MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 36.61,-101.93 Latitude: 36.61 Longitude: -101.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 1 950 503 2 900 971 SFC 888 1085 21.9 16.9 73 5.0 18.4 181 15 305.2 307.8 295.8 346.3 13.74 4 850 1468 20.9 15.7 72 5.2 17.3 187 35 308.1 310.6 296.3 348.3 13.31 5 800 1993 19.2 11.0 59 8.2 13.8 199 34 311.6 313.6 295.1 343.5 10.37 6 750 2545 16.7 5.0 46 11.8 9.7 230 27 314.7 316.1 293.7 337.6 7.29 7 700 3129 12.5 0.1 43 12.4 5.7 253 30 316.3 317.4 292.7 333.9 5.52 8 650 3745 7.2 -4.0 45 11.2 1.6 264 33 317.2 318.0 292.0 331.3 4.38 9 600 4397 1.7 -8.6 47 10.2 -2.9 269 35 318.0 318.7 291.4 328.9 3.34 10 550 5090 -4.4 -13.3 50 8.9 -7.9 273 35 318.8 319.3 290.9 327.1 2.49 11 500 5833 -8.5 -27.8 19 19.3 -13.5 261 43 322.7 322.8 290.4 325.5 0.78 12 450 6643 -13.3 -43.3 6 30.0 -18.1 257 51 326.5 326.6 290.9 327.3 0.19 13 400 7529 -19.2 -48.6 6 29.4 -22.9 254 57 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.4 0.12 14 350 8508 -26.1 -53.8 6 27.6 -28.6 251 62 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.07 15 300 9603 -35.0 -57.6 8 22.6 -36.4 253 58 336.0 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.05 16 250 10848 -43.7 -62.7 11 19.0 -44.4 252 62 341.0 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.03 17 200 12315 -53.4 -66.6 18 13.3 -53.7 249 77 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 14123 -63.0 -74.9 19 11.9 -63.1 248 78 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16593 -67.6 -84.4 7 16.8 -67.7 254 37 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.12 m Freezing level: 586.42 mb = 4584.99 m = 15042.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.25 mb = 3970.34 m = 13025.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.68 % Est. max temperature: 31.45 C = 88.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.89 mb = 1727.49 m = 5667.54 ft T: 20.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.76 C/km ThetaE index: 22.86 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.82 mb = 3286.99 m = 10783.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.86 C = 91.14 F Cap Strength: 4.61 C Lifted Index: -4.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.99 C Showalter Index: -4.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.42 C Cross Totals Index: 24.17 C K Index: 32.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 538.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1080.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 202.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.76 mb = 2400.90 m = 7876.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 627.76 mb = 4028.35 m = 13216.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.76 mb = 11755.56 m = 38567.63 ft B at Equ Level: 1078.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.76 mb = 15100.63 m = 49542.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.5 at 36.5 knts Storm direction: 280.5 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 326.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 326.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.05 Bulk Rich Number: 6.78 Bulk Shear: 159.23 m/s