MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: 36.95,-78.39 Latitude: 36.95 Longitude: -78.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 991 142 21.6 20.3 92 1.3 20.7 184 2 295.5 298.3 294.2 339.5 15.31 2 950 510 22.7 17.2 71 5.6 18.9 250 10 300.2 302.6 294.0 338.5 13.07 3 900 979 19.5 15.6 78 3.9 16.9 253 14 301.6 303.9 293.9 338.4 12.49 4 850 1469 16.4 13.4 83 3.0 14.4 252 18 303.3 305.4 293.6 337.2 11.43 5 800 1983 13.1 10.2 83 2.9 11.3 253 21 305.1 307.0 293.0 334.7 9.85 6 750 2524 9.7 4.8 72 4.8 6.9 259 24 307.1 308.4 291.5 329.1 7.23 7 700 3094 6.8 -2.6 51 9.4 2.1 269 28 310.1 310.9 290.0 324.2 4.53 8 650 3699 3.8 -7.6 43 11.4 -1.3 270 27 313.3 313.9 289.9 324.0 3.33 9 600 4345 0.5 -12.2 38 12.7 -4.6 271 26 316.7 317.2 290.2 324.9 2.51 10 550 5038 -3.5 -25.8 16 22.3 -9.8 270 31 320.0 320.1 289.6 322.9 0.85 11 500 5783 -8.9 -24.1 28 15.2 -13.2 259 35 322.1 322.4 290.6 325.9 1.09 12 450 6591 -14.1 -22.5 49 8.3 -16.5 235 31 325.5 325.8 291.8 330.4 1.40 13 400 7473 -20.2 -33.8 29 13.5 -22.8 241 36 328.7 328.8 291.9 330.7 0.55 14 350 8450 -25.9 -36.4 37 10.5 -27.6 240 50 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.7 0.49 15 300 9550 -33.3 -33.3 100 -0.0 -33.3 229 60 338.4 338.6 294.6 341.3 0.77 16 250 10804 -43.3 -46.1 73 2.9 -43.5 249 69 341.7 341.8 295.0 342.7 0.24 17 200 12265 -55.4 -55.5 99 0.1 -55.5 241 78 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.4 0.10 18 150 14058 -61.4 -74.7 16 13.2 -61.6 248 47 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16543 -64.4 -83.6 6 19.2 -64.6 257 24 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.11 m Freezing level: 593.75 mb = 4431.75 m = 14539.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.21 mb = 3461.30 m = 11355.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.81 % Est. max temperature: 29.67 C = 85.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.38 mb = 306.35 m = 1005.07 ft T: 22.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 15.59 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.35 mb = 1616.69 m = 5304.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.86 C = 85.75 F Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lifted Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.44 C Showalter Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.29 C Cross Totals Index: 22.32 C K Index: 29.27 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 240.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.81 mb = 1124.87 m = 3690.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.81 mb = 2414.82 m = 7922.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 339.81 mb = 8661.09 m = 28415.30 ft B at Equ Level: 238.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 219.81 mb = 11646.42 m = 38209.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.7 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 292.7 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 105.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 5.92 Bulk Shear: 40.60 m/s