MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 34.95,-77.59 Latitude: 34.95 Longitude: -77.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 22 30.1 21.9 62 8.2 24.2 239 7 302.9 305.9 297.1 352.4 16.73 1 1000 65 29.7 20.4 58 9.3 23.0 237 10 302.8 305.6 296.2 348.0 15.27 2 950 521 25.6 18.6 65 7.0 20.7 233 17 303.2 305.8 295.7 345.7 14.33 3 900 994 21.4 17.4 78 4.0 18.6 230 20 303.5 306.1 295.6 345.2 14.03 4 850 1488 17.4 15.5 89 1.8 16.1 232 25 304.4 306.8 295.2 343.6 13.17 5 800 2004 13.9 11.8 87 2.1 12.6 241 32 306.0 308.0 294.0 338.9 10.96 6 750 2546 10.5 8.2 86 2.3 9.1 249 39 308.0 309.7 293.2 335.7 9.13 7 700 3118 6.7 4.9 88 1.8 5.6 256 45 309.9 311.4 292.7 333.9 7.79 8 650 3723 2.7 2.0 95 0.8 2.3 262 50 312.0 313.3 292.6 333.2 6.80 9 600 4367 -1.1 -2.1 93 0.9 -1.6 261 53 314.8 315.9 292.3 332.2 5.49 10 550 5057 -4.8 -7.6 80 2.8 -6.1 262 50 318.4 319.2 292.0 331.1 3.92 11 500 5803 -7.1 -11.4 72 4.2 -8.9 267 38 324.3 325.0 293.1 335.0 3.20 12 450 6619 -11.6 -15.6 72 4.0 -13.1 273 33 328.6 329.1 293.6 337.3 2.52 13 400 7512 -16.9 -19.3 82 2.4 -17.7 265 34 333.0 333.4 294.4 340.3 2.08 14 350 8504 -23.1 -28.4 61 5.4 -24.3 252 33 337.7 337.9 294.7 341.6 1.05 15 300 9612 -32.1 -37.7 58 5.6 -32.9 246 37 340.2 340.3 294.8 342.1 0.50 16 250 10873 -42.1 -54.3 25 12.2 -42.8 235 29 343.4 343.5 295.3 343.8 0.10 17 200 12338 -54.8 -60.7 48 5.9 -54.9 260 39 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.05 18 150 14127 -67.0 -68.7 79 1.7 -67.0 223 34 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.8 0.02 19 100 16567 -67.8 -82.8 10 15.0 -67.9 256 27 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.22 m Freezing level: 614.68 mb = 4178.14 m = 13707.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.64 mb = 4095.03 m = 13434.98 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.29 % Est. max temperature: 31.55 C = 88.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.85 mb = 1063.16 m = 3488.00 ft T: 20.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 21.26 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.34 mb = 1544.55 m = 5067.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.81 C = 89.26 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -2.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.85 C Showalter Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.68 C K Index: 38.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.26 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 866.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.40 mb = 1372.63 m = 4503.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.40 mb = 1727.36 m = 5667.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.40 mb = 12451.40 m = 40850.56 ft B at Equ Level: 861.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.40 mb = 15653.35 m = 51355.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.8 at 37.5 knts Storm direction: 284.8 at 28.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 2.3 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 245.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 245.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.84 Bulk Rich Number: 10.09 Bulk Shear: 85.94 m/s