MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506041800F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506041800F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 6Z WED 11 JUN 25 Station: 28.58,-98.92 Latitude: 28.58 Longitude: -98.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 998 132 25.2 22.8 86 2.4 23.5 353 4 298.5 301.7 296.7 350.1 17.73 2 950 568 23.7 21.2 86 2.5 21.9 168 5 301.2 304.3 296.8 351.0 16.91 3 900 1041 21.5 18.1 81 3.4 19.1 175 16 303.7 306.4 296.0 347.3 14.69 4 850 1535 18.8 14.9 78 3.9 16.2 177 19 305.8 308.2 295.2 343.7 12.64 5 800 2055 16.1 11.2 73 4.9 13.0 175 20 308.3 310.3 294.4 340.2 10.50 6 750 2601 12.9 7.3 69 5.6 9.5 173 20 310.5 312.2 293.5 336.9 8.56 7 700 3178 9.1 3.6 69 5.4 5.9 168 20 312.5 313.9 293.0 334.7 7.12 8 650 3787 4.7 -0.7 68 5.4 1.8 164 20 314.3 315.4 292.2 331.9 5.59 9 600 4436 0.8 -4.2 69 5.0 -1.6 159 19 317.1 318.0 292.3 332.1 4.67 10 550 5130 -3.3 -7.4 74 4.0 -5.2 160 22 320.1 320.9 292.6 333.2 3.99 11 500 5878 -7.8 -9.3 88 1.6 -8.4 198 18 323.6 324.3 293.3 336.1 3.77 12 450 6692 -11.9 -12.5 96 0.5 -12.2 276 27 328.2 328.9 294.1 339.3 3.26 13 400 7583 -17.3 -17.3 100 0.0 -17.3 282 35 332.5 333.0 294.6 341.1 2.45 14 350 8571 -23.6 -23.6 100 0.0 -23.6 279 42 337.0 337.3 295.0 342.9 1.63 15 300 9680 -31.0 -31.0 100 -0.0 -31.0 275 47 341.7 341.9 295.6 345.4 0.96 16 250 10947 -40.4 -40.4 100 -0.0 -40.4 277 43 346.0 346.1 296.1 347.8 0.45 17 200 12427 -52.5 -54.4 80 1.8 -52.6 269 37 349.6 349.6 296.7 350.1 0.12 18 150 14220 -68.0 -70.0 76 2.0 -68.0 263 29 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.02 19 100 16612 -67.6 -80.9 13 13.3 -67.7 299 7 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.64 m Freezing level: 589.99 mb = 4574.82 m = 15009.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.44 mb = 4125.24 m = 13534.08 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.71 % Est. max temperature: 32.63 C = 90.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.77 mb = 441.41 m = 1448.17 ft T: 24.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 19.04 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.05 mb = 1473.91 m = 4835.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.27 C = 90.09 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: -4.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.51 C Showalter Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.56 C Cross Totals Index: 22.66 C K Index: 36.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1086.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.09 mb = 933.53 m = 3062.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.09 mb = 2532.62 m = 8309.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.09 mb = 12228.06 m = 40117.81 ft B at Equ Level: 1086.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.09 mb = 16263.10 m = 53355.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 171.4 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 201.4 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.2 neg: -5.3 tot: 53.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 46.69 Bulk Shear: 23.27 m/s