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: 30.66,-96.31 Latitude: 30.66 Longitude: -96.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 SFC 1000 98 23.5 22.4 94 1.0 22.8 167 6 296.6 299.8 295.9 346.7 17.35 2 950 545 22.6 20.7 89 1.8 21.3 179 23 300.1 303.1 296.3 348.2 16.43 3 900 1016 20.5 17.6 84 2.9 18.5 192 21 302.6 305.2 295.4 344.6 14.20 4 850 1509 18.3 14.8 80 3.6 16.0 208 15 305.4 307.7 295.0 342.9 12.54 5 800 2029 16.0 13.5 85 2.5 14.3 230 7 308.2 310.5 295.6 345.3 12.24 6 750 2576 13.1 10.7 86 2.3 11.6 268 8 310.8 312.8 295.3 344.1 10.88 7 700 3154 9.4 5.8 78 3.6 7.2 278 11 312.9 314.5 294.0 338.6 8.30 8 650 3765 5.4 -0.8 64 6.2 2.1 275 14 315.1 316.2 292.4 332.7 5.57 9 600 4414 1.3 -6.1 58 7.4 -2.2 278 16 317.6 318.4 291.9 330.7 4.06 10 550 5110 -1.8 -13.0 42 11.2 -6.4 286 20 321.9 322.4 291.8 330.4 2.55 11 500 5863 -5.8 -19.8 32 14.0 -10.5 286 19 325.9 326.2 292.1 331.5 1.59 12 450 6680 -10.4 -23.2 34 12.8 -14.3 298 23 330.2 330.4 293.0 334.9 1.31 13 400 7579 -15.6 -29.7 29 14.1 -19.0 292 31 334.8 334.9 293.8 337.8 0.81 14 350 8572 -23.0 -27.2 68 4.2 -24.0 310 34 337.8 338.0 294.8 342.1 1.17 15 300 9681 -31.8 -32.6 93 0.8 -31.9 308 42 340.6 340.8 295.2 343.7 0.83 16 250 10943 -41.7 -41.8 100 0.0 -41.8 304 43 344.0 344.1 295.6 345.6 0.39 17 200 12416 -53.1 -54.4 86 1.3 -53.2 305 27 348.6 348.6 296.4 349.1 0.12 18 150 14214 -66.2 -69.3 65 3.1 -66.2 291 37 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.02 19 100 16613 -71.1 -83.3 15 12.2 -71.2 316 17 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.79 m Freezing level: 579.19 mb = 4703.90 m = 15432.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.45 mb = 4077.13 m = 13376.26 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.64 % Est. max temperature: 32.20 C = 89.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.37 mb = 225.20 m = 738.82 ft T: 23.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 14.83 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.72 mb = 1391.27 m = 4564.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.53 C = 88.75 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Showalter Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.16 C Cross Totals Index: 20.61 C K Index: 35.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 496.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.23 mb = 794.32 m = 2606.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.23 mb = 3055.69 m = 10025.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.23 mb = 11544.43 m = 37874.95 ft B at Equ Level: 496.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.23 mb = 14697.24 m = 48218.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.0 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 284.0 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.8 neg: -13.7 tot: 77.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 10.26 Bulk Shear: 48.38 m/s