MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 12Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 29.78,-95.17 Latitude: 29.78 Longitude: -95.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1011 22 25.6 23.4 88 2.2 24.0 183 5 297.8 301.1 296.8 350.6 18.20 1 1000 122 25.6 22.9 85 2.7 23.6 186 10 298.7 302.0 296.8 350.7 17.82 2 950 573 23.0 19.3 79 3.7 20.4 193 19 300.5 303.3 295.4 344.4 14.95 3 900 1044 21.9 12.9 56 9.0 16.0 203 21 304.1 306.0 293.1 335.1 10.41 4 850 1539 19.6 11.9 61 7.7 14.6 213 21 306.7 308.7 293.8 338.0 10.38 5 800 2059 16.8 9.5 62 7.3 12.2 222 19 309.1 310.8 293.7 337.6 9.35 6 750 2607 13.9 5.0 55 8.9 8.6 224 15 311.7 313.0 292.9 334.3 7.30 7 700 3186 11.1 -2.0 40 13.1 4.2 208 9 314.8 315.7 291.6 329.8 4.72 8 650 3801 8.1 -7.0 33 15.1 0.9 180 5 318.2 318.8 291.6 329.5 3.48 9 600 4457 4.6 -15.2 22 19.7 -3.3 244 2 321.4 321.8 291.2 328.0 1.96 10 550 5160 0.3 -17.1 26 17.5 -6.2 305 7 324.5 324.8 291.9 330.7 1.81 11 500 5916 -4.9 -21.6 26 16.8 -10.4 298 12 327.1 327.4 292.2 331.9 1.36 12 450 6736 -10.4 -23.4 34 13.0 -14.3 292 14 330.1 330.4 293.0 334.7 1.29 13 400 7630 -17.6 -24.4 56 6.7 -19.4 292 19 332.1 332.4 293.5 336.9 1.33 14 350 8616 -24.0 -30.9 53 6.9 -25.4 287 19 336.4 336.6 294.2 339.5 0.83 15 300 9720 -33.2 -35.8 77 2.6 -33.6 297 27 338.6 338.8 294.6 340.9 0.60 16 250 10979 -42.0 -47.7 54 5.7 -42.5 306 35 343.6 343.6 295.4 344.4 0.20 17 200 12451 -53.6 -57.7 61 4.1 -53.8 306 42 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.2 0.08 18 150 14245 -66.1 -72.5 40 6.4 -66.2 303 39 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.2 0.01 19 100 16639 -73.5 -82.1 26 8.6 -73.5 274 15 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.27 m Freezing level: 546.73 mb = 5209.01 m = 17089.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.35 mb = 3936.11 m = 12913.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.10 % Est. max temperature: 33.95 C = 93.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.63 mb = 302.74 m = 993.23 ft T: 24.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 15.54 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.17 mb = 2046.60 m = 6714.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.89 C = 98.40 F Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lifted Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.87 C Showalter Index: 2.74 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.50 C Cross Totals Index: 16.80 C K Index: 23.36 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 310.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 325.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.20 mb = 984.19 m = 3228.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 501.20 mb = 5897.00 m = 19346.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.20 mb = 11214.94 m = 36793.97 ft B at Equ Level: 307.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.20 mb = 13795.88 m = 45261.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.5 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 249.5 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.8 neg: -11.1 tot: 60.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 55.66 Bulk Shear: 5.58 m/s