MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 6Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: 18.38,-68.7 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -68.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 41 24.5 22.1 86 2.4 22.8 101 6 296.7 299.7 295.6 345.1 16.75 1 1000 138 24.8 21.4 81 3.4 22.3 105 9 298.0 300.9 295.5 345.1 16.22 2 950 588 21.9 19.9 88 2.0 20.5 111 13 299.4 302.2 295.4 344.8 15.55 3 900 1057 19.3 15.7 79 3.6 16.8 115 15 301.4 303.7 293.9 338.3 12.53 4 850 1547 17.1 11.5 70 5.6 13.5 111 14 304.0 305.9 292.8 334.0 10.05 5 800 2063 14.4 8.3 67 6.1 10.6 105 13 306.5 308.1 292.4 332.5 8.61 6 750 2606 11.2 5.8 70 5.4 8.0 106 13 308.7 310.1 292.3 332.3 7.74 7 700 3179 7.8 3.0 71 4.8 5.1 108 14 311.1 312.4 292.3 332.2 6.79 8 650 3787 4.4 -0.4 71 4.9 1.8 111 15 314.0 315.1 292.3 332.0 5.71 9 600 4436 1.3 -3.5 70 4.8 -1.1 107 15 317.7 318.6 292.7 333.5 4.94 10 550 5132 -2.1 -8.3 62 6.2 -4.9 104 14 321.6 322.4 292.7 333.9 3.72 11 500 5884 -6.2 -16.9 43 10.6 -10.1 118 12 325.4 325.8 292.4 332.4 2.04 12 450 6700 -11.1 -27.0 26 15.9 -15.4 149 9 329.2 329.4 292.4 332.6 0.93 13 400 7596 -16.0 -18.0 84 2.0 -16.7 252 8 334.2 334.7 294.9 342.3 2.31 14 350 8591 -22.1 -23.9 86 1.8 -22.6 273 15 338.9 339.3 295.4 344.7 1.59 15 300 9705 -30.8 -32.3 86 1.5 -31.0 272 24 342.0 342.2 295.6 345.2 0.85 16 250 10970 -41.5 -42.6 88 1.2 -41.6 269 27 344.4 344.5 295.7 345.8 0.36 17 200 12440 -54.7 -54.8 98 0.1 -54.6 283 32 346.2 346.2 295.9 346.7 0.11 18 150 14220 -68.9 -69.4 93 0.5 -68.9 295 33 351.3 351.3 297.0 351.4 0.02 19 100 16576 -74.2 -82.1 29 7.8 -74.2 18 12 384.3 384.3 302.9 384.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.88 m Freezing level: 580.39 mb = 4708.89 m = 15448.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.66 mb = 4187.38 m = 13737.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.78 % Est. max temperature: 31.24 C = 88.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.30 mb = 348.61 m = 1143.72 ft T: 23.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 13.12 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.25 mb = 1237.39 m = 4059.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.17 C = 86.31 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: 3.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.31 C Cross Totals Index: 17.71 C K Index: 29.94 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 197.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.49 mb = 833.31 m = 2733.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.49 mb = 2400.78 m = 7876.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 388.49 mb = 7813.51 m = 25634.56 ft B at Equ Level: 197.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.49 mb = 12486.81 m = 40966.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 109.1 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 139.1 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.2 neg: -5.9 tot: 11.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 124.07 Bulk Shear: 1.59 m/s