MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 1002 66 21.2 20.5 96 0.7 20.8 244 5 294.2 296.9 293.8 338.0 15.35 1 1000 85 21.6 20.5 94 1.1 20.8 244 6 294.7 297.5 294.0 338.6 15.34 2 950 532 22.1 18.1 78 4.1 19.3 271 12 299.6 302.2 294.3 340.1 13.85 3 900 1002 20.4 14.3 68 6.1 16.4 268 10 302.6 304.7 293.4 336.5 11.45 4 850 1494 17.4 11.2 67 6.3 13.4 253 14 304.4 306.2 292.7 333.9 9.86 5 800 2009 14.5 6.0 57 8.5 9.5 251 20 306.6 308.0 291.5 329.0 7.37 6 750 2552 11.4 -0.2 44 11.7 5.3 252 23 309.0 310.0 290.2 324.6 5.02 7 700 3125 8.3 -6.6 34 14.9 1.4 255 24 311.7 312.3 289.5 322.3 3.34 8 650 3733 4.9 -13.0 26 17.8 -2.3 259 22 314.5 314.9 289.2 321.6 2.16 9 600 4380 1.1 -20.6 18 21.6 -6.2 264 20 317.3 317.6 289.2 321.6 1.24 10 550 5074 -2.7 -29.0 11 26.3 -9.8 270 19 320.9 321.0 289.7 323.1 0.63 11 500 5822 -7.6 -40.2 5 32.6 -13.9 268 13 323.8 323.9 290.2 324.7 0.23 12 450 6632 -13.9 -42.1 7 28.1 -18.6 277 12 325.7 325.8 290.7 326.5 0.21 13 400 7513 -21.2 -44.3 11 23.0 -24.2 275 12 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.1 0.19 14 350 8482 -29.6 -40.8 33 11.2 -30.9 263 17 328.9 328.9 291.7 330.1 0.31 15 300 9563 -37.1 -53.0 18 15.8 -38.1 264 31 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.09 16 250 10799 -45.4 -61.1 15 15.7 -45.9 252 42 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.04 17 200 12258 -54.2 -67.0 19 12.7 -54.5 246 50 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 14065 -61.8 -75.8 14 14.0 -61.9 258 49 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16534 -67.1 -83.4 8 16.3 -67.2 264 37 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.48 m Freezing level: 586.02 mb = 4574.31 m = 15007.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.48 mb = 3344.80 m = 10973.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.49 % Est. max temperature: 31.37 C = 88.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.89 mb = 147.10 m = 482.61 ft T: 21.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 18.54 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.21 mb = 1838.74 m = 6032.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.94 C = 91.29 F Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lifted Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.97 C Showalter Index: 1.85 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.00 C Cross Totals Index: 18.75 C K Index: 21.29 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 464.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 201.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.74 mb = 994.63 m = 3263.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 525.74 mb = 5428.21 m = 17808.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.74 mb = 10644.58 m = 34922.72 ft B at Equ Level: 463.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.74 mb = 13069.91 m = 42879.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.1 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 290.1 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.5 neg: -1.6 tot: 41.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 44.72 Bulk Shear: 10.38 m/s