MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 35.38,-77.48 Latitude: 35.38 Longitude: -77.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 20 31.6 22.8 59 8.9 25.1 210 10 304.5 307.8 298.1 357.2 17.66 1 1000 48 31.5 21.3 55 10.2 24.0 212 12 304.6 307.6 297.2 352.7 16.12 2 950 506 27.1 18.4 59 8.7 21.0 217 20 304.7 307.4 296.0 347.0 14.17 3 900 982 22.7 16.9 70 5.8 18.7 220 24 304.9 307.4 295.6 345.5 13.61 4 850 1477 18.4 15.5 84 2.8 16.4 224 26 305.4 307.8 295.4 344.8 13.16 5 800 1994 14.2 12.1 87 2.1 12.9 230 29 306.3 308.4 294.3 339.9 11.17 6 750 2538 11.5 6.7 72 4.9 8.6 240 35 309.1 310.6 292.9 334.2 8.22 7 700 3111 7.5 3.7 76 3.9 5.3 243 46 310.8 312.2 292.4 332.8 7.12 8 650 3718 3.6 1.1 84 2.5 2.2 243 50 313.1 314.3 292.6 333.1 6.40 9 600 4365 -0.0 -1.0 93 1.0 -0.6 245 48 316.1 317.2 293.0 334.9 5.94 10 550 5058 -3.2 -4.3 92 1.1 -3.7 247 39 320.3 321.3 293.5 336.7 5.06 11 500 5809 -6.3 -8.9 82 2.6 -7.5 240 34 325.4 326.1 293.9 338.4 3.91 12 450 6626 -11.2 -14.4 77 3.2 -12.5 242 33 329.1 329.7 294.0 338.7 2.78 13 400 7521 -16.5 -19.1 80 2.6 -17.4 261 37 333.5 333.9 294.6 340.9 2.10 14 350 8513 -23.1 -29.7 55 6.6 -24.5 258 37 337.6 337.8 294.6 341.0 0.93 15 300 9622 -31.7 -39.9 44 8.1 -32.8 250 31 340.6 340.7 294.8 342.2 0.40 16 250 10883 -42.0 -52.4 31 10.5 -42.6 241 32 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.2 0.12 17 200 12353 -54.3 -61.4 41 7.1 -54.5 244 41 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.05 18 150 14135 -67.6 -68.6 87 1.0 -67.7 244 43 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.02 19 100 16568 -67.1 -82.8 9 15.7 -67.2 265 26 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.96 m Freezing level: 600.42 mb = 4359.07 m = 14301.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.07 mb = 4230.23 m = 13878.52 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.09 % Est. max temperature: 32.46 C = 90.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.99 mb = 1146.94 m = 3762.87 ft T: 21.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 24.42 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.47 mb = 1675.24 m = 5496.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.85 C = 91.13 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.65 C Showalter Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.65 C Cross Totals Index: 21.83 C K Index: 36.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 333.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 996.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.56 mb = 1551.95 m = 5091.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.56 mb = 1808.96 m = 5934.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.56 mb = 12750.68 m = 41832.45 ft B at Equ Level: 992.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.56 mb = 15597.46 m = 51172.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.6 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 268.6 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 192.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 192.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 15.67 Bulk Shear: 63.61 m/s