MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 29.53,-98.47 Latitude: 29.53 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 979 260 36.0 19.1 37 16.9 23.8 143 16 311.0 313.7 297.7 354.9 14.35 2 950 532 32.8 18.1 42 14.7 22.3 146 24 310.5 313.1 297.3 352.8 13.87 3 900 1016 28.4 16.8 49 11.6 20.2 155 21 310.8 313.3 297.1 352.1 13.50 4 850 1521 24.2 15.0 56 9.3 17.8 172 15 311.5 313.9 296.7 350.4 12.69 5 800 2049 19.8 12.7 64 7.1 15.0 194 12 312.3 314.5 296.2 348.1 11.63 6 750 2601 14.8 11.0 78 3.8 12.3 212 11 312.6 314.7 295.9 346.7 11.04 7 700 3181 10.4 7.3 81 3.1 8.5 236 9 314.0 315.7 295.0 342.6 9.22 8 650 3800 11.1 -10.6 21 21.8 1.3 331 9 321.6 322.1 291.8 330.3 2.62 9 600 4462 6.8 -13.4 22 20.1 -1.8 327 9 323.9 324.4 292.2 331.7 2.27 10 550 5170 1.6 -16.0 26 17.6 -5.3 332 11 326.0 326.4 292.5 332.9 1.99 11 500 5929 -4.4 -21.9 24 17.5 -10.1 326 10 327.7 328.0 292.4 332.4 1.33 12 450 6749 -10.2 -18.9 49 8.7 -13.2 302 11 330.4 330.8 293.6 337.1 1.91 13 400 7646 -16.3 -21.1 67 4.8 -17.8 292 21 333.7 334.1 294.3 340.0 1.77 14 350 8636 -23.6 -32.8 43 9.2 -25.4 287 27 336.9 337.1 294.2 339.5 0.69 15 300 9743 -32.1 -41.0 41 8.8 -33.2 283 32 340.1 340.1 294.7 341.5 0.35 16 250 11003 -42.1 -48.8 48 6.7 -42.6 287 45 343.5 343.5 295.3 344.2 0.18 17 200 12474 -53.3 -66.1 19 12.9 -53.6 295 45 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.03 18 150 14269 -65.7 -73.8 32 8.1 -65.8 291 39 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16663 -75.3 -82.7 30 7.4 -75.3 278 15 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5857.80 m Freezing level: 536.39 mb = 5376.30 m = 17638.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.48 mb = 4065.52 m = 13338.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.08 % Est. max temperature: 36.81 C = 98.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 768.70 mb = 2390.52 m = 7842.82 ft T: 16.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 24.55 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.50 mb = 2697.08 m = 8848.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.83 C = 100.10 F Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lifted Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.58 C Cross Totals Index: 19.32 C K Index: 40.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1204.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.89 mb = 2444.24 m = 8019.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.89 mb = 2957.46 m = 9702.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 678.89 mb = 3437.04 m = 11276.25 ft B at Equ Level: 5.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 658.89 mb = 3686.77 m = 12095.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.3 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 248.3 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -46.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.6 neg: -1.0 tot: 59.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 20.53 Bulk Shear: 58.64 m/s