MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 1004 66 28.5 19.4 58 9.1 22.1 231 6 301.3 304.0 295.1 343.3 14.26 1 1000 101 27.0 18.4 59 8.7 21.1 233 6 300.2 302.6 294.2 339.5 13.42 2 950 551 22.4 17.1 72 5.3 18.8 238 8 299.9 302.3 293.9 338.0 13.03 3 900 1019 18.2 15.6 85 2.5 16.5 243 10 300.2 302.5 293.6 336.9 12.51 4 850 1508 16.6 7.0 53 9.7 10.9 245 19 303.6 304.9 290.5 325.7 7.39 5 800 2022 14.4 -3.7 28 18.1 5.5 242 23 306.5 307.2 288.1 317.8 3.64 6 750 2564 12.2 -18.7 10 30.9 1.0 243 23 309.9 310.1 286.6 313.7 1.17 7 700 3138 9.6 -30.0 4 39.6 -1.9 247 21 313.2 313.2 287.0 314.7 0.45 8 650 3747 5.8 -28.9 6 34.7 -4.2 249 18 315.6 315.7 287.9 317.5 0.54 9 600 4396 1.3 -25.3 12 26.6 -6.7 250 16 317.6 317.8 288.9 320.5 0.82 10 550 5089 -3.3 -31.2 10 27.9 -10.3 250 16 320.1 320.2 289.3 322.0 0.51 11 500 5835 -8.4 -39.7 6 31.3 -14.3 228 11 322.9 322.9 289.9 323.8 0.24 12 450 6643 -14.4 -43.7 6 29.3 -19.0 208 9 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.8 0.18 13 400 7524 -20.1 -49.8 5 29.6 -23.6 257 15 328.8 328.9 291.5 329.2 0.10 14 350 8502 -26.6 -55.8 5 29.2 -29.1 247 25 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.06 15 300 9597 -32.8 -61.3 4 28.5 -34.5 240 23 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.03 16 250 10860 -41.9 -57.9 16 16.0 -42.7 335 32 343.7 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.06 17 200 12328 -53.6 -62.3 34 8.6 -53.8 332 49 347.8 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.04 18 150 14118 -68.1 -68.4 96 0.3 -68.1 312 15 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.03 19 100 16566 -66.7 -83.5 8 16.7 -66.9 256 30 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.42 m Freezing level: 586.02 mb = 4589.59 m = 15057.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 732.98 mb = 2754.52 m = 9037.04 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.86 % Est. max temperature: 30.49 C = 86.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.29 mb = 1218.01 m = 3996.05 ft T: 17.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 29.55 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.17 mb = 2009.28 m = 6592.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.64 C = 92.56 F Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lifted Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.53 C Showalter Index: 4.99 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.98 C Cross Totals Index: 15.31 C K Index: -7.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 132.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 156.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 221.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.45 mb = 1235.91 m = 4054.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 562.45 mb = 4910.78 m = 16111.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 332.45 mb = 8867.26 m = 29091.71 ft B at Equ Level: 153.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 262.45 mb = 10523.49 m = 34525.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.4 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 274.4 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 28.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 13.69 Bulk Shear: 11.41 m/s