MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 12Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: -26.74,24.00 Latitude: -26.74 Longitude: 24.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 1 950 580 2 900 1032 SFC 875 1271 10.3 -2.9 39 13.2 4.2 267 16 294.5 295.2 283.4 305.0 3.53 4 850 1505 6.7 -3.8 47 10.4 2.0 269 20 293.1 293.7 282.7 303.1 3.40 5 800 1999 1.8 -4.9 61 6.7 -1.0 273 20 293.1 293.7 282.5 302.9 3.32 6 750 2514 -3.0 -6.1 79 3.0 -4.3 277 19 293.3 293.9 282.5 302.9 3.24 7 700 3056 -7.8 -8.0 98 0.2 -7.9 281 19 293.8 294.4 282.5 302.7 2.98 8 650 3628 -11.4 -17.4 61 6.0 -13.1 293 22 296.0 296.3 281.6 300.7 1.50 9 600 4237 -15.5 -27.5 35 12.0 -17.8 291 25 298.2 298.3 281.5 300.4 0.67 10 550 4886 -21.2 -31.4 40 10.2 -22.8 290 27 298.9 299.0 281.5 300.6 0.50 11 500 5581 -26.7 -40.1 27 13.4 -28.1 296 30 300.5 300.5 281.8 301.3 0.23 12 450 6338 -28.3 -62.0 2 33.8 -30.0 312 38 307.7 307.7 284.5 307.8 0.02 13 400 7179 -30.2 -65.1 2 34.9 -31.9 309 51 315.7 315.7 287.3 315.8 0.02 14 350 8125 -32.2 -66.6 2 34.3 -33.8 310 64 325.3 325.3 290.4 325.3 0.01 15 300 9206 -34.9 -68.5 2 33.6 -36.4 302 63 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.3 0.01 16 250 10464 -40.8 -72.8 2 32.0 -41.8 309 72 345.4 345.5 295.6 345.5 0.01 17 200 11965 -45.9 -76.6 2 30.7 -46.7 295 72 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 18 150 13849 -52.6 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 294 56 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.00 19 100 16391 -64.5 -86.1 4 21.6 -64.7 293 53 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5434.38 m Freezing level: 781.12 mb = 2193.30 m = 7195.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 816.18 mb = 1835.70 m = 6022.55 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.07 % Est. max temperature: 9.38 C = 48.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 714.85 mb = 2891.10 m = 9485.12 ft T: -6.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.49 C/km ThetaE index: 4.65 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.89 mb = 2868.66 m = 9411.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.45 C = 49.01 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: 0.00 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Showalter Index: 0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.32 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.38 C Cross Totals Index: 22.94 C K Index: 29.36 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 720.45 mb = 2829.89 m = 9284.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.45 mb = 2995.03 m = 9826.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 655.45 mb = 3563.24 m = 11690.26 ft B at Equ Level: 5.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 605.45 mb = 4168.40 m = 13675.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.0 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 325.0 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.8 neg: -0.2 tot: 43.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 24.13 m/s