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: 36.92,-79.79 Latitude: 36.92 Longitude: -79.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 965 355 26.0 19.0 65 7.0 21.1 265 7 302.2 304.9 295.5 345.0 14.51 2 950 495 24.3 17.4 65 6.9 19.6 267 10 301.9 304.3 294.6 341.0 13.28 3 900 966 20.0 15.4 75 4.6 17.0 269 18 302.2 304.4 294.0 338.6 12.33 4 850 1456 15.8 13.8 88 2.0 14.5 269 23 302.7 304.9 293.7 337.5 11.75 5 800 1969 12.9 11.0 88 1.9 11.7 271 31 304.9 306.8 293.3 336.0 10.39 6 750 2510 10.0 7.5 84 2.5 8.5 273 35 307.5 309.1 292.7 333.8 8.69 7 700 3081 7.1 2.2 71 4.9 4.4 271 35 310.4 311.6 291.7 330.2 6.42 8 650 3688 3.6 -4.0 57 7.7 -0.1 266 33 313.1 313.9 290.8 326.9 4.36 9 600 4333 -0.4 -9.7 49 9.4 -4.4 264 33 315.7 316.3 290.5 325.6 3.05 10 550 5023 -4.6 -10.9 62 6.2 -7.2 263 32 318.6 319.2 291.3 328.6 3.03 11 500 5768 -8.7 -15.5 58 6.8 -11.2 266 31 322.4 322.9 291.7 330.2 2.29 12 450 6578 -12.9 -28.0 27 15.1 -16.7 261 25 327.0 327.1 291.7 330.0 0.85 13 400 7466 -18.1 -24.0 60 5.9 -19.7 251 45 331.4 331.7 293.4 336.3 1.37 14 350 8450 -25.2 -26.4 90 1.2 -25.5 244 47 334.7 335.0 294.1 339.3 1.26 15 300 9551 -32.8 -33.3 96 0.5 -32.9 235 56 339.1 339.3 294.8 342.0 0.77 16 250 10808 -43.2 -43.7 95 0.5 -43.2 225 64 341.9 341.9 295.1 343.1 0.32 17 200 12268 -55.9 -56.1 98 0.2 -55.9 237 67 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.6 0.10 18 150 14056 -61.1 -76.4 12 15.3 -61.3 258 53 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16540 -65.7 -83.5 7 17.9 -65.8 268 29 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.78 m Freezing level: 604.62 mb = 4273.10 m = 14019.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.08 mb = 3673.99 m = 12053.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.80 % Est. max temperature: 28.01 C = 82.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.14 mb = 1235.28 m = 4052.70 ft T: 17.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 19.44 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.10 mb = 1666.72 m = 5468.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.43 C = 81.37 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Showalter Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.54 C Cross Totals Index: 22.50 C K Index: 33.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 227.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.96 mb = 1486.21 m = 4875.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.96 mb = 2053.92 m = 6738.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 351.96 mb = 8408.68 m = 27587.21 ft B at Equ Level: 226.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 211.96 mb = 11887.56 m = 39000.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.3 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 297.3 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.7 neg: -13.8 tot: 66.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 5.79 Bulk Shear: 39.24 m/s