MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506041200F342.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506041200F342.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 342 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: -1.59,-35.70 Latitude: -1.59 Longitude: -35.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 1 26.8 23.2 81 3.6 24.2 116 16 298.9 302.2 296.9 351.3 17.96 1 1000 107 25.7 21.8 79 3.8 22.9 116 18 298.8 301.9 296.1 347.5 16.72 2 950 557 21.5 20.9 96 0.6 21.1 116 19 299.0 302.0 296.0 347.2 16.55 3 900 1025 19.2 17.3 89 1.9 17.9 113 21 301.3 303.9 294.9 342.4 13.95 4 850 1516 17.0 14.0 82 3.0 15.0 107 23 304.0 306.2 294.2 339.5 11.92 5 800 2032 14.7 10.8 77 3.9 12.2 104 23 306.8 308.7 293.7 337.7 10.23 6 750 2577 12.2 7.0 70 5.2 9.0 104 23 309.8 311.4 293.2 335.6 8.41 7 700 3153 9.5 1.6 58 7.8 5.1 109 23 313.0 314.1 292.3 332.2 6.16 8 650 3764 6.4 -4.7 45 11.1 0.9 116 24 316.1 316.9 291.6 329.5 4.15 9 600 4417 3.1 -4.9 55 8.1 -0.9 121 21 319.7 320.6 292.8 334.1 4.42 10 550 5118 -0.1 -7.5 57 7.4 -3.6 122 14 323.9 324.7 293.6 337.0 3.95 11 500 5875 -4.8 -11.7 58 6.9 -7.7 62 3 327.2 327.8 293.8 337.8 3.13 12 450 6696 -9.7 -20.2 42 10.5 -13.2 11 9 331.0 331.3 293.6 337.0 1.70 13 400 7595 -15.4 -37.9 13 22.5 -19.7 83 14 335.0 335.1 293.4 336.4 0.37 14 350 8590 -22.3 -47.2 9 24.9 -25.5 115 16 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.3 0.16 15 300 9703 -30.4 -55.4 7 25.0 -32.4 115 8 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.8 0.07 16 250 10972 -40.8 -61.9 9 21.1 -41.8 228 16 345.3 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.04 17 200 12448 -53.3 -65.3 22 12.1 -53.5 290 16 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.03 18 150 14239 -67.4 -73.4 42 6.0 -67.5 318 31 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.01 19 100 16610 -78.3 -82.4 51 4.1 -78.3 189 7 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.48 m Freezing level: 551.92 mb = 5091.29 m = 16703.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.44 mb = 4091.55 m = 13423.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.59 % Est. max temperature: 31.23 C = 88.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.76 mb = 457.71 m = 1501.66 ft T: 22.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 21.85 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.75 mb = 846.34 m = 2776.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.32 C = 82.98 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Showalter Index: 2.23 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.82 C Cross Totals Index: 18.79 C K Index: 28.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 178.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.51 mb = 698.96 m = 2293.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.51 mb = 1827.23 m = 5994.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.51 mb = 10985.20 m = 36040.25 ft B at Equ Level: 177.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.51 mb = 13856.15 m = 45459.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 111.9 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 141.9 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 23.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.0 neg: -6.3 tot: 6.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 319.74 Bulk Shear: 0.56 m/s