MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F285.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F285.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 285 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 16 JUN 25 Station: 29.59,-98.00 Latitude: 29.59 Longitude: -98.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 986 196 35.0 20.2 42 14.8 24.3 207 7 309.4 312.3 297.9 356.0 15.32 2 950 532 30.4 18.3 48 12.1 21.8 206 8 308.0 310.7 296.7 350.5 14.06 3 900 1013 25.8 17.3 59 8.5 19.8 205 8 308.1 310.7 296.7 350.1 13.92 4 850 1513 21.1 16.1 73 5.0 17.7 203 7 308.3 310.8 296.5 349.6 13.66 5 800 2036 19.0 7.7 48 11.3 12.0 145 3 311.4 313.0 293.6 337.0 8.28 6 750 2588 16.8 1.2 35 15.6 8.0 48 8 314.8 315.9 292.4 332.4 5.57 7 700 3172 13.2 -2.5 33 15.8 4.9 39 14 317.1 318.0 292.2 331.7 4.53 8 650 3790 8.4 -0.9 52 9.3 3.4 40 19 318.5 319.6 293.4 336.2 5.52 9 600 4446 3.2 -5.8 52 9.0 -1.2 32 23 319.8 320.6 292.6 333.2 4.13 10 550 5144 -2.0 -12.7 44 10.7 -6.4 30 26 321.7 322.2 291.8 330.4 2.61 11 500 5893 -8.4 -19.8 39 11.4 -12.1 27 28 322.8 323.1 291.2 328.2 1.59 12 450 6700 -14.5 -28.5 29 14.0 -17.8 29 28 325.0 325.2 291.1 327.9 0.81 13 400 7582 -20.3 -35.6 24 15.4 -23.0 35 21 328.6 328.7 291.8 330.3 0.46 14 350 8557 -27.4 -46.9 14 19.5 -29.5 21 17 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.5 0.16 15 300 9647 -35.4 -43.0 46 7.6 -36.2 4 22 335.5 335.5 293.4 336.6 0.29 16 250 10893 -44.2 -50.3 51 6.1 -44.6 357 24 340.3 340.3 294.6 340.9 0.15 17 200 12363 -51.1 -67.4 13 16.3 -51.5 3 17 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.02 18 150 14205 -57.7 -77.6 6 19.9 -57.9 339 19 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.01 19 100 16687 -70.9 -83.6 14 12.7 -70.9 8 21 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.48 m Freezing level: 569.44 mb = 4872.72 m = 15986.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.25 mb = 4266.76 m = 13998.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.80 % Est. max temperature: 34.73 C = 94.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.62 mb = 2061.74 m = 6764.16 ft T: 18.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.95 C/km ThetaE index: 24.28 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.98 mb = 3064.28 m = 10053.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.33 C = 108.19 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: -5.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.26 C Showalter Index: -5.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.51 C Cross Totals Index: 24.50 C K Index: 29.82 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.91 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1867.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 171.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.63 mb = 2072.27 m = 6798.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.63 mb = 3896.32 m = 12783.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.63 mb = 12309.55 m = 40385.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1859.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.63 mb = 16013.54 m = 52537.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 35.7 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 65.7 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.1 neg: -10.0 tot: 8.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 25.83 Bulk Shear: 72.31 m/s