MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 35.15,-79.27 Latitude: 35.15 Longitude: -79.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 76 SFC 998 95 25.6 20.7 74 4.9 22.1 241 9 298.9 301.8 295.4 344.3 15.58 2 950 525 20.8 18.7 88 2.1 19.4 244 17 298.3 301.0 294.4 340.4 14.46 3 900 991 18.4 15.9 85 2.5 16.7 246 24 300.5 302.8 293.8 337.8 12.71 4 850 1482 17.2 12.3 73 5.0 14.0 241 25 304.2 306.2 293.3 335.8 10.61 5 800 1997 13.9 10.1 78 3.8 11.5 245 24 306.0 307.8 293.2 335.3 9.76 6 750 2539 10.5 7.6 82 2.9 8.8 245 24 308.0 309.6 293.0 334.7 8.78 7 700 3111 6.4 4.2 86 2.2 5.1 240 20 309.6 311.0 292.3 332.3 7.40 8 650 3716 2.7 1.8 94 0.9 2.2 233 22 312.1 313.3 292.5 333.0 6.73 9 600 4360 -0.9 -1.6 95 0.7 -1.2 229 30 315.1 316.2 292.6 333.1 5.69 10 550 5052 -4.0 -5.3 90 1.4 -4.6 237 30 319.4 320.3 292.9 334.5 4.67 11 500 5799 -7.4 -10.0 82 2.6 -8.5 242 28 324.0 324.7 293.3 335.9 3.58 12 450 6615 -11.2 -15.3 72 4.1 -12.8 236 29 329.1 329.6 293.8 338.0 2.58 13 400 7508 -17.2 -20.3 76 3.1 -18.2 243 33 332.6 333.0 294.1 339.3 1.90 14 350 8496 -24.3 -27.0 78 2.7 -24.9 246 36 336.0 336.2 294.4 340.4 1.19 15 300 9599 -33.1 -35.4 80 2.3 -33.5 250 38 338.7 338.8 294.6 341.0 0.62 16 250 10853 -43.1 -49.9 47 6.8 -43.6 256 43 341.9 342.0 295.0 342.6 0.16 17 200 12316 -54.6 -63.0 35 8.4 -54.8 242 37 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.04 18 150 14117 -63.6 -73.0 27 9.4 -63.7 273 42 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16562 -68.4 -82.9 11 14.5 -68.5 240 23 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.76 m Freezing level: 612.02 mb = 4205.22 m = 13796.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.51 mb = 4128.58 m = 13545.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.56 % Est. max temperature: 30.94 C = 87.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.28 mb = 714.91 m = 2345.47 ft T: 19.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 12.01 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.45 mb = 1587.96 m = 5209.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.23 C = 88.22 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.45 C Showalter Index: 1.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.65 C Cross Totals Index: 19.68 C K Index: 34.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 211.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.40 mb = 911.09 m = 2989.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.40 mb = 2501.47 m = 8206.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 453.40 mb = 6556.59 m = 21510.87 ft B at Equ Level: 210.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.40 mb = 11891.19 m = 39012.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.2 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 269.2 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.5 neg: -12.0 tot: 20.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 13.48 Bulk Shear: 15.71 m/s