MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040600F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040600F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 6Z FRI 20 JUN 25 Station: 24.90,-92.23 Latitude: 24.90 Longitude: -92.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1005 0 28.4 25.5 84 2.9 26.2 202 19 301.1 304.9 299.2 362.7 20.86 1 1000 46 27.8 24.4 81 3.5 25.3 203 21 301.0 304.6 298.4 358.7 19.56 2 950 500 23.6 22.2 91 1.5 22.6 206 25 301.2 304.5 297.5 354.1 17.97 3 900 972 21.5 18.0 81 3.4 19.1 208 23 303.6 306.3 296.0 347.1 14.62 4 850 1468 19.8 14.5 72 5.2 16.3 213 24 306.9 309.2 295.3 344.0 12.34 5 800 1989 17.4 11.9 70 5.5 13.8 220 25 309.7 311.7 295.1 343.3 11.02 6 750 2539 14.5 9.3 71 5.2 11.2 225 25 312.3 314.2 295.0 342.8 9.87 7 700 3120 11.5 5.5 66 6.0 7.9 227 26 315.2 316.8 294.4 340.6 8.11 8 650 3736 8.3 0.3 57 8.0 3.9 229 27 318.3 319.5 293.7 337.6 6.02 9 600 4393 4.9 -7.3 41 12.2 -0.9 236 27 321.8 322.5 292.8 333.9 3.69 10 550 5099 2.0 -14.5 28 16.5 -4.8 247 29 326.4 326.9 292.9 334.2 2.26 11 500 5862 -2.4 -23.4 18 21.0 -9.2 252 32 330.1 330.4 292.9 334.3 1.16 12 450 6689 -7.6 -28.0 18 20.4 -13.3 255 33 333.7 333.8 293.5 336.8 0.85 13 400 7597 -12.2 -26.1 30 13.9 -16.3 272 32 339.1 339.3 295.1 343.3 1.13 14 350 8604 -19.3 -36.6 20 17.2 -22.7 260 30 342.7 342.8 295.4 344.6 0.48 15 300 9730 -27.7 -49.7 10 22.0 -30.1 250 25 346.4 346.4 296.0 346.9 0.14 16 250 11016 -37.0 -60.2 7 23.3 -38.3 248 18 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.3 0.05 17 200 12519 -48.9 -51.9 71 3.0 -49.0 265 18 355.4 355.4 297.9 356.0 0.16 18 150 14354 -62.5 -62.7 98 0.1 -62.6 79 9 362.3 362.3 299.2 362.6 0.06 19 100 16724 -80.5 -83.3 62 2.9 -80.5 109 10 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.24 m Freezing level: 527.22 mb = 5446.39 m = 17868.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.61 mb = 4262.98 m = 13985.98 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.01 % Est. max temperature: 33.82 C = 92.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.51 mb = 365.92 m = 1200.52 ft T: 24.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 28.74 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.34 mb = 1193.32 m = 3915.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.38 C = 90.28 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Showalter Index: 2.82 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.15 C Cross Totals Index: 16.91 C K Index: 30.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.08 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 309.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.00 mb = 761.36 m = 2497.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.00 mb = 2917.57 m = 9571.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.00 mb = 11375.74 m = 37321.53 ft B at Equ Level: 308.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.00 mb = 14471.98 m = 47479.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.4 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 258.4 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.1 neg: -1.2 tot: 53.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 20.32 Bulk Shear: 15.23 m/s