MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040600F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040600F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 34.39,-97.75 Latitude: 34.39 Longitude: -97.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 973 317 25.3 20.1 73 5.1 21.6 168 11 300.8 303.6 295.7 346.0 15.42 2 950 528 27.4 18.2 57 9.2 20.9 174 27 305.0 307.6 295.9 346.7 13.95 3 900 1007 25.4 15.0 52 10.5 18.3 192 31 307.7 310.0 295.3 343.9 11.97 4 850 1507 21.9 13.8 60 8.1 16.4 207 24 309.1 311.3 295.5 344.8 11.75 5 800 2031 18.8 11.7 63 7.1 14.1 221 20 311.2 313.3 295.4 344.5 10.87 6 750 2583 15.6 7.3 58 8.2 10.4 223 19 313.5 315.1 294.4 340.3 8.61 7 700 3165 11.9 2.8 54 9.0 6.6 225 20 315.6 316.9 293.5 336.8 6.72 8 650 3781 7.7 -0.9 55 8.5 3.1 234 22 317.7 318.7 293.2 335.3 5.53 9 600 4436 2.8 -4.3 60 7.1 -0.7 242 22 319.3 320.2 292.9 334.3 4.63 10 550 5133 -2.5 -6.9 72 4.3 -4.6 254 26 321.1 321.9 293.0 334.7 4.16 11 500 5883 -6.8 -17.4 43 10.6 -10.5 260 38 324.8 325.2 292.1 331.5 1.95 12 450 6697 -12.6 -20.1 53 7.5 -15.0 260 46 327.4 327.8 292.6 333.4 1.72 13 400 7584 -19.1 -23.4 69 4.3 -20.3 258 50 330.1 330.4 293.1 335.2 1.45 14 350 8565 -25.1 -31.3 56 6.2 -26.3 263 59 334.9 335.1 293.8 337.9 0.80 15 300 9668 -32.5 -36.6 67 4.1 -33.0 265 66 339.6 339.7 294.7 341.8 0.56 16 250 10927 -42.0 -42.3 97 0.3 -42.0 277 67 343.7 343.8 295.6 345.2 0.37 17 200 12401 -52.3 -52.4 99 0.1 -52.4 290 68 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.5 0.15 18 150 14201 -66.2 -66.8 93 0.5 -66.2 283 71 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.03 19 100 16628 -69.6 -84.1 10 14.5 -69.6 262 31 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.84 m Freezing level: 573.85 mb = 4800.63 m = 15749.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.74 mb = 4304.09 m = 14120.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.62 % Est. max temperature: 34.66 C = 94.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.87 mb = 978.78 m = 3211.17 ft T: 25.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 10.48 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.96 mb = 3046.19 m = 9993.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.59 C = 103.27 F Cap Strength: 4.58 C Lifted Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.59 C Showalter Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.72 C Cross Totals Index: 20.58 C K Index: 33.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 569.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 300.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.83 mb = 1968.61 m = 6458.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.83 mb = 4424.38 m = 14515.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.83 mb = 11174.06 m = 36659.85 ft B at Equ Level: 563.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.83 mb = 14578.28 m = 47828.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.5 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 261.5 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 180.3 neg: -5.8 tot: 174.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 8.65 Bulk Shear: 65.81 m/s