MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 12Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 23.6 20.5 83 3.1 21.5 276 8 296.4 299.2 294.4 340.5 15.31 1 1000 106 22.9 20.1 84 2.8 20.9 276 10 296.0 298.7 294.1 339.2 14.97 2 950 552 20.8 17.6 82 3.2 18.7 275 14 298.3 300.7 293.7 337.4 13.46 3 900 1019 18.7 15.0 79 3.7 16.3 262 16 300.7 302.9 293.3 336.0 11.99 4 850 1508 15.6 11.2 75 4.4 12.9 253 20 302.5 304.3 292.2 331.9 9.89 5 800 2020 12.7 4.7 58 8.0 8.2 250 25 304.7 306.0 290.3 325.0 6.71 6 750 2559 10.2 -3.2 39 13.5 3.6 244 29 307.7 308.4 288.8 320.2 4.01 7 700 3130 7.8 -19.3 13 27.2 -1.7 242 27 311.1 311.4 287.1 315.1 1.18 8 650 3737 4.8 -31.7 5 36.4 -5.0 245 22 314.4 314.4 287.3 315.8 0.42 9 600 4383 0.6 -30.1 8 30.6 -7.6 250 18 316.8 316.9 288.3 318.6 0.52 10 550 5074 -4.3 -28.5 13 24.2 -10.6 249 16 319.0 319.1 289.2 321.3 0.66 11 500 5818 -8.9 -37.7 8 28.7 -14.6 229 8 322.1 322.2 289.8 323.3 0.30 12 450 6624 -14.7 -42.6 7 28.0 -19.1 102 6 324.8 324.8 290.4 325.5 0.20 13 400 7504 -21.2 -46.9 8 25.7 -24.3 201 5 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.0 0.14 14 350 8480 -26.3 -56.1 4 29.9 -28.8 234 19 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.6 0.05 15 300 9576 -34.0 -60.6 5 26.6 -35.5 234 26 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.04 16 250 10829 -42.4 -63.6 8 21.2 -43.2 303 26 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.03 17 200 12297 -54.9 -64.2 31 9.3 -55.1 325 49 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.03 18 150 14088 -63.7 -73.4 25 9.7 -63.8 274 42 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16545 -67.8 -83.2 9 15.4 -67.9 254 26 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.18 m Freezing level: 594.25 mb = 4462.56 m = 14640.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.30 mb = 2939.62 m = 9644.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.44 % Est. max temperature: 29.58 C = 85.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.25 mb = 458.30 m = 1503.58 ft T: 21.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 25.46 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.38 mb = 1413.87 m = 4638.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.40 C = 84.92 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Showalter Index: 1.41 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.55 C Cross Totals Index: 20.16 C K Index: 8.62 Risk: None Sweat Index: 181.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 209.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 111.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.56 mb = 917.97 m = 3011.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 595.56 mb = 4442.07 m = 14573.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 345.56 mb = 8570.27 m = 28117.34 ft B at Equ Level: 207.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 245.56 mb = 10947.07 m = 35915.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.1 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 279.1 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.7 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.2 neg: -11.9 tot: -1.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 16.95 Bulk Shear: 12.39 m/s