MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 10 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 1007 67 21.5 20.5 94 1.0 20.8 206 12 294.0 296.7 293.7 337.5 15.22 1 1000 126 21.1 20.1 94 1.0 20.4 208 17 294.2 296.9 293.6 337.0 14.98 2 950 569 18.5 18.4 100 0.1 18.5 220 30 295.9 298.5 293.5 336.7 14.17 3 900 1033 17.0 16.0 93 1.1 16.3 244 33 299.1 301.4 293.4 336.3 12.77 4 850 1521 15.4 13.2 87 2.2 14.0 244 34 302.3 304.3 293.2 335.6 11.27 5 800 2034 12.4 10.7 90 1.7 11.3 240 34 304.3 306.2 293.0 334.7 10.17 6 750 2573 9.2 7.8 90 1.5 8.3 238 35 306.6 308.3 292.6 333.4 8.86 7 700 3143 5.8 4.9 94 0.9 5.3 236 39 308.9 310.4 292.4 332.8 7.79 8 650 3747 2.2 2.1 100 0.0 2.2 239 41 311.4 312.7 292.4 332.8 6.89 9 600 4390 -1.0 -1.1 99 0.1 -1.1 240 33 314.9 316.1 292.7 333.5 5.88 10 550 5081 -4.5 -4.7 98 0.3 -4.6 237 29 318.8 319.7 292.9 334.5 4.89 11 500 5828 -8.1 -8.7 95 0.6 -8.4 234 32 323.2 324.0 293.4 336.3 3.97 12 450 6640 -12.7 -13.7 92 1.0 -13.1 237 34 327.2 327.8 293.6 337.3 2.95 13 400 7529 -18.5 -19.0 96 0.4 -18.7 235 36 330.9 331.3 293.9 338.3 2.13 14 350 8511 -25.7 -25.8 99 0.1 -25.8 229 40 334.1 334.4 294.0 338.9 1.33 15 300 9609 -34.1 -34.4 98 0.2 -34.2 238 45 337.3 337.4 294.3 339.9 0.69 16 250 10858 -44.2 -44.6 95 0.4 -44.2 222 50 340.4 340.5 294.7 341.6 0.29 17 200 12314 -56.3 -56.5 98 0.1 -56.3 208 53 343.6 343.6 295.3 344.0 0.09 18 150 14099 -64.6 -70.7 43 6.1 -64.7 257 42 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.8 0.02 19 100 16575 -68.3 -82.8 11 14.5 -68.4 215 24 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.77 m Freezing level: 615.99 mb = 4184.39 m = 13728.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.81 mb = 4168.04 m = 13674.52 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.91 % Est. max temperature: 29.25 C = 84.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.89 mb = 187.50 m = 615.14 ft T: 20.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 4.70 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 946.09 mb = 604.54 m = 1983.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.60 C = 74.48 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: 0.07 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.84 C Showalter Index: 0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.43 C Cross Totals Index: 21.23 C K Index: 35.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 117.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 948.87 mb = 579.40 m = 1900.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.87 mb = 2530.39 m = 8301.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 493.87 mb = 5922.68 m = 19431.11 ft B at Equ Level: 116.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 313.87 mb = 9287.12 m = 30469.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.0 at 33.4 knts Storm direction: 267.0 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.8 neg: -10.2 tot: 165.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 3.95 Bulk Shear: 29.65 m/s