 336.1 336.3 294.3 339.9 1.05 15 300 9605 -32.4 -41.1 42 8.7 -33.5 242 40 339.7 339.7 294.6 341.0 0.35 16 250 10862 -42.8 -52.6 33 9.8 -43.4 238 37 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.9 0.12 17 200 12322 -56.5 -59.7 67 3.2 -56.5 245 42 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.06 18 150 14105 -65.6 -70.0 55 4.3 -65.7 211 34 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.02 19 100 16561 -66.4 -83.5 7 17.1 -66.5 261 26 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.88 m Freezing level: 603.42 mb = 4319.00 m = 14169.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.39 mb = 4067.56 m = 13344.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.46 % Est. max temperature: 31.35 C = 88.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.10 mb = 1005.91 m = 3300.18 ft T: 18.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 16.95 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.53 mb = 1533.31 m = 5030.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.97 C = 89.55 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.43 C Showalter Index: 0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.88 C Cross Totals Index: 19.69 C K Index: 34.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 451.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.14 mb = 1024.67 m = 3361.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.14 mb = 2303.73 m = 7558.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.14 mb = 11098.14 m = 36410.79 ft B at Equ Level: 451.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.14 mb = 14473.96 m = 47486.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.2 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 278.2 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 119.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 7.42 Bulk Shear: 60.82 m/s