MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 12Z SUN 15 JUN 25 Station: 34.32,-85.96 Latitude: 34.32 Longitude: -85.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 168 SFC 986 288 22.2 21.1 93 1.1 21.4 257 3 296.5 299.4 295.0 343.0 16.13 2 950 615 22.3 18.8 80 3.5 19.8 273 14 299.8 302.5 294.8 342.2 14.48 3 900 1085 20.6 16.1 75 4.5 17.5 272 18 302.7 305.1 294.6 341.0 12.91 4 850 1578 17.4 13.6 78 3.8 14.9 271 19 304.4 306.5 294.0 338.9 11.57 5 800 2093 14.2 9.9 75 4.3 11.5 275 17 306.3 308.1 293.2 335.3 9.63 6 750 2636 11.2 6.4 73 4.7 8.3 281 14 308.7 310.2 292.6 333.4 8.08 7 700 3210 7.6 4.3 79 3.3 5.7 276 11 310.9 312.3 292.8 333.9 7.45 8 650 3817 3.9 1.5 84 2.5 2.5 257 11 313.4 314.6 292.7 333.9 6.56 9 600 4464 -0.2 -3.3 80 3.1 -1.7 235 10 315.9 316.8 292.2 331.8 5.00 10 550 5155 -4.5 -6.9 83 2.4 -5.6 227 7 318.8 319.6 292.3 332.2 4.14 11 500 5901 -8.1 -11.2 78 3.1 -9.4 208 5 323.1 323.8 292.8 334.0 3.25 12 450 6713 -12.4 -16.7 70 4.3 -13.9 221 4 327.6 328.1 293.2 335.6 2.31 13 400 7605 -17.3 -24.6 53 7.3 -19.3 274 3 332.5 332.8 293.6 337.2 1.30 14 350 8592 -24.5 -30.1 60 5.6 -25.7 218 6 335.7 335.9 294.1 339.0 0.89 15 300 9694 -33.2 -38.4 59 5.2 -33.8 262 2 338.6 338.7 294.4 340.4 0.46 16 250 10946 -44.0 -48.0 64 4.1 -44.2 15 3 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.5 0.20 17 200 12406 -55.1 -61.3 47 6.1 -55.3 106 7 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.05 18 150 14184 -67.5 -70.4 66 2.9 -67.5 83 14 353.8 353.8 297.5 353.9 0.02 19 100 16626 -67.6 -83.5 9 15.9 -67.7 13 13 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.01 m Freezing level: 602.76 mb = 4427.98 m = 14527.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.32 mb = 4194.73 m = 13762.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.34 % Est. max temperature: 30.54 C = 86.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.65 mb = 427.52 m = 1402.59 ft T: 22.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 9.61 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.23 mb = 1757.36 m = 5765.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.70 C = 87.25 F Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lifted Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.51 C Cross Totals Index: 21.69 C K Index: 35.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 340.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.31 mb = 1188.07 m = 3897.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.31 mb = 2812.03 m = 9225.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.31 mb = 10828.68 m = 35526.73 ft B at Equ Level: 339.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.31 mb = 13621.22 m = 44688.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.0 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 292.0 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.6 neg: -4.0 tot: 14.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 688.94 Bulk Shear: 0.49 m/s