MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z WED 4 JUN 25 Station: 30.11,-96.88 Latitude: 30.11 Longitude: -96.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 998 117 23.3 23.2 99 0.2 23.2 147 6 296.7 300.0 296.5 349.3 18.20 2 950 544 22.8 21.3 91 1.5 21.8 173 20 300.4 303.5 296.7 350.4 17.06 3 900 1015 20.5 17.5 83 2.9 18.4 183 18 302.6 305.2 295.4 344.4 14.14 4 850 1509 18.5 14.4 77 4.0 15.8 205 14 305.5 307.8 294.8 342.2 12.25 5 800 2028 16.1 13.5 84 2.6 14.4 234 9 308.4 310.7 295.6 345.5 12.27 6 750 2576 13.4 9.7 78 3.7 11.0 269 9 311.1 313.0 294.8 342.3 10.15 7 700 3154 10.6 1.0 51 9.6 5.2 278 11 314.2 315.3 292.4 332.7 5.87 8 650 3767 6.4 -3.4 50 9.8 1.5 272 17 316.2 317.1 292.0 330.9 4.60 9 600 4418 1.6 -10.0 42 11.6 -3.4 272 18 317.9 318.5 291.0 327.7 2.97 10 550 5114 -1.8 -14.2 38 12.4 -6.7 289 16 321.9 322.4 291.6 329.7 2.32 11 500 5868 -5.0 -23.3 22 18.3 -10.7 296 18 326.9 327.2 292.0 331.1 1.17 12 450 6687 -10.1 -33.8 12 23.7 -15.4 303 23 330.6 330.7 292.4 332.4 0.49 13 400 7585 -15.5 -33.8 19 18.3 -19.4 294 31 334.9 335.0 293.6 336.9 0.55 14 350 8579 -23.0 -30.0 53 7.0 -24.5 307 32 337.8 338.0 294.6 341.2 0.90 15 300 9688 -31.8 -35.6 69 3.8 -32.4 302 42 340.6 340.7 295.0 342.9 0.61 16 250 10949 -41.9 -46.6 60 4.7 -42.3 300 43 343.8 343.8 295.4 344.7 0.23 17 200 12423 -52.9 -56.5 64 3.7 -53.0 308 30 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.4 0.09 18 150 14221 -66.3 -68.9 70 2.6 -66.4 289 32 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.02 19 100 16615 -71.8 -82.9 18 11.0 -71.9 301 24 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.92 m Freezing level: 576.95 mb = 4738.87 m = 15547.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.92 mb = 3958.33 m = 12986.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.31 % Est. max temperature: 32.26 C = 90.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.54 mb = 134.17 m = 440.17 ft T: 23.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 17.86 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.78 mb = 1250.79 m = 4103.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.61 C = 87.10 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.40 C Showalter Index: 0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.49 C Cross Totals Index: 19.44 C K Index: 28.28 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 656.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.62 mb = 770.89 m = 2529.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.62 mb = 3386.67 m = 11111.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.62 mb = 12080.99 m = 39635.31 ft B at Equ Level: 656.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.62 mb = 15508.27 m = 50879.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.8 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 284.8 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.2 neg: -4.3 tot: 94.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 12.60 Bulk Shear: 52.12 m/s