MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F360.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F360.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 20 JUN 25 Station: 18.31,-85.32 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -85.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1010 1 28.5 25.9 86 2.5 26.6 117 16 300.7 304.6 299.4 363.6 21.32 1 1000 91 27.5 24.7 85 2.8 25.4 118 19 300.7 304.3 298.6 359.5 19.97 2 950 545 24.1 21.6 86 2.4 22.3 126 22 301.6 304.8 297.3 352.9 17.39 3 900 1018 22.4 16.6 70 5.8 18.4 139 19 304.6 307.1 295.4 344.4 13.33 4 850 1514 20.3 12.9 63 7.4 15.4 143 17 307.4 309.5 294.6 341.0 11.09 5 800 2036 17.8 9.8 59 8.0 12.7 144 15 310.2 312.0 294.2 339.4 9.57 6 750 2586 14.9 7.1 59 7.9 10.1 146 13 312.8 314.4 294.1 339.0 8.45 7 700 3168 11.8 4.2 60 7.6 7.3 154 12 315.5 316.9 294.0 338.7 7.38 8 650 3784 8.3 0.9 60 7.4 4.2 168 11 318.4 319.6 294.0 338.5 6.31 9 600 4441 4.3 -2.0 64 6.3 0.9 192 9 321.0 322.1 294.0 338.9 5.50 10 550 5145 -0.1 -4.1 75 4.0 -2.1 209 9 324.0 325.0 294.5 340.8 5.14 11 500 5903 -4.2 -7.1 80 2.9 -5.6 225 9 327.9 328.8 295.0 342.9 4.48 12 450 6727 -8.8 -12.0 77 3.3 -10.1 240 7 332.2 332.9 295.3 343.9 3.38 13 400 7631 -13.9 -20.4 58 6.5 -16.0 256 5 337.0 337.3 295.2 343.7 1.89 14 350 8632 -20.6 -31.3 38 10.7 -22.9 102 6 341.0 341.2 295.3 344.1 0.80 15 300 9754 -28.6 -40.9 30 12.2 -30.3 71 15 345.0 345.1 295.8 346.5 0.36 16 250 11031 -39.1 -43.5 63 4.3 -39.6 53 18 347.9 347.9 296.4 349.2 0.33 17 200 12523 -50.6 -50.6 100 0.0 -50.5 16 28 352.7 352.7 297.4 353.5 0.18 18 150 14325 -66.9 -67.4 93 0.5 -67.0 37 23 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.03 19 100 16660 -83.4 -84.6 81 1.2 -83.4 114 32 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.48 m Freezing level: 551.27 mb = 5126.72 m = 16819.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.25 mb = 4642.57 m = 15231.36 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.65 % Est. max temperature: 34.59 C = 94.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.49 mb = 319.64 m = 1048.69 ft T: 25.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 25.08 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.97 mb = 1585.87 m = 5202.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.55 C = 96.00 F Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lifted Index: -2.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: 2.15 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.56 C Cross Totals Index: 17.18 C K Index: 29.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 760.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 99.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.63 mb = 838.66 m = 2751.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 683.63 mb = 3364.54 m = 11038.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.63 mb = 13408.75 m = 43991.44 ft B at Equ Level: 758.53 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 154.9 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 184.9 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 16.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.0 neg: -5.4 tot: 33.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 43.34 Bulk Shear: 17.56 m/s