MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 18Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: 34.48,-103.27 Latitude: 34.48 Longitude: -103.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 520 2 900 988 SFC 866 1326 26.3 14.3 48 12.0 18.1 82 8 312.0 314.3 296.3 348.7 11.93 4 850 1488 22.7 13.5 56 9.2 16.5 82 9 310.0 312.1 295.6 345.2 11.53 5 800 2011 17.4 12.4 72 5.0 14.1 84 8 309.7 311.9 295.4 344.5 11.41 6 750 2559 12.5 11.2 92 1.3 11.6 85 6 310.1 312.2 295.3 344.3 11.18 7 700 3139 12.7 0.9 44 11.8 6.1 220 2 316.5 317.7 293.1 335.0 5.82 8 650 3757 8.9 -6.1 34 15.0 1.6 238 3 319.1 319.8 292.0 331.3 3.74 9 600 4412 3.1 -6.1 51 9.2 -1.3 290 9 319.8 320.5 292.5 332.9 4.04 10 550 5110 -2.7 -15.2 37 12.6 -7.4 283 14 320.9 321.3 291.2 328.1 2.12 11 500 5856 -9.1 -22.6 33 13.5 -13.0 289 21 322.0 322.2 290.6 326.3 1.25 12 450 6661 -14.7 -37.0 13 22.3 -18.8 276 21 324.8 324.8 290.6 326.1 0.35 13 400 7542 -21.5 -40.4 16 19.0 -24.2 275 26 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.2 0.28 14 350 8510 -29.3 -40.7 32 11.4 -30.7 286 38 329.2 329.3 291.8 330.4 0.31 15 300 9590 -38.2 -48.5 33 10.3 -38.9 278 46 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.1 0.16 16 250 10819 -46.6 -59.5 22 12.9 -47.0 277 53 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.0 0.05 17 200 12267 -55.9 -66.3 26 10.4 -56.1 282 51 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.3 0.03 18 150 14069 -61.3 -75.5 13 14.2 -61.4 264 54 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.5 0.01 19 100 16558 -64.2 -84.1 5 19.9 -64.4 297 40 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.57 m Freezing level: 573.01 mb = 4788.96 m = 15711.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.66 mb = 4108.73 m = 13479.94 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.51 % Est. max temperature: 28.59 C = 83.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 726.76 mb = 2823.50 m = 9263.35 ft T: 12.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.01 C/km ThetaE index: 17.43 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 658.01 mb = 3654.60 m = 11990.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.66 C = 90.79 F Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lifted Index: -4.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.53 C Showalter Index: -4.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.82 C Cross Totals Index: 22.60 C K Index: 33.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1464.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 142.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 740.36 mb = 2667.74 m = 8752.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 595.36 mb = 4474.63 m = 14680.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.36 mb = 12413.97 m = 40727.75 ft B at Equ Level: 1453.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.36 mb = 15170.64 m = 49771.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.7 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 313.7 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.3 neg: -1.6 tot: 44.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 26.90 Bulk Shear: 54.43 m/s