MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506030600F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506030600F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 34.49,-101.65 Latitude: 34.49 Longitude: -101.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 499 2 900 969 SFC 892 1043 24.9 19.6 72 5.3 21.1 166 6 307.9 311.0 298.1 357.0 16.26 4 850 1470 22.5 16.7 70 5.8 18.5 160 20 309.8 312.4 297.3 353.1 14.23 5 800 1997 19.5 14.0 70 5.5 15.7 187 27 312.0 314.4 296.8 350.8 12.65 6 750 2550 15.2 12.0 81 3.1 13.1 205 32 313.0 315.3 296.5 349.6 11.85 7 700 3131 11.3 9.6 89 1.7 10.2 218 37 315.0 317.1 296.3 348.6 10.80 8 650 3746 7.7 6.1 90 1.6 6.7 229 41 317.7 319.4 295.8 346.5 9.15 9 600 4401 3.7 1.8 87 1.9 2.7 236 45 320.5 321.9 295.3 343.8 7.30 10 550 5102 0.3 -4.9 68 5.3 -2.3 253 47 324.5 325.4 294.4 340.4 4.82 11 500 5857 -5.4 -11.0 65 5.6 -7.8 264 50 326.4 327.1 293.7 337.6 3.31 12 450 6672 -11.6 -17.7 61 6.0 -13.7 267 57 328.6 329.0 293.3 336.0 2.12 13 400 7562 -18.0 -23.6 62 5.6 -19.6 266 61 331.6 331.9 293.5 336.6 1.42 14 350 8545 -25.0 -29.2 68 4.2 -25.9 265 59 335.0 335.2 294.0 338.6 0.97 15 300 9645 -33.0 -36.6 70 3.6 -33.5 265 56 338.9 339.0 294.6 341.0 0.55 16 250 10901 -41.5 -45.1 68 3.6 -41.8 268 51 344.4 344.4 295.6 345.5 0.27 17 200 12376 -52.4 -55.2 72 2.8 -52.5 271 49 349.8 349.8 296.7 350.3 0.11 18 150 14178 -65.4 -68.0 69 2.7 -65.4 272 39 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.6 0.03 19 100 16619 -69.6 -84.5 10 14.9 -69.6 245 30 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.03 m Freezing level: 546.99 mb = 5147.03 m = 16886.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 573.33 mb = 4767.01 m = 15639.60 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.13 % Est. max temperature: 30.14 C = 86.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.65 mb = 1722.65 m = 5651.67 ft T: 21.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 21.08 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.62 mb = 2655.54 m = 8712.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.21 C = 86.38 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: -3.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: -3.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.94 C Cross Totals Index: 22.12 C K Index: 42.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 459.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1529.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.12 mb = 2267.31 m = 7438.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.12 mb = 3129.49 m = 10267.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.12 mb = 13389.57 m = 43928.50 ft B at Equ Level: 1516.24 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.7 at 40.6 knts Storm direction: 269.7 at 30.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 2.6 tot: 9.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 476.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 476.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 159.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.68 Bulk Rich Number: 7.14 Bulk Shear: 214.23 m/s