MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506030600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506030600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 3 JUN 25 Station: 32.65,-97.48 Latitude: 32.65 Longitude: -97.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 977 262 30.4 21.7 60 8.7 24.0 196 13 305.6 308.7 298.0 356.5 16.99 2 950 514 27.9 19.7 61 8.3 22.0 196 21 305.5 308.4 297.0 351.5 15.35 3 900 991 23.5 18.5 74 5.0 20.0 194 25 305.8 308.6 296.8 351.0 15.10 4 850 1488 19.1 17.3 90 1.8 17.8 194 27 306.1 308.9 296.7 350.5 14.78 5 800 2008 15.8 15.1 95 0.7 15.3 198 29 308.0 310.6 296.4 349.1 13.59 6 750 2556 13.6 12.2 92 1.3 12.7 201 28 311.3 313.6 296.2 348.1 12.01 7 700 3134 9.5 7.3 86 2.2 8.1 220 26 313.0 314.7 294.7 341.4 9.18 8 650 3746 5.7 -0.0 67 5.7 2.6 239 26 315.4 316.5 292.8 334.1 5.89 9 600 4396 0.6 -4.7 67 5.4 -2.0 248 28 316.9 317.7 292.1 331.3 4.49 10 550 5088 -3.8 -9.9 63 6.1 -6.4 240 29 319.6 320.2 291.8 330.3 3.28 11 500 5838 -6.3 -17.5 41 11.2 -10.3 233 29 325.4 325.8 292.3 332.0 1.93 12 450 6654 -11.1 -26.2 28 15.1 -15.3 259 33 329.2 329.4 292.5 332.8 1.00 13 400 7549 -16.4 -30.4 29 14.0 -19.7 275 37 333.6 333.8 293.4 336.5 0.76 14 350 8539 -23.5 -36.2 30 12.7 -25.7 287 51 337.1 337.2 294.1 339.0 0.50 15 300 9646 -32.3 -41.4 40 9.1 -33.4 292 53 339.8 339.9 294.6 341.1 0.34 16 250 10906 -41.6 -50.3 39 8.6 -42.2 300 57 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.8 0.15 17 200 12381 -52.5 -59.3 44 6.8 -52.7 307 52 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.9 0.06 18 150 14186 -64.4 -69.8 48 5.4 -64.5 293 43 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.2 0.02 19 100 16625 -68.6 -83.9 9 15.3 -68.7 300 20 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.12 m Freezing level: 592.70 mb = 4496.68 m = 14752.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.58 mb = 4108.94 m = 13480.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.63 % Est. max temperature: 31.81 C = 89.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.01 mb = 1366.00 m = 4481.57 ft T: 20.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 26.11 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.98 mb = 1733.80 m = 5688.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.87 C = 89.36 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -4.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: -3.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.35 C Cross Totals Index: 23.59 C K Index: 40.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.14 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1439.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.01 mb = 1568.99 m = 5147.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.01 mb = 1932.97 m = 6341.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.01 mb = 12802.45 m = 42002.28 ft B at Equ Level: 1436.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.01 mb = 16217.69 m = 53207.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.5 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 251.5 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 104.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.68 Bulk Rich Number: 67.43 Bulk Shear: 21.35 m/s