MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 34.08,-101.08 Latitude: 34.08 Longitude: -101.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 1 950 507 SFC 912 868 27.7 18.4 57 9.3 21.1 172 14 308.9 311.7 297.4 353.6 14.74 3 900 983 26.7 17.7 58 9.0 20.3 173 20 309.0 311.7 297.1 352.4 14.29 4 850 1485 22.2 16.3 70 5.8 18.1 182 24 309.4 312.0 297.0 351.6 13.88 5 800 2010 17.7 14.7 82 3.1 15.7 191 25 310.1 312.6 296.7 350.5 13.26 6 750 2559 13.5 12.3 92 1.2 12.7 199 25 311.3 313.6 296.3 348.4 12.11 7 700 3139 11.3 4.6 64 6.6 7.3 227 23 315.0 316.4 294.1 339.0 7.65 8 650 3755 7.4 -2.8 48 10.2 2.1 239 22 317.4 318.3 292.4 332.8 4.80 9 600 4408 2.5 -6.2 53 8.6 -1.7 246 22 319.0 319.8 292.3 332.0 4.02 10 550 5106 -1.8 -10.4 52 8.7 -5.5 267 26 322.0 322.6 292.3 332.4 3.14 11 500 5858 -5.7 -20.8 29 15.1 -10.7 268 35 326.1 326.4 292.0 331.2 1.46 12 450 6677 -10.6 -23.6 33 13.0 -14.5 269 48 329.9 330.2 292.9 334.4 1.27 13 400 7571 -17.2 -28.1 38 10.9 -19.8 268 56 332.6 332.8 293.3 336.1 0.95 14 350 8556 -25.4 -31.3 57 6.0 -26.5 268 60 334.6 334.7 293.7 337.5 0.80 15 300 9654 -33.8 -35.0 89 1.2 -34.0 263 64 337.7 337.8 294.3 340.1 0.65 16 250 10910 -41.7 -42.7 90 1.0 -41.8 256 63 344.1 344.1 295.6 345.5 0.35 17 200 12390 -51.8 -52.7 90 0.9 -51.8 248 70 350.8 350.8 297.0 351.4 0.14 18 150 14197 -63.9 -66.3 73 2.3 -64.0 245 83 359.9 359.9 298.7 360.1 0.03 19 100 16618 -69.5 -84.2 10 14.8 -69.5 264 36 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.21 m Freezing level: 571.02 mb = 4812.33 m = 15788.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.05 mb = 4113.23 m = 13494.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.91 % Est. max temperature: 29.73 C = 85.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 796.15 mb = 2050.75 m = 6728.11 ft T: 17.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 21.57 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.45 mb = 2396.70 m = 7863.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.67 C = 85.40 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -3.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: -3.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.88 C Cross Totals Index: 22.04 C K Index: 37.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 448.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1362.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.54 mb = 2208.44 m = 7245.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 746.54 mb = 2598.08 m = 8523.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 726.54 mb = 2826.38 m = 9272.80 ft B at Equ Level: 3.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.54 mb = 16239.79 m = 53279.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.3 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 270.3 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 161.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.23 Bulk Rich Number: 14.70 Bulk Shear: 92.71 m/s