MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z WED 11 JUN 25 Station: 35.60,-77.21 Latitude: 35.60 Longitude: -77.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 18 24.8 21.9 84 2.9 22.8 186 6 296.9 299.9 295.5 344.9 16.59 1 1000 131 25.7 20.8 75 4.8 22.2 194 14 298.8 301.7 295.4 344.5 15.70 2 950 582 23.2 18.1 73 5.1 19.6 219 23 300.7 303.3 294.7 341.5 13.88 3 900 1052 20.0 15.5 75 4.5 17.0 241 23 302.2 304.4 294.0 338.8 12.40 4 850 1544 16.8 13.2 79 3.6 14.4 264 24 303.8 305.9 293.7 337.3 11.28 5 800 2058 13.6 9.9 78 3.7 11.3 267 24 305.6 307.4 292.9 334.5 9.61 6 750 2601 11.4 3.9 60 7.5 7.1 257 22 308.9 310.2 291.6 329.7 6.77 7 700 3173 7.3 0.2 61 7.0 3.5 253 23 310.5 311.6 291.1 327.8 5.56 8 650 3779 3.0 -6.8 49 9.8 -1.4 254 25 312.4 313.1 289.9 323.7 3.54 9 600 4422 -1.0 -10.7 48 9.7 -5.0 255 28 315.0 315.5 290.0 324.1 2.82 10 550 5111 -5.1 -13.9 50 8.8 -8.4 257 28 318.0 318.5 290.5 325.9 2.38 11 500 5854 -9.0 -20.2 40 11.2 -12.5 251 34 322.1 322.4 291.0 327.4 1.53 12 450 6662 -13.5 -27.7 29 14.2 -17.0 251 41 326.2 326.4 291.5 329.3 0.87 13 400 7549 -18.6 -31.8 30 13.2 -21.4 255 46 330.8 330.9 292.6 333.3 0.67 14 350 8532 -25.1 -41.2 21 16.1 -27.3 246 44 334.9 335.0 293.3 336.1 0.30 15 300 9631 -33.5 -48.0 22 14.5 -34.8 248 45 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.8 0.16 16 250 10886 -42.9 -53.2 32 10.2 -43.5 269 46 342.2 342.3 295.0 342.7 0.11 17 200 12348 -55.6 -60.3 56 4.6 -55.8 284 75 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.06 18 150 14124 -65.5 -70.5 50 5.0 -65.5 238 46 357.2 357.2 298.2 357.3 0.02 19 100 16593 -65.8 -84.0 6 18.2 -65.9 240 24 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.83 m Freezing level: 612.44 mb = 4261.87 m = 13982.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.51 mb = 3598.25 m = 11805.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.03 % Est. max temperature: 31.32 C = 88.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.45 mb = 385.76 m = 1265.61 ft T: 24.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 21.18 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.95 mb = 1523.78 m = 4999.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.68 C = 89.02 F Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lifted Index: -3.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.14 C Showalter Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.81 C Cross Totals Index: 22.16 C K Index: 31.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 587.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.32 mb = 1077.81 m = 3536.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 732.32 mb = 2798.62 m = 9181.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 262.32 mb = 10554.80 m = 34628.18 ft B at Equ Level: 583.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.32 mb = 14444.16 m = 47388.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.6 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 281.6 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.0 neg: -8.7 tot: 151.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 13.49 Bulk Shear: 43.56 m/s