MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 56 SFC 999 66 28.4 22.1 69 6.2 23.8 237 13 301.6 304.7 297.0 351.8 17.04 2 950 509 24.0 18.5 71 5.5 20.2 242 26 301.6 304.2 295.2 343.6 14.26 3 900 980 20.3 16.1 77 4.2 17.4 251 28 302.4 304.8 294.4 340.5 12.89 4 850 1472 17.1 12.7 75 4.4 14.2 261 30 304.0 306.0 293.4 336.6 10.92 5 800 1987 14.6 7.8 64 6.8 10.5 274 32 306.7 308.3 292.3 332.0 8.35 6 750 2531 12.0 4.2 59 7.8 7.5 282 34 309.6 310.9 292.0 330.9 6.93 7 700 3106 8.6 1.8 62 6.8 4.8 281 37 312.0 313.1 292.1 331.4 6.22 8 650 3715 4.9 -1.1 65 6.0 1.8 276 47 314.5 315.5 292.2 331.7 5.45 9 600 4363 -0.1 -3.6 78 3.4 -1.9 271 47 316.0 316.9 292.2 331.6 4.90 10 550 5055 -3.4 -6.5 78 3.2 -4.8 261 38 320.1 320.9 292.8 334.0 4.26 11 500 5804 -7.4 -11.4 73 4.0 -9.0 263 42 324.1 324.7 293.0 334.8 3.20 12 450 6617 -12.7 -14.9 84 2.2 -13.5 262 51 327.3 327.9 293.4 336.5 2.68 13 400 7507 -17.8 -18.5 95 0.7 -18.0 258 44 331.9 332.3 294.3 339.7 2.23 14 350 8494 -24.2 -24.2 100 0.0 -24.2 238 34 336.1 336.4 294.7 341.7 1.54 15 300 9601 -32.2 -34.8 78 2.5 -32.6 228 39 340.0 340.1 294.9 342.5 0.67 16 250 10860 -41.9 -50.5 39 8.6 -42.4 230 40 343.8 343.9 295.4 344.5 0.15 17 200 12331 -54.2 -59.9 49 5.7 -54.3 221 39 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.06 18 150 14117 -64.3 -70.7 42 6.3 -64.4 257 43 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.02 19 100 16561 -66.3 -83.2 8 16.9 -66.4 271 24 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.23 m Freezing level: 601.25 mb = 4346.48 m = 14259.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.53 mb = 4025.54 m = 13206.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.36 % Est. max temperature: 30.84 C = 87.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.89 mb = 856.33 m = 2809.44 ft T: 21.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 20.89 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.20 mb = 1469.94 m = 4822.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.77 C = 87.39 F Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lifted Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.55 C Showalter Index: 0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.43 C Cross Totals Index: 20.06 C K Index: 30.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 542.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.78 mb = 1195.21 m = 3921.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 732.78 mb = 2724.62 m = 8938.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.78 mb = 10783.04 m = 35376.98 ft B at Equ Level: 539.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.78 mb = 14414.35 m = 47290.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.9 at 36.4 knts Storm direction: 297.9 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 161.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 9.77 Bulk Shear: 55.54 m/s