MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: -29.95,30.48 Latitude: -29.95 Longitude: 30.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 155 1 950 590 SFC 944 642 14.5 14.2 98 0.3 14.3 98 2 292.4 294.3 289.7 323.1 10.83 3 900 1047 12.2 12.1 99 0.1 12.1 125 10 294.1 295.9 289.5 322.5 9.91 4 850 1524 9.7 9.6 99 0.1 9.6 121 12 296.3 297.9 289.3 321.9 8.84 5 800 2026 6.9 6.8 99 0.1 6.8 84 6 298.5 299.9 289.2 321.3 7.76 6 750 2555 4.2 3.8 98 0.4 4.0 346 13 301.1 302.4 289.1 321.2 6.74 7 700 3115 1.7 -1.0 82 2.7 0.4 318 25 304.4 305.3 288.7 319.8 5.08 8 650 3709 -1.8 -6.6 70 4.7 -3.8 304 33 306.9 307.6 288.1 318.1 3.60 9 600 4340 -6.9 -10.3 77 3.4 -8.2 301 38 308.1 308.7 287.9 317.3 2.90 10 550 5012 -11.7 -13.6 86 1.9 -12.3 308 40 310.2 310.7 288.1 318.0 2.43 11 500 5736 -16.5 -19.1 80 2.6 -17.3 309 40 312.9 313.2 288.2 318.5 1.69 12 450 6519 -22.4 -27.0 66 4.6 -23.4 308 48 315.0 315.2 288.2 318.2 0.93 13 400 7372 -29.3 -30.5 90 1.2 -29.5 310 55 316.9 317.0 288.6 319.5 0.75 14 350 8310 -36.5 -37.5 90 1.0 -36.5 309 62 319.6 319.7 289.1 321.2 0.44 15 300 9368 -40.9 -63.7 7 22.8 -41.7 307 97 327.8 327.8 291.1 327.9 0.02 16 250 10588 -48.3 -67.4 9 19.1 -48.7 308 104 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.3 0.02 17 200 12041 -52.5 -70.3 10 17.8 -52.9 309 112 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 13872 -59.4 -78.3 7 18.9 -59.6 303 98 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16376 -63.3 -85.7 3 22.3 -63.5 293 64 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5580.90 m Freezing level: 675.86 mb = 3401.46 m = 11159.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.60 mb = 3165.12 m = 10384.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.23 % Est. max temperature: 20.81 C = 69.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.45 mb = 675.85 m = 2217.32 ft T: 14.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.95 C/km ThetaE index: 5.84 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.84 mb = 1141.50 m = 3745.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.61 C = 61.89 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.27 C Showalter Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.18 C Cross Totals Index: 26.09 C K Index: 33.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 274.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.51 mb = 1125.90 m = 3693.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 876.51 mb = 1267.76 m = 4159.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 716.51 mb = 2925.56 m = 9598.19 ft B at Equ Level: 29.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 266.51 mb = 10159.96 m = 33332.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.4 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 340.4 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 7.3 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.4 neg: -64.1 tot: -38.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -12.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.79 Bulk Shear: 153.74 m/s