MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 69 SFC 997 95 26.7 20.0 67 6.6 22.0 235 11 300.1 302.8 295.3 343.9 14.96 2 950 518 22.1 17.7 76 4.4 19.1 241 21 299.6 302.0 294.1 339.1 13.53 3 900 986 18.4 16.2 87 2.2 17.0 243 24 300.5 302.8 294.0 338.5 12.99 4 850 1475 15.6 13.2 86 2.4 14.0 247 25 302.4 304.5 293.3 335.8 11.26 5 800 1989 13.8 9.3 74 4.6 11.0 256 23 305.9 307.6 292.7 333.6 9.21 6 750 2531 10.9 6.3 73 4.6 8.2 265 21 308.4 309.9 292.5 332.9 8.03 7 700 3104 7.1 2.9 75 4.2 4.7 280 23 310.3 311.6 292.0 331.2 6.74 8 650 3709 2.6 1.1 90 1.5 1.8 279 23 311.9 313.1 292.2 331.7 6.38 9 600 4353 -1.1 -2.3 92 1.2 -1.7 272 23 314.8 315.8 292.2 331.9 5.39 10 550 5044 -3.7 -7.1 77 3.5 -5.3 274 21 319.7 320.5 292.5 333.0 4.07 11 500 5794 -6.6 -11.5 68 4.8 -8.7 278 21 325.0 325.6 293.2 335.6 3.18 12 450 6610 -11.4 -15.0 75 3.6 -12.8 260 27 328.9 329.4 293.8 338.0 2.65 13 400 7504 -16.7 -20.7 71 4.0 -18.0 253 29 333.3 333.6 294.3 339.8 1.84 14 350 8493 -24.0 -26.4 80 2.4 -24.5 255 39 336.4 336.7 294.6 341.0 1.26 15 300 9598 -32.6 -33.5 92 0.9 -32.7 248 46 339.4 339.6 294.8 342.3 0.75 16 250 10854 -43.3 -44.2 91 0.9 -43.4 236 49 341.7 341.7 295.0 342.9 0.30 17 200 12318 -55.0 -60.0 54 5.0 -55.1 245 48 345.7 345.7 295.7 346.0 0.06 18 150 14107 -62.5 -72.6 25 10.1 -62.6 263 32 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16562 -67.2 -82.3 10 15.1 -67.3 254 26 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.03 m Freezing level: 615.42 mb = 4154.18 m = 13629.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.72 mb = 4028.04 m = 13215.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.91 % Est. max temperature: 29.24 C = 84.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.18 mb = 936.72 m = 3073.20 ft T: 18.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.10 C/km ThetaE index: 12.71 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.04 mb = 1325.03 m = 4347.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.43 C = 83.18 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: 0.14 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: 1.96 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.19 C Cross Totals Index: 19.79 C K Index: 31.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 151.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.05 mb = 1091.02 m = 3579.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.05 mb = 2823.45 m = 9263.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 494.05 mb = 5886.59 m = 19312.72 ft B at Equ Level: 150.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 284.05 mb = 9974.56 m = 32724.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.0 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 295.0 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 80.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 11.77 Bulk Shear: 12.83 m/s