MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 10 JUN 25 Station: 35.17,-79.02 Latitude: 35.17 Longitude: -79.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 28.1 20.8 64 7.3 22.9 227 14 300.8 303.7 295.8 346.4 15.53 1 1000 117 27.2 19.8 64 7.4 22.0 228 18 300.4 303.0 295.1 343.4 14.68 2 950 568 22.7 18.2 76 4.4 19.6 233 27 300.2 302.8 294.6 341.2 14.01 3 900 1037 18.6 16.9 90 1.7 17.4 238 29 300.7 303.1 294.4 340.5 13.56 4 850 1525 15.2 14.6 96 0.6 14.8 245 32 302.1 304.3 294.0 338.6 12.36 5 800 2039 13.8 9.1 73 4.7 10.9 251 35 305.9 307.6 292.6 333.3 9.10 6 750 2582 11.4 3.9 60 7.5 7.1 251 34 309.0 310.2 291.6 329.7 6.76 7 700 3155 7.8 1.2 63 6.5 4.2 256 33 311.1 312.2 291.6 329.6 5.97 8 650 3762 3.5 -1.4 71 4.8 1.0 256 33 312.9 313.9 291.6 329.7 5.33 9 600 4407 -0.8 -4.3 77 3.5 -2.5 253 33 315.2 316.1 291.7 329.9 4.62 10 550 5097 -4.8 -8.4 76 3.6 -6.4 254 34 318.4 319.2 291.8 330.4 3.69 11 500 5841 -9.1 -13.3 71 4.2 -10.7 245 35 321.9 322.5 292.0 331.1 2.73 12 450 6649 -13.6 -17.2 75 3.5 -14.8 235 40 326.1 326.6 292.7 333.7 2.21 13 400 7537 -18.4 -22.2 72 3.8 -19.5 236 39 331.1 331.4 293.5 336.8 1.61 14 350 8520 -25.3 -25.8 96 0.5 -25.4 236 47 334.6 334.9 294.2 339.5 1.34 15 300 9621 -33.4 -36.9 71 3.5 -33.9 218 45 338.3 338.4 294.4 340.3 0.54 16 250 10872 -43.9 -47.6 67 3.7 -44.2 225 47 340.8 340.9 294.7 341.6 0.21 17 200 12330 -55.8 -56.3 94 0.5 -55.8 234 45 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.8 0.09 18 150 14120 -62.4 -72.1 26 9.6 -62.6 221 43 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.6 0.02 19 100 16590 -67.1 -82.4 10 15.3 -67.2 229 28 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.82 m Freezing level: 609.38 mb = 4285.62 m = 14060.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.15 mb = 3935.21 m = 12910.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.28 % Est. max temperature: 29.19 C = 84.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.53 mb = 1002.95 m = 3290.47 ft T: 18.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 16.76 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.52 mb = 1243.38 m = 4079.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.53 C = 83.36 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.29 C Cross Totals Index: 23.67 C K Index: 32.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 491.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.38 mb = 1128.68 m = 3702.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.38 mb = 1372.13 m = 4501.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 815.38 mb = 1877.40 m = 6159.38 ft B at Equ Level: 4.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 785.38 mb = 2193.86 m = 7197.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.9 at 32.0 knts Storm direction: 278.9 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.3 neg: -0.2 tot: 128.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 21.64 Bulk Shear: 22.73 m/s