MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F309.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F309.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 309 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 29.45,-97.92 Latitude: 29.45 Longitude: -97.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 989 159 33.6 19.0 42 14.6 23.2 35 13 307.7 310.4 296.7 350.4 14.12 2 950 514 28.6 16.8 49 11.8 20.4 35 19 306.2 308.6 295.4 344.6 12.77 3 900 992 24.1 15.8 60 8.3 18.4 34 18 306.4 308.7 295.4 344.4 12.68 4 850 1489 19.4 14.8 75 4.6 16.3 35 18 306.5 308.8 295.3 344.2 12.55 5 800 2008 16.1 10.6 70 5.5 12.6 36 17 308.3 310.2 294.1 339.0 10.09 6 750 2556 14.0 2.8 47 11.2 7.6 30 18 311.8 312.9 292.0 331.2 6.25 7 700 3134 10.0 -1.9 43 11.9 3.8 25 22 313.6 314.5 291.3 328.6 4.75 8 650 3745 5.7 -3.8 50 9.5 1.0 16 28 315.4 316.2 291.6 329.6 4.44 9 600 4395 1.5 -8.8 46 10.3 -3.1 10 30 317.8 318.5 291.3 328.5 3.27 10 550 5090 -2.5 -18.8 27 16.3 -8.2 1 27 321.1 321.4 290.7 326.5 1.57 11 500 5839 -6.8 -29.3 15 22.5 -12.6 354 25 324.7 324.8 290.9 327.1 0.67 12 450 6653 -12.2 -34.2 14 22.1 -16.9 1 28 328.0 328.0 291.6 329.7 0.47 13 400 7543 -17.5 -34.7 21 17.2 -20.9 6 25 332.2 332.3 292.8 334.1 0.50 14 350 8532 -22.7 -42.1 15 19.4 -25.5 19 25 338.2 338.3 294.1 339.3 0.27 15 300 9648 -29.8 -45.4 20 15.6 -31.6 43 16 343.4 343.5 295.4 344.3 0.22 16 250 10918 -40.7 -51.3 31 10.6 -41.4 49 16 345.5 345.5 295.7 346.1 0.14 17 200 12397 -52.6 -57.3 57 4.7 -52.8 105 6 349.5 349.5 296.6 349.8 0.08 18 150 14203 -63.9 -66.5 71 2.6 -64.0 15 13 359.9 359.9 298.7 360.1 0.03 19 100 16653 -68.6 -83.6 10 15.0 -68.7 136 7 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.83 m Freezing level: 581.50 mb = 4651.86 m = 15261.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.16 mb = 3894.00 m = 12775.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.51 % Est. max temperature: 32.76 C = 90.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.30 mb = 1994.10 m = 6542.25 ft T: 16.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 21.77 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.65 mb = 2672.17 m = 8766.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.95 C = 100.31 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.63 C Showalter Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.28 C Cross Totals Index: 21.65 C K Index: 29.14 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 378.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.36 mb = 2014.77 m = 6610.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.36 mb = 3441.32 m = 11290.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 324.36 mb = 9082.65 m = 29798.36 ft B at Equ Level: 376.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.36 mb = 13258.30 m = 43497.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 16.9 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 46.9 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 1.7 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: -1.2 tot: 7.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 39.26 Bulk Shear: 9.63 m/s