MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: 18.31,-69.88 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -69.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 36 26.1 23.2 84 3.0 24.0 108 6 298.3 301.6 296.7 350.6 17.95 1 1000 137 26.0 22.1 79 4.0 23.2 109 9 299.2 302.3 296.3 348.7 16.95 2 950 588 22.6 19.9 85 2.7 20.7 105 12 300.2 303.0 295.7 345.8 15.58 3 900 1057 19.8 15.6 76 4.2 17.0 99 13 302.0 304.2 294.0 338.8 12.47 4 850 1549 17.2 11.6 70 5.6 13.6 97 13 304.2 306.1 292.9 334.5 10.16 5 800 2065 14.9 6.2 56 8.7 9.7 102 11 307.0 308.4 291.6 329.7 7.45 6 750 2608 12.3 1.1 46 11.2 6.2 108 9 309.9 311.0 290.9 327.1 5.54 7 700 3184 9.2 -1.6 47 10.7 3.6 103 8 312.6 313.6 291.2 328.0 4.88 8 650 3793 5.4 -5.0 47 10.4 0.4 93 9 315.1 315.9 291.2 328.1 4.07 9 600 4444 2.2 -10.5 38 12.7 -3.3 89 12 318.7 319.3 291.2 328.2 2.87 10 550 5142 -1.4 -14.5 36 13.1 -6.5 98 10 322.5 322.9 291.7 330.1 2.26 11 500 5894 -6.4 -14.0 55 7.5 -9.4 110 6 325.2 325.7 292.8 334.0 2.60 12 450 6710 -11.5 -13.8 83 2.3 -12.4 198 5 328.8 329.4 294.0 338.8 2.92 13 400 7605 -16.3 -17.0 94 0.7 -16.6 259 13 333.8 334.3 295.0 342.6 2.52 14 350 8597 -22.9 -23.5 95 0.6 -23.1 275 14 337.9 338.2 295.2 343.8 1.64 15 300 9709 -30.7 -34.2 72 3.4 -31.3 246 18 342.1 342.2 295.4 344.8 0.71 16 250 10977 -41.2 -42.1 92 0.8 -41.3 295 18 344.8 344.8 295.8 346.3 0.38 17 200 12453 -53.5 -54.1 93 0.6 -53.5 286 43 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.6 0.12 18 150 14235 -68.7 -69.1 95 0.4 -68.8 293 29 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.02 19 100 16595 -74.9 -82.1 32 7.2 -74.9 357 10 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.17 m Freezing level: 568.99 mb = 4876.53 m = 15998.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.89 mb = 3857.56 m = 12655.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.59 % Est. max temperature: 31.52 C = 88.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.32 mb = 410.68 m = 1347.36 ft T: 23.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 23.42 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.32 mb = 1266.97 m = 4156.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.76 C = 87.37 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.28 C Showalter Index: 2.69 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.66 C Cross Totals Index: 18.04 C K Index: 24.54 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 313.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.64 mb = 907.71 m = 2978.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.64 mb = 2941.20 m = 9649.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 280.64 mb = 10172.82 m = 33374.98 ft B at Equ Level: 312.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.64 mb = 14208.90 m = 46616.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 99.6 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 129.6 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: -4.0 tot: -0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1375.90 Bulk Shear: 0.23 m/s