MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z MON 9 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 1000 66 25.9 19.6 68 6.3 21.5 231 10 299.0 301.7 294.6 341.2 14.48 1 1000 70 26.5 19.3 64 7.3 21.5 233 11 299.7 302.3 294.6 341.2 14.21 2 950 523 25.0 16.3 58 8.8 19.1 249 28 302.6 304.9 294.1 339.2 12.36 3 900 995 20.9 14.8 68 6.1 16.8 255 30 303.1 305.3 293.9 338.3 11.85 4 850 1487 16.4 13.5 83 2.9 14.6 260 32 303.4 305.5 293.7 337.6 11.54 5 800 2002 14.7 8.9 68 5.8 11.1 269 34 306.8 308.5 292.8 333.9 8.96 6 750 2546 12.1 4.9 61 7.2 7.9 270 33 309.7 311.1 292.3 332.1 7.26 7 700 3121 8.3 2.3 66 6.0 4.9 267 32 311.7 312.9 292.2 331.8 6.47 8 650 3729 4.0 0.5 78 3.5 2.1 266 35 313.5 314.7 292.4 332.7 6.12 9 600 4375 -0.2 -4.5 73 4.3 -2.3 263 35 315.9 316.8 291.9 330.6 4.58 10 550 5067 -4.2 -13.3 49 9.1 -7.7 254 34 319.2 319.6 291.0 327.4 2.49 11 500 5813 -7.9 -25.0 24 17.1 -12.7 254 30 323.4 323.6 290.9 327.0 1.01 12 450 6624 -12.7 -37.1 11 24.4 -17.4 270 27 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.6 0.35 13 400 7512 -19.0 -21.9 77 3.0 -19.8 258 40 330.3 330.7 293.4 336.2 1.65 14 350 8493 -24.8 -25.6 93 0.8 -25.0 249 43 335.4 335.6 294.4 340.3 1.36 15 300 9599 -32.3 -32.5 99 0.1 -32.4 226 40 339.8 340.0 295.0 342.9 0.83 16 250 10856 -42.7 -43.4 93 0.7 -42.7 227 47 342.6 342.7 295.3 343.9 0.33 17 200 12321 -55.0 -56.6 83 1.5 -55.1 240 56 345.6 345.6 295.7 346.0 0.09 18 150 14110 -63.4 -74.4 21 11.0 -63.5 261 37 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16560 -66.6 -83.1 8 16.5 -66.7 276 17 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.52 m Freezing level: 602.00 mb = 4349.58 m = 14270.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.78 mb = 4035.78 m = 13240.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.65 % Est. max temperature: 30.26 C = 86.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.35 mb = 876.46 m = 2875.50 ft T: 21.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 9.46 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.71 mb = 2229.44 m = 7314.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.93 C = 94.88 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.76 C Showalter Index: -0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.30 C Cross Totals Index: 21.39 C K Index: 31.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 164.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 128.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.24 mb = 1504.80 m = 4936.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.24 mb = 3563.61 m = 11691.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 363.24 mb = 8220.49 m = 26969.79 ft B at Equ Level: 163.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 253.24 mb = 10767.73 m = 35326.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.1 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 291.1 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 148.9 neg: -7.0 tot: 141.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 6.74 Bulk Shear: 24.39 m/s