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: 30.32,-91.78 Latitude: 30.32 Longitude: -91.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 11 25.4 23.8 91 1.6 24.2 91 21 298.1 301.5 297.3 352.8 18.80 1 1000 51 25.9 23.4 86 2.5 24.1 94 29 299.0 302.4 297.2 352.8 18.41 2 950 503 22.7 22.0 95 0.8 22.2 101 47 300.3 303.5 297.1 352.3 17.74 3 900 973 19.9 19.9 100 -0.0 19.9 111 56 302.0 305.0 296.8 350.6 16.48 4 850 1466 18.0 16.2 90 1.7 16.8 123 63 305.0 307.5 295.7 346.1 13.76 5 800 1985 15.6 13.3 86 2.3 14.1 124 64 307.8 310.1 295.3 344.3 12.07 6 750 2531 13.0 10.7 86 2.3 11.5 124 63 310.7 312.7 295.3 343.8 10.84 7 700 3110 10.1 7.6 84 2.6 8.6 123 62 313.7 315.5 295.0 342.9 9.40 8 650 3724 7.2 4.7 84 2.5 5.7 121 61 317.1 318.7 295.1 343.2 8.29 9 600 4380 4.0 2.8 92 1.2 3.3 121 54 320.8 322.3 295.7 345.9 7.83 10 550 5085 0.7 -0.1 94 0.9 0.3 115 50 325.0 326.3 296.1 347.5 6.91 11 500 5847 -2.9 -4.4 89 1.5 -3.7 115 51 329.5 330.6 296.2 347.9 5.52 12 450 6676 -7.3 -8.7 90 1.3 -7.9 113 49 334.0 334.9 296.4 349.2 4.42 13 400 7586 -12.2 -13.2 92 1.0 -12.6 114 47 339.1 339.8 296.9 351.2 3.45 14 350 8595 -18.3 -18.7 96 0.4 -18.4 117 47 344.1 344.7 297.3 353.2 2.50 15 300 9730 -25.8 -26.0 98 0.2 -25.8 126 46 349.1 349.4 297.7 354.8 1.53 16 250 11024 -35.9 -35.9 99 0.1 -35.9 132 43 352.7 352.9 297.8 355.5 0.71 17 200 12531 -49.1 -49.4 96 0.4 -49.1 146 40 355.1 355.1 297.9 356.0 0.21 18 150 14349 -64.2 -64.4 97 0.2 -64.2 178 43 359.5 359.5 298.7 359.7 0.04 19 100 16754 -75.9 -80.6 47 4.7 -75.9 58 14 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.86 m Freezing level: 540.00 mb = 5237.45 m = 17183.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 546.81 mb = 5131.63 m = 16835.85 ft Precipitable water: 2.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.70 % Est. max temperature: 31.92 C = 89.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.61 mb = 205.60 m = 674.53 ft T: 24.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.77 C/km ThetaE index: 9.90 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.10 mb = 696.32 m = 2284.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.22 C = 82.80 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.01 C Showalter Index: 1.45 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.87 C Cross Totals Index: 19.13 C K Index: 34.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 186.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.37 mb = 600.62 m = 1970.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 914.37 mb = 835.40 m = 2740.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 394.37 mb = 7692.95 m = 25239.04 ft B at Equ Level: 186.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 234.37 mb = 11460.05 m = 37598.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 118.4 at 55.7 knts Storm direction: 148.4 at 41.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 486.7 neg: -12.9 tot: 473.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 157.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 2.34 Bulk Shear: 79.69 m/s