MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z MON 9 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 55 SFC 977 261 38.1 15.3 26 22.9 22.2 149 11 313.3 315.5 296.2 348.0 11.23 2 950 517 35.4 14.1 28 21.2 20.8 152 16 313.1 315.1 295.8 346.2 10.73 3 900 1005 30.7 13.1 34 17.5 18.8 157 15 313.1 315.1 295.7 345.9 10.60 4 850 1512 25.8 12.1 42 13.7 16.7 161 13 313.2 315.2 295.7 345.7 10.49 5 800 2042 20.8 11.0 54 9.8 14.4 167 12 313.3 315.3 295.6 345.4 10.38 6 750 2595 15.5 9.9 69 5.6 11.9 173 10 313.4 315.3 295.6 345.2 10.28 7 700 3176 10.4 7.6 82 2.9 8.6 182 8 314.0 315.8 295.1 343.2 9.39 8 650 3794 9.7 -11.5 21 21.2 0.3 332 9 319.9 320.4 291.2 328.0 2.44 9 600 4451 4.9 -21.9 12 26.9 -4.3 342 18 321.8 322.1 290.5 325.7 1.10 10 550 5153 0.0 -25.4 13 25.5 -7.8 329 22 324.1 324.3 290.9 327.3 0.88 11 500 5909 -5.2 -29.0 13 23.8 -11.6 312 23 326.7 326.8 291.5 329.2 0.69 12 450 6726 -11.0 -31.9 16 20.9 -15.9 299 24 329.4 329.5 292.2 331.5 0.58 13 400 7620 -17.2 -28.0 38 10.8 -19.8 290 31 332.6 332.8 293.3 336.1 0.95 14 350 8607 -23.9 -36.0 32 12.0 -26.0 288 37 336.5 336.6 293.9 338.4 0.51 15 300 9715 -31.9 -44.1 29 12.2 -33.2 302 41 340.5 340.5 294.7 341.5 0.25 16 250 10975 -41.7 -52.6 30 10.9 -42.3 288 50 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.5 0.12 17 200 12448 -53.3 -60.9 39 7.5 -53.5 290 55 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.5 0.05 18 150 14243 -65.6 -74.6 28 9.0 -65.7 290 49 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16642 -74.0 -83.2 23 9.2 -74.0 306 23 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5853.54 m Freezing level: 549.58 mb = 5159.69 m = 16927.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.33 mb = 3840.07 m = 12598.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.19 % Est. max temperature: 38.08 C = 100.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 704.15 mb = 3126.42 m = 10257.15 ft T: 10.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 22.36 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 631.84 mb = 4026.33 m = 13209.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.37 C = 113.66 F Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lifted Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.82 C Showalter Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.03 C Cross Totals Index: 17.29 C K Index: 40.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 353.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 130.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 699.10 mb = 3186.84 m = 10455.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 534.10 mb = 5385.77 m = 17669.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.10 mb = 11408.78 m = 37429.94 ft B at Equ Level: 351.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.10 mb = 14074.36 m = 46175.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.9 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 321.9 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 21.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 46.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 3.43 Bulk Shear: 102.99 m/s