MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 11 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 1008 67 24.0 20.8 82 3.2 21.8 216 11 296.5 299.3 294.6 341.3 15.52 1 1000 132 24.6 20.4 78 4.2 21.6 217 16 297.7 300.5 294.8 342.0 15.28 2 950 583 24.1 18.1 69 6.0 19.9 233 30 301.6 304.2 294.9 342.5 13.87 3 900 1055 21.1 15.5 70 5.7 17.3 236 24 303.3 305.6 294.3 340.0 12.37 4 850 1547 17.5 13.2 76 4.3 14.7 236 19 304.5 306.6 293.9 338.2 11.28 5 800 2063 13.8 9.3 74 4.5 11.0 239 17 305.9 307.6 292.7 333.7 9.24 6 750 2605 10.7 3.0 59 7.8 6.4 246 19 308.2 309.4 291.0 327.7 6.32 7 700 3176 6.9 -0.5 59 7.4 3.1 245 25 310.2 311.1 290.7 326.6 5.27 8 650 3781 3.1 -3.8 60 6.9 -0.2 247 28 312.5 313.4 290.7 326.6 4.45 9 600 4425 -0.7 -7.2 62 6.5 -3.6 250 28 315.3 316.0 290.9 327.2 3.72 10 550 5116 -4.5 -10.9 61 6.4 -7.2 248 31 318.7 319.3 291.3 328.6 3.02 11 500 5861 -8.6 -16.5 53 7.8 -11.4 247 32 322.5 322.9 291.6 329.7 2.11 12 450 6670 -12.9 -21.0 51 8.1 -15.4 251 31 327.0 327.3 292.4 332.5 1.59 13 400 7560 -18.0 -23.8 60 5.8 -19.6 247 37 331.6 331.9 293.4 336.6 1.40 14 350 8544 -25.2 -32.4 51 7.2 -26.5 251 38 334.8 334.9 293.7 337.5 0.72 15 300 9645 -33.4 -38.4 61 5.0 -34.0 234 37 338.3 338.4 294.3 340.1 0.46 16 250 10895 -44.1 -47.4 70 3.3 -44.4 233 35 340.4 340.5 294.6 341.3 0.21 17 200 12355 -55.5 -56.5 88 1.0 -55.5 238 47 344.9 345.0 295.6 345.3 0.09 18 150 14130 -66.7 -69.4 68 2.7 -66.7 234 49 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.3 0.02 19 100 16601 -63.9 -84.1 5 20.3 -64.0 244 21 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.22 m Freezing level: 609.39 mb = 4304.43 m = 14121.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.27 mb = 3740.15 m = 12270.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.60 % Est. max temperature: 31.82 C = 89.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.79 mb = 474.37 m = 1556.30 ft T: 24.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 15.89 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.84 mb = 1731.11 m = 5679.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.50 C = 90.50 F Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lifted Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.36 C Showalter Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.14 C Cross Totals Index: 21.81 C K Index: 31.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 276.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 497.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.30 mb = 1196.57 m = 3925.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.30 mb = 2490.14 m = 8169.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.30 mb = 11153.97 m = 36593.96 ft B at Equ Level: 494.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.30 mb = 14117.33 m = 46316.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.4 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 273.4 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.4 neg: -31.5 tot: 74.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 60.37 Bulk Shear: 8.24 m/s