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: 28.44,-93.11 Latitude: 28.44 Longitude: -93.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -393 SFC 957 0 28.1 26.2 90 1.9 26.7 108 40 305.0 309.3 301.2 373.9 22.90 2 950 65 27.2 25.2 89 2.0 25.7 113 45 304.8 308.8 300.5 369.8 21.68 3 900 543 23.3 23.2 99 0.1 23.3 118 48 305.6 309.3 299.9 366.6 20.33 4 850 1042 21.0 20.4 96 0.6 20.6 119 48 308.2 311.6 299.2 363.0 18.08 5 800 1568 19.2 18.0 93 1.2 18.4 119 48 311.6 314.7 299.1 362.1 16.45 6 750 2123 16.9 15.6 92 1.3 16.0 118 44 315.0 317.8 299.1 361.8 15.07 7 700 2712 14.6 13.1 91 1.5 13.6 120 45 318.7 321.3 299.1 361.9 13.71 8 650 3338 11.8 10.4 91 1.4 10.9 123 44 322.4 324.8 299.0 361.7 12.30 9 600 4007 8.8 7.4 91 1.4 7.9 123 43 326.3 328.4 299.0 361.5 10.85 10 550 4725 5.7 4.1 89 1.6 4.7 123 43 330.9 332.8 299.1 362.1 9.41 11 500 5502 2.1 0.6 90 1.5 1.2 122 42 335.6 337.2 299.2 362.7 8.02 12 450 6349 -1.5 -3.8 85 2.3 -2.8 119 41 341.3 342.6 299.4 363.7 6.44 13 400 7282 -5.1 -9.9 69 4.8 -7.5 113 38 348.4 349.3 299.6 364.7 4.52 14 350 8324 -9.7 -19.1 46 9.4 -13.4 112 37 355.7 356.2 299.7 364.9 2.41 15 300 9496 -17.7 -28.8 37 11.1 -20.8 107 35 360.5 360.8 299.7 365.2 1.19 16 250 10833 -27.8 -40.9 28 13.1 -30.0 110 33 364.7 364.8 299.9 366.5 0.43 17 200 12394 -40.4 -56.0 17 15.5 -41.5 113 30 368.8 368.8 300.4 369.2 0.10 18 150 14289 -56.2 -71.7 13 15.5 -56.5 127 18 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.3 0.02 19 100 16740 -74.9 -80.2 44 5.2 -75.0 94 18 382.9 382.9 302.7 383.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5895.28 m Freezing level: 471.09 mb = 5991.53 m = 19657.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 485.05 mb = 5746.03 m = 18851.56 ft Precipitable water: 3.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.08 % Est. max temperature: 34.04 C = 93.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.97 mb = 233.99 m = 767.68 ft T: 25.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.48 C/km ThetaE index: 12.13 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.05 mb = 561.52 m = 1842.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 20.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.69 C = 83.64 F Cap Strength: -0.08 C Lifted Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C Showalter Index: 0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 37.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.93 C Cross Totals Index: 18.35 C K Index: 37.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 383.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 75.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.41 mb = 577.50 m = 1894.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 891.41 mb = 626.39 m = 2055.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 461.41 mb = 6147.61 m = 20169.06 ft B at Equ Level: 75.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 371.41 mb = 7860.43 m = 25788.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 120.3 at 44.3 knts Storm direction: 150.3 at 33.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.5 neg: -20.1 tot: 77.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 25.95 Bulk Shear: 2.90 m/s