MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1004 66 32.6 18.1 42 14.6 22.4 194 6 305.5 307.9 295.4 344.7 13.10 1 1000 98 31.9 16.6 40 15.4 21.3 199 7 305.1 307.3 294.5 340.8 11.93 2 950 556 27.4 15.3 48 12.1 19.2 210 9 305.0 307.1 294.2 339.5 11.56 3 900 1031 22.8 14.3 59 8.5 17.1 220 9 305.1 307.2 294.1 339.4 11.48 4 850 1525 18.2 13.3 73 4.9 15.0 230 9 305.2 307.3 294.1 339.2 11.35 5 800 2042 13.5 11.4 87 2.1 12.1 245 10 305.6 307.6 293.7 337.5 10.65 6 750 2582 9.4 7.4 88 1.9 8.2 264 11 306.7 308.3 292.5 332.9 8.65 7 700 3153 8.0 -5.8 37 13.8 1.5 269 12 311.3 312.0 289.5 322.5 3.54 8 650 3760 4.5 -15.4 22 19.9 -3.0 259 13 314.1 314.4 288.7 320.0 1.78 9 600 4407 0.9 -25.1 12 26.0 -6.9 246 18 317.1 317.3 288.8 320.0 0.83 10 550 5100 -3.5 -31.0 10 27.5 -10.4 236 23 320.0 320.1 289.3 321.8 0.52 11 500 5846 -8.4 -38.4 7 30.0 -14.3 232 26 322.8 322.8 289.9 323.8 0.28 12 450 6653 -14.3 -40.5 9 26.1 -18.8 229 28 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.1 0.25 13 400 7536 -19.7 -43.0 11 23.4 -23.0 232 24 329.4 329.5 291.8 330.3 0.21 14 350 8516 -24.4 -48.3 9 23.9 -27.2 239 21 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.4 0.14 15 300 9622 -32.6 -54.9 9 22.4 -34.2 243 27 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.8 0.07 16 250 10875 -44.4 -56.7 24 12.3 -44.9 282 38 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.4 0.07 17 200 12329 -56.5 -58.8 75 2.3 -56.6 267 45 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.6 0.07 18 150 14111 -67.5 -68.2 90 0.8 -67.5 253 49 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.03 19 100 16558 -66.8 -83.3 8 16.5 -66.9 267 33 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.71 m Freezing level: 589.82 mb = 4548.15 m = 14921.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.55 mb = 3347.98 m = 10984.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.79 % Est. max temperature: 32.33 C = 90.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.01 mb = 1904.21 m = 6247.34 ft T: 14.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 24.72 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.70 mb = 2171.40 m = 7123.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.02 C = 91.43 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.33 C Showalter Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.59 C Cross Totals Index: 21.71 C K Index: 26.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 236.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.08 mb = 2072.23 m = 6798.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.08 mb = 2339.15 m = 7674.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 702.08 mb = 3128.58 m = 10264.25 ft B at Equ Level: 12.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.08 mb = 12579.78 m = 41271.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.3 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 271.3 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 15.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 19.82 Bulk Shear: 11.91 m/s