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: -29.95,31.48 Latitude: -29.95 Longitude: 31.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1018 3 21.7 16.6 72 5.2 18.4 154 16 293.4 295.5 290.8 326.9 11.73 1 1000 154 20.0 14.7 71 5.4 16.6 153 18 293.2 295.1 289.8 323.3 10.55 2 950 594 15.9 13.6 86 2.3 14.4 154 17 293.3 295.2 289.6 322.9 10.35 3 900 1051 12.1 12.0 99 0.1 12.1 154 16 294.0 295.8 289.4 322.2 9.85 4 850 1528 10.1 7.7 85 2.4 8.7 172 10 296.7 298.1 288.5 319.3 7.75 5 800 2031 7.6 4.4 80 3.3 5.8 230 5 299.3 300.5 288.3 318.6 6.54 6 750 2560 4.8 3.3 90 1.5 4.0 296 13 301.8 303.0 289.1 321.2 6.50 7 700 3121 1.9 -0.7 83 2.6 0.6 313 20 304.6 305.6 288.9 320.5 5.20 8 650 3715 -2.9 -3.0 99 0.2 -2.9 314 25 305.7 306.6 288.8 320.2 4.71 9 600 4344 -7.3 -7.5 99 0.1 -7.4 311 32 307.7 308.3 288.4 319.0 3.64 10 550 5017 -11.3 -13.4 84 2.1 -12.1 299 35 310.6 311.1 288.3 318.6 2.46 11 500 5741 -16.5 -17.1 96 0.5 -16.7 295 42 312.9 313.3 288.6 319.5 2.01 12 450 6525 -21.8 -21.9 99 0.1 -21.8 308 45 315.9 316.2 289.0 320.8 1.48 13 400 7382 -28.2 -29.0 93 0.8 -28.3 308 54 318.4 318.5 289.2 321.4 0.87 14 350 8327 -34.1 -43.3 39 9.2 -34.9 306 73 322.8 322.9 289.9 323.7 0.24 15 300 9393 -40.0 -56.7 15 16.7 -40.8 307 101 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.2 0.06 16 250 10613 -48.5 -63.6 16 15.1 -48.8 308 106 334.0 334.0 292.8 334.1 0.03 17 200 12068 -52.1 -70.7 9 18.7 -52.4 309 114 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 13897 -60.1 -78.3 8 18.2 -60.3 305 104 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16389 -65.9 -85.3 5 19.4 -66.0 296 78 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5587.39 m Freezing level: 679.78 mb = 3361.32 m = 11027.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.39 mb = 3220.60 m = 10566.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.90 % Est. max temperature: 24.08 C = 75.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.18 mb = 654.77 m = 2148.17 ft T: 15.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 8.22 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.87 mb = 921.58 m = 3023.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.14 C = 71.86 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -1.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.16 C Showalter Index: 0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.62 C Cross Totals Index: 24.18 C K Index: 31.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 252.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.03 mb = 864.74 m = 2837.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.03 mb = 1003.68 m = 3292.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 835.03 mb = 1675.60 m = 5497.30 ft B at Equ Level: 4.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 275.03 mb = 9974.31 m = 32723.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.8 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 323.8 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.8 neg: -1.0 tot: 81.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 1.35 Bulk Shear: 187.63 m/s