MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 33.61,-101.83 Latitude: 33.61 Longitude: -101.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 519 SFC 901 984 25.6 18.3 64 7.3 20.4 183 15 307.8 310.6 297.2 352.6 14.83 3 900 992 25.8 18.0 62 7.8 20.3 181 16 308.1 310.9 297.1 352.2 14.57 4 850 1493 21.7 16.1 71 5.6 17.8 183 23 308.9 311.4 296.7 350.4 13.68 5 800 2016 17.4 13.9 80 3.5 15.0 190 23 309.6 312.0 296.2 347.9 12.57 6 750 2565 14.1 10.5 79 3.6 11.8 198 22 311.9 314.0 295.5 344.9 10.71 7 700 3145 10.5 5.8 73 4.6 7.6 209 20 314.1 315.7 294.3 339.9 8.30 8 650 3758 6.2 0.9 69 5.3 3.3 231 18 316.0 317.2 293.3 335.9 6.31 9 600 4410 1.9 -3.6 67 5.5 -0.9 254 22 318.4 319.3 292.8 334.1 4.89 10 550 5107 -2.2 -8.0 64 5.8 -4.8 269 31 321.4 322.2 292.8 333.9 3.80 11 500 5857 -7.2 -12.6 65 5.4 -9.4 274 41 324.3 324.8 292.8 334.0 2.91 12 450 6670 -12.8 -16.4 74 3.6 -14.0 273 46 327.2 327.6 293.1 335.3 2.36 13 400 7558 -18.3 -20.8 80 2.5 -19.0 268 57 331.3 331.6 293.7 337.7 1.82 14 350 8541 -25.1 -27.6 80 2.5 -25.6 265 60 335.0 335.2 294.1 339.1 1.14 15 300 9643 -32.3 -33.7 88 1.4 -32.5 262 52 339.8 340.0 295.0 342.7 0.74 16 250 10907 -40.3 -41.5 88 1.2 -40.4 251 64 346.1 346.2 296.1 347.7 0.40 17 200 12392 -51.3 -52.4 88 1.1 -51.4 236 70 351.5 351.6 297.1 352.2 0.15 18 150 14196 -65.8 -67.4 80 1.6 -65.8 235 73 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.03 19 100 16611 -68.7 -83.9 9 15.2 -68.8 262 37 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.30 m Freezing level: 576.66 mb = 4735.27 m = 15535.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.33 mb = 4271.08 m = 14012.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.21 % Est. max temperature: 29.55 C = 85.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 809.67 mb = 1912.30 m = 6273.89 ft T: 18.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 18.67 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.61 mb = 2569.74 m = 8430.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.60 C = 85.29 F Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lifted Index: -4.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Showalter Index: -4.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.87 C Cross Totals Index: 23.31 C K Index: 40.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 493.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1159.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.50 mb = 2204.25 m = 7231.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.50 mb = 3055.69 m = 10025.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.50 mb = 11833.39 m = 38823.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1156.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.50 mb = 16180.20 m = 53083.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.1 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 276.1 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.2 neg: -0.0 tot: 93.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 12.72 Bulk Shear: 91.17 m/s