MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F288.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F288.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 32.42,-96.81 Latitude: 32.42 Longitude: -96.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 SFC 985 175 31.6 23.6 63 8.0 25.6 166 14 306.1 309.6 299.3 363.1 18.96 2 950 496 30.6 20.0 53 10.6 22.9 176 26 308.3 311.2 297.8 355.7 15.66 3 900 978 27.7 17.3 53 10.4 20.3 208 23 310.0 312.6 297.1 352.4 13.90 4 850 1483 24.3 15.3 57 8.9 18.1 238 24 311.6 314.0 296.9 351.4 12.98 5 800 2011 20.1 13.8 67 6.3 15.8 262 26 312.6 314.9 296.8 351.0 12.48 6 750 2565 15.9 11.5 75 4.5 13.0 285 31 313.9 316.1 296.5 349.3 11.43 7 700 3148 11.6 8.4 81 3.2 9.6 299 33 315.3 317.3 295.8 346.5 9.97 8 650 3766 9.4 -5.2 35 14.6 2.1 325 25 319.6 320.4 292.4 332.7 4.00 9 600 4424 4.3 -10.2 34 14.5 -2.2 332 32 321.0 321.6 291.9 330.7 2.92 10 550 5124 -1.2 -21.7 19 20.4 -7.9 342 35 322.6 322.8 290.8 326.9 1.23 11 500 5875 -7.0 -21.6 30 14.7 -11.6 345 33 324.5 324.8 291.5 329.3 1.36 12 450 6687 -13.0 -27.1 30 14.1 -16.6 349 27 326.9 327.1 291.7 330.2 0.92 13 400 7574 -19.1 -32.8 29 13.7 -21.8 358 20 330.2 330.3 292.4 332.4 0.60 14 350 8553 -26.0 -37.3 34 11.3 -27.7 8 16 333.7 333.8 293.2 335.4 0.45 15 300 9653 -33.3 -38.9 57 5.6 -34.0 14 10 338.5 338.5 294.4 340.2 0.44 16 250 10909 -42.4 -43.4 89 1.1 -42.5 129 31 343.1 343.1 295.4 344.4 0.33 17 200 12380 -53.2 -54.8 82 1.6 -53.2 119 32 348.6 348.6 296.4 349.0 0.11 18 150 14195 -62.0 -68.6 41 6.6 -62.1 8 12 363.2 363.2 299.4 363.3 0.02 19 100 16674 -69.3 -83.7 11 14.5 -69.4 354 9 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5837.41 m Freezing level: 561.32 mb = 4965.39 m = 16290.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.45 mb = 4082.48 m = 13393.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.54 % Est. max temperature: 37.35 C = 99.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.92 mb = 1197.75 m = 3929.59 ft T: 26.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 36.23 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.56 mb = 2547.39 m = 8357.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.32 C = 102.78 F Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lifted Index: -5.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.48 C Showalter Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.24 C Cross Totals Index: 22.29 C K Index: 43.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2202.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 149.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.94 mb = 1925.13 m = 6315.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.94 mb = 3112.62 m = 10211.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 652.94 mb = 3728.52 m = 12232.53 ft B at Equ Level: 20.13 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.5 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 334.5 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 504.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 504.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 168.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.57 Bulk Rich Number: 8.00 Bulk Shear: 275.28 m/s