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,-99.57 Latitude: 35.93 Longitude: -99.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 1 950 513 SFC 933 671 26.0 20.2 70 5.8 21.8 51 12 305.1 308.2 297.4 353.5 16.18 3 900 987 22.7 18.9 79 3.8 20.0 56 13 304.9 307.8 296.8 351.0 15.44 4 850 1484 20.6 16.9 79 3.7 18.0 148 7 307.8 310.4 296.9 351.2 14.39 5 800 2008 17.8 14.4 80 3.5 15.5 194 16 310.2 312.6 296.5 349.7 12.97 6 750 2558 13.9 12.1 89 1.7 12.7 214 22 311.6 313.9 296.3 348.3 11.96 7 700 3137 9.9 7.7 86 2.2 8.5 234 25 313.4 315.2 295.0 342.8 9.47 8 650 3752 8.3 -6.3 35 14.6 1.2 259 35 318.3 319.0 291.8 330.3 3.67 9 600 4407 3.1 -7.4 46 10.5 -1.8 255 41 319.7 320.4 292.2 331.6 3.66 10 550 5104 -2.7 -18.5 28 15.9 -8.2 263 43 320.9 321.2 290.7 326.4 1.61 11 500 5852 -7.1 -33.0 11 25.9 -13.2 265 47 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.1 0.47 12 450 6664 -12.9 -36.0 12 23.1 -17.5 261 55 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.5 0.39 13 400 7550 -19.7 -39.4 16 19.7 -22.8 261 61 329.4 329.5 291.9 330.6 0.31 14 350 8527 -26.9 -46.6 14 19.7 -29.1 261 63 332.4 332.5 292.6 333.1 0.16 15 300 9617 -36.0 -49.3 24 13.3 -37.0 258 69 334.6 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.14 16 250 10862 -43.8 -61.1 13 17.2 -44.5 258 80 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.04 17 200 12328 -52.7 -69.4 12 16.7 -53.0 262 89 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 14145 -61.2 -78.2 9 17.0 -61.4 261 72 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16618 -68.8 -84.0 9 15.2 -68.9 255 39 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.70 m Freezing level: 573.30 mb = 4778.98 m = 15678.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.25 mb = 4004.22 m = 13137.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.35 % Est. max temperature: 31.41 C = 88.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.49 mb = 1408.11 m = 4619.71 ft T: 20.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 20.92 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.49 mb = 2229.25 m = 7313.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.52 C = 88.73 F Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lifted Index: -4.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: -4.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.75 C Cross Totals Index: 24.01 C K Index: 42.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1864.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.81 mb = 1681.57 m = 5516.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.81 mb = 2718.34 m = 8918.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.81 mb = 12792.72 m = 41970.36 ft B at Equ Level: 1843.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.81 mb = 16273.25 m = 53389.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.8 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 282.8 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 405.2 neg: -0.7 tot: 404.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.60 Bulk Rich Number: 7.32 Bulk Shear: 254.71 m/s