MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 35.93,-101.22 Latitude: 35.93 Longitude: -101.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 1 950 500 SFC 903 942 27.0 17.6 56 9.4 20.4 63 11 309.0 311.6 297.0 351.9 14.14 3 900 973 26.1 17.3 58 8.9 19.9 64 12 308.5 311.1 296.8 350.6 13.91 4 850 1474 21.9 15.8 68 6.1 17.7 101 8 309.1 311.6 296.6 349.8 13.41 5 800 1999 18.7 13.3 71 5.4 15.1 180 10 311.1 313.4 296.2 348.2 12.09 6 750 2551 15.1 10.3 73 4.8 12.0 207 20 313.0 315.0 295.6 345.5 10.54 7 700 3132 11.1 5.2 67 5.9 7.5 232 29 314.7 316.3 294.2 339.6 7.95 8 650 3747 7.3 -1.9 52 9.2 2.5 254 43 317.3 318.3 292.7 333.7 5.12 9 600 4400 2.6 -10.2 38 12.8 -3.0 263 52 319.2 319.7 291.4 328.8 2.94 10 550 5097 -1.8 -24.2 16 22.3 -8.7 263 51 321.9 322.1 290.4 325.4 0.98 11 500 5848 -6.9 -38.2 6 31.3 -13.4 263 52 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.7 0.28 12 450 6660 -12.4 -43.4 6 31.0 -17.6 262 59 327.6 327.7 291.2 328.3 0.18 13 400 7548 -18.7 -47.8 6 29.1 -22.5 260 61 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.2 0.13 14 350 8528 -26.7 -47.6 12 20.9 -29.0 258 62 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.3 0.15 15 300 9619 -35.5 -52.0 17 16.5 -36.7 253 65 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.10 16 250 10865 -43.7 -61.1 13 17.4 -44.4 254 75 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.04 17 200 12332 -53.0 -67.9 15 15.0 -53.3 256 87 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14143 -62.8 -77.2 13 14.3 -63.0 254 76 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16612 -68.5 -83.8 9 15.4 -68.5 242 42 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.82 m Freezing level: 570.60 mb = 4810.10 m = 15780.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.24 mb = 4037.74 m = 13247.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.94 % Est. max temperature: 30.72 C = 87.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 787.60 mb = 2132.31 m = 6995.67 ft T: 17.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 26.55 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.98 mb = 2824.90 m = 9267.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.66 C = 88.99 F Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lifted Index: -3.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Showalter Index: -3.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.84 C Cross Totals Index: 22.72 C K Index: 38.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 308.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1476.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.86 mb = 2305.02 m = 7562.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.86 mb = 3534.30 m = 11595.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.86 mb = 12431.46 m = 40785.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1471.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.86 mb = 16208.22 m = 53175.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.0 at 37.7 knts Storm direction: 285.0 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 521.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 521.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 173.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 11.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.13 Bulk Rich Number: 4.88 Bulk Shear: 302.30 m/s