MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 6Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 36.75,-100.97 Latitude: 36.75 Longitude: -100.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 1 950 533 SFC 912 880 17.8 16.0 89 1.8 16.7 152 5 298.7 301.0 293.2 335.6 12.65 3 900 997 18.2 15.6 85 2.6 16.5 161 10 300.3 302.6 293.6 336.9 12.49 4 850 1490 20.2 14.9 72 5.2 16.6 203 28 307.3 309.7 295.6 345.5 12.66 5 800 2014 18.5 10.6 60 7.8 13.4 221 27 310.8 312.8 294.8 341.9 10.12 6 750 2563 13.8 7.8 67 6.0 10.1 233 24 311.5 313.2 294.1 339.0 8.90 7 700 3141 9.2 4.9 74 4.3 6.6 243 24 312.7 314.2 293.5 336.8 7.78 8 650 3751 4.8 0.9 76 3.9 2.7 255 27 314.4 315.6 292.9 334.2 6.30 9 600 4399 -0.2 -3.3 80 3.1 -1.7 261 31 315.9 316.8 292.2 331.8 5.00 10 550 5089 -5.0 -9.0 74 4.0 -6.7 265 32 318.2 318.8 291.6 329.6 3.52 11 500 5832 -9.4 -17.5 52 8.1 -12.1 268 38 321.6 321.9 291.2 328.1 1.94 12 450 6640 -13.3 -23.1 44 9.8 -16.1 261 48 326.5 326.8 292.0 331.1 1.32 13 400 7527 -18.5 -28.8 40 10.4 -20.8 259 59 331.0 331.1 292.9 334.2 0.88 14 350 8509 -25.8 -35.2 41 9.5 -27.3 255 64 334.0 334.1 293.3 336.0 0.54 15 300 9605 -34.3 -42.4 44 8.0 -35.2 252 59 337.0 337.1 293.9 338.2 0.31 16 250 10857 -42.7 -51.1 39 8.4 -43.2 248 60 342.6 342.7 295.1 343.2 0.14 17 200 12326 -53.7 -59.3 50 5.6 -53.9 248 67 347.7 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.06 18 150 14131 -63.5 -74.5 21 10.9 -63.7 248 69 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16569 -67.7 -84.3 8 16.6 -67.8 276 43 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.32 m Freezing level: 602.22 mb = 4369.84 m = 14336.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.78 mb = 4136.25 m = 13570.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.67 % Est. max temperature: 30.15 C = 86.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.20 mb = 1110.92 m = 3644.72 ft T: 18.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 17.33 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.35 mb = 2774.11 m = 9101.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.73 C = 87.32 F Cap Strength: 5.10 C Lifted Index: -3.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.99 C Showalter Index: -4.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.58 C Cross Totals Index: 24.34 C K Index: 40.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 510.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 530.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 183.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.15 mb = 1968.84 m = 6459.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.15 mb = 3635.99 m = 11928.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 269.15 mb = 10350.13 m = 33956.72 ft B at Equ Level: 528.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.15 mb = 13376.97 m = 43887.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.7 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 280.7 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 287.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 287.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 4.80 Bulk Shear: 110.51 m/s