MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z THU 12 JUN 25 Station: 29.53,-98.47 Latitude: 29.53 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 980 259 26.8 22.7 78 4.2 23.8 281 3 301.7 305.0 297.7 354.8 17.99 2 950 535 27.5 19.6 62 7.8 21.9 239 11 305.1 307.9 296.8 350.9 15.33 3 900 1012 23.9 18.2 71 5.7 19.9 225 15 306.1 308.9 296.7 350.4 14.76 4 850 1510 19.7 16.9 84 2.8 17.7 218 19 306.8 309.5 296.6 350.0 14.37 5 800 2030 15.8 15.2 96 0.6 15.4 217 23 307.9 310.5 296.5 349.3 13.68 6 750 2577 12.5 12.2 98 0.3 12.3 221 27 310.1 312.4 295.9 346.7 12.00 7 700 3153 8.4 8.1 98 0.4 8.2 236 23 311.8 313.7 294.7 341.7 9.71 8 650 3763 4.7 2.7 87 2.0 3.5 254 24 314.3 315.7 293.5 336.7 7.16 9 600 4412 0.9 -2.1 80 3.0 -0.6 257 27 317.2 318.2 293.0 334.6 5.47 10 550 5106 -3.3 -6.2 81 2.9 -4.7 260 30 320.2 321.0 292.9 334.5 4.39 11 500 5855 -7.1 -10.1 79 3.0 -8.4 259 32 324.4 325.1 293.4 336.2 3.55 12 450 6670 -11.7 -14.0 83 2.3 -12.6 256 28 328.5 329.1 293.9 338.3 2.87 13 400 7563 -17.2 -19.0 86 1.8 -17.7 254 23 332.7 333.1 294.4 340.2 2.13 14 350 8552 -23.4 -26.1 78 2.7 -24.1 242 18 337.2 337.5 294.8 342.0 1.30 15 300 9664 -30.8 -40.5 38 9.7 -32.0 239 23 342.0 342.1 295.1 343.5 0.37 16 250 10932 -40.2 -48.3 42 8.0 -40.8 230 15 346.3 346.3 296.0 347.0 0.19 17 200 12415 -51.9 -55.6 65 3.7 -52.0 236 10 350.6 350.6 296.8 351.0 0.10 18 150 14217 -66.3 -68.3 76 2.0 -66.3 214 17 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.03 19 100 16631 -70.9 -80.8 22 9.9 -71.0 243 17 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.22 m Freezing level: 589.11 mb = 4562.89 m = 14969.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.51 mb = 4310.82 m = 14142.95 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.39 % Est. max temperature: 32.33 C = 90.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.94 mb = 790.14 m = 2592.30 ft T: 25.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 20.36 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.09 mb = 1807.06 m = 5928.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.54 C = 90.57 F Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lifted Index: -4.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.49 C Showalter Index: -4.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.79 C Cross Totals Index: 23.97 C K Index: 43.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 412.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1268.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.31 mb = 1517.08 m = 4977.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.31 mb = 2090.89 m = 6859.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.31 mb = 12596.26 m = 41325.82 ft B at Equ Level: 1264.09 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.0 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 274.0 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 97.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 43.28 Bulk Shear: 29.31 m/s