MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 6Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 31.86,-95.15 Latitude: 31.86 Longitude: -95.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 997 122 25.5 20.2 73 5.3 21.8 193 10 299.0 301.7 295.1 343.1 15.16 2 950 547 24.4 18.8 71 5.7 20.5 204 30 302.0 304.6 295.4 344.7 14.48 3 900 1021 24.4 13.7 51 10.7 17.2 216 26 306.6 308.7 294.3 339.7 10.99 4 850 1520 21.6 14.2 63 7.4 16.6 240 18 308.7 311.0 295.6 345.3 12.06 5 800 2044 18.1 11.4 65 6.7 13.7 266 20 310.4 312.4 295.0 342.9 10.61 6 750 2594 15.5 4.2 47 11.3 8.9 275 20 313.4 314.7 293.1 335.1 6.93 7 700 3177 13.0 -4.8 29 17.8 4.0 273 19 316.9 317.6 291.5 329.2 3.81 8 650 3794 8.9 -6.0 34 15.0 1.6 276 20 319.1 319.8 292.1 331.3 3.75 9 600 4451 3.8 -11.4 32 15.3 -2.7 274 22 320.6 321.1 291.5 329.4 2.66 10 550 5150 -1.4 -17.3 29 15.9 -7.2 269 25 322.4 322.7 291.3 328.5 1.78 11 500 5901 -7.1 -22.3 29 15.2 -11.8 272 32 324.3 324.6 291.4 328.8 1.27 12 450 6712 -12.9 -31.6 19 18.7 -17.1 272 38 327.0 327.2 291.5 329.2 0.60 13 400 7601 -18.2 -42.1 10 23.9 -21.9 274 44 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.3 0.24 14 350 8586 -24.5 -41.5 19 17.0 -26.9 280 55 335.7 335.8 293.6 336.9 0.29 15 300 9691 -32.2 -46.7 22 14.5 -33.7 286 60 340.0 340.0 294.5 340.7 0.19 16 250 10953 -41.0 -49.5 40 8.5 -41.6 295 62 345.1 345.2 295.7 345.8 0.17 17 200 12433 -52.5 -54.8 76 2.3 -52.6 304 61 349.7 349.7 296.7 350.1 0.11 18 150 14232 -65.7 -71.1 46 5.5 -65.7 292 58 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.02 19 100 16634 -74.0 -83.5 22 9.5 -74.0 251 33 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.99 m Freezing level: 563.55 mb = 4960.72 m = 16275.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.53 mb = 4030.80 m = 13224.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.04 % Est. max temperature: 35.43 C = 95.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.89 mb = 800.74 m = 2627.07 ft T: 24.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 16.17 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.93 mb = 3141.30 m = 10305.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.22 C = 109.79 F Cap Strength: 5.66 C Lifted Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.40 C Showalter Index: -2.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.72 C Cross Totals Index: 21.33 C K Index: 25.09 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 350.71 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 261.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 513.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.69 mb = 1472.24 m = 4830.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 549.69 mb = 5154.73 m = 16911.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 299.69 mb = 9697.85 m = 31816.70 ft B at Equ Level: 260.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.69 mb = 12442.47 m = 40821.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.6 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 288.6 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 158.4 neg: -4.6 tot: 153.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 4.57 Bulk Shear: 57.33 m/s