MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F309.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F309.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 309 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 29.59,-98.23 Latitude: 29.59 Longitude: -98.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 984 237 32.6 20.3 49 12.3 23.7 108 9 307.2 310.0 297.4 353.7 15.44 2 950 549 29.0 18.0 51 11.1 21.2 112 13 306.7 309.2 296.2 348.0 13.76 3 900 1027 24.5 16.9 63 7.6 19.2 118 11 306.7 309.3 296.1 347.6 13.57 4 850 1526 19.9 15.7 77 4.2 17.0 128 9 307.0 309.5 296.0 347.1 13.30 5 800 2046 15.4 14.2 92 1.2 14.6 137 8 307.6 310.0 295.8 346.3 12.83 6 750 2591 11.7 10.5 92 1.2 10.9 136 8 309.3 311.3 294.7 341.8 10.69 7 700 3167 10.1 -0.5 48 10.6 4.4 114 9 313.7 314.7 291.8 330.4 5.28 8 650 3779 6.2 -8.3 34 14.5 -0.4 93 7 316.0 316.6 290.6 326.1 3.14 9 600 4430 2.5 -23.3 13 25.8 -5.8 63 5 319.0 319.2 289.5 322.4 0.97 10 550 5127 -1.5 -32.2 8 30.7 -9.3 43 5 322.3 322.4 290.0 324.0 0.47 11 500 5879 -5.6 -40.8 4 35.1 -12.7 64 9 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.0 0.22 12 450 6697 -10.0 -44.7 4 34.7 -16.0 57 16 330.7 330.7 292.1 331.3 0.16 13 400 7597 -14.5 -51.0 3 36.5 -19.7 65 25 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.09 14 350 8593 -22.3 -52.4 5 30.1 -25.7 66 41 338.6 338.7 294.1 339.0 0.09 15 300 9706 -30.6 -59.2 4 28.6 -32.7 50 41 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.04 16 250 10974 -40.7 -61.4 9 20.7 -41.6 57 43 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.04 17 200 12456 -51.6 -68.5 11 16.9 -52.0 53 41 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.02 18 150 14271 -63.5 -76.5 16 13.0 -63.6 47 34 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16694 -72.6 -83.4 18 10.8 -72.6 55 18 387.4 387.4 303.4 387.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.67 m Freezing level: 568.59 mb = 4867.82 m = 15970.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.04 mb = 3727.91 m = 12230.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.98 % Est. max temperature: 32.62 C = 90.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.54 mb = 1786.34 m = 5860.63 ft T: 17.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 31.30 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.88 mb = 2036.09 m = 6680.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.00 C = 91.39 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Showalter Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.55 C Cross Totals Index: 21.32 C K Index: 30.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 496.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.10 mb = 1937.91 m = 6357.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 785.10 mb = 2204.38 m = 7232.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.10 mb = 11670.90 m = 38289.90 ft B at Equ Level: 491.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.10 mb = 14469.27 m = 47470.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 101.3 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 131.3 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 4.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: -2.8 tot: 3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 258.53 Bulk Shear: 1.92 m/s