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: 35.86,-100.57 Latitude: 35.86 Longitude: -100.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 1 950 518 SFC 918 822 29.5 16.6 46 12.9 20.5 118 7 310.2 312.7 296.7 350.1 13.09 3 900 997 27.6 15.4 47 12.2 19.2 122 9 310.0 312.3 296.1 347.5 12.31 4 850 1499 22.9 14.3 58 8.6 17.1 137 7 310.1 312.4 296.0 347.2 12.15 5 800 2025 18.4 12.9 70 5.6 14.7 190 5 310.8 313.0 295.9 346.7 11.75 6 750 2575 13.9 11.3 84 2.6 12.3 227 11 311.7 313.9 295.8 346.5 11.33 7 700 3155 10.3 6.5 77 3.9 8.0 247 23 313.9 315.6 294.6 341.0 8.70 8 650 3768 6.7 -3.6 48 10.3 1.5 272 18 316.6 317.4 292.0 331.1 4.52 9 600 4420 2.3 -14.7 27 17.1 -4.3 275 23 318.8 319.2 290.5 325.6 2.03 10 550 5115 -3.4 -26.4 15 23.0 -9.9 276 24 320.1 320.2 289.6 322.9 0.80 11 500 5860 -8.6 -33.7 11 25.1 -14.2 285 30 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.1 0.44 12 450 6668 -14.0 -40.0 9 26.0 -18.5 286 39 325.6 325.7 290.7 326.6 0.26 13 400 7551 -20.2 -44.8 9 24.6 -23.5 283 47 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.5 0.18 14 350 8526 -27.4 -49.0 11 21.6 -29.5 282 55 331.8 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.13 15 300 9616 -35.9 -49.3 24 13.4 -36.9 279 68 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.3 0.14 16 250 10855 -45.2 -51.2 51 6.0 -45.6 281 75 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.4 0.14 17 200 12312 -55.0 -62.3 40 7.4 -55.1 282 90 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.04 18 150 14110 -61.8 -77.2 11 15.4 -61.9 277 87 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16609 -65.9 -84.1 6 18.2 -66.0 263 31 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.43 m Freezing level: 579.53 mb = 4704.55 m = 15434.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.20 mb = 3929.90 m = 12893.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.83 % Est. max temperature: 30.71 C = 87.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 761.21 mb = 2448.34 m = 8032.51 ft T: 14.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 27.20 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.29 mb = 2902.82 m = 9523.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.26 C = 90.07 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: -4.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.42 C Showalter Index: -4.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.51 C Cross Totals Index: 22.92 C K Index: 41.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.30 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1516.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.26 mb = 2571.84 m = 8437.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.26 mb = 3575.86 m = 11731.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.26 mb = 12462.01 m = 40885.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1514.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.26 mb = 15733.41 m = 51618.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.1 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 300.1 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 138.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.89 Bulk Rich Number: 15.40 Bulk Shear: 98.44 m/s