MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 12Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: -30.45,30.48 Latitude: -30.45 Longitude: 30.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 981 256 21.0 14.7 67 6.3 17.0 96 8 295.8 297.8 290.8 326.9 10.78 2 950 532 18.0 13.2 73 4.8 14.9 64 9 295.4 297.2 290.1 324.4 10.05 3 900 993 14.2 11.3 83 2.9 12.4 27 12 296.2 297.8 289.8 323.3 9.37 4 850 1473 10.5 9.1 91 1.5 9.7 6 18 297.2 298.7 289.4 322.0 8.54 5 800 1977 8.9 4.5 74 4.4 6.5 345 31 300.6 301.8 288.8 320.2 6.60 6 750 2510 7.5 -0.3 58 7.7 3.5 350 44 304.7 305.6 288.7 320.0 5.01 7 700 3075 4.3 -3.2 58 7.5 0.7 338 48 307.3 308.1 288.9 320.7 4.31 8 650 3675 0.8 -8.6 50 9.4 -3.2 330 47 309.9 310.4 288.6 319.6 3.08 9 600 4312 -4.1 -12.1 53 8.1 -7.1 332 44 311.4 311.9 288.6 319.5 2.51 10 550 4991 -9.5 -14.8 65 5.3 -11.3 334 43 312.8 313.2 288.7 319.9 2.20 11 500 5720 -14.9 -17.1 84 2.2 -15.6 336 46 314.8 315.2 289.2 321.4 2.00 12 450 6508 -20.8 -23.3 80 2.6 -21.4 320 64 317.1 317.4 289.2 321.5 1.30 13 400 7367 -27.2 -29.9 78 2.7 -27.7 326 70 319.6 319.8 289.5 322.4 0.80 14 350 8317 -33.1 -44.0 33 10.9 -34.1 319 93 324.1 324.2 290.3 324.9 0.22 15 300 9383 -41.0 -63.6 7 22.7 -41.8 313 96 327.6 327.7 291.1 327.7 0.02 16 250 10598 -49.6 -67.4 11 17.8 -50.0 321 93 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.4 0.02 17 200 12035 -55.8 -69.8 16 14.0 -56.0 320 99 344.4 344.5 295.4 344.5 0.02 18 150 13847 -59.9 -80.2 5 20.2 -60.1 308 93 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 19 100 16362 -63.8 -86.6 3 22.8 -64.0 301 72 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.20 m Freezing level: 641.93 mb = 3777.60 m = 12393.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.79 mb = 3182.26 m = 10440.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.79 % Est. max temperature: 23.68 C = 74.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.39 mb = 1054.50 m = 3459.62 ft T: 13.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km ThetaE index: 6.89 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.16 mb = 1372.92 m = 4504.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.21 C = 71.97 F Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lifted Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.22 C Showalter Index: 0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.48 C Cross Totals Index: 24.00 C K Index: 26.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 78.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 178.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.54 mb = 1233.59 m = 4047.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 559.54 mb = 4856.92 m = 15934.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 379.54 mb = 7740.54 m = 25395.16 ft B at Equ Level: 77.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 319.54 mb = 8946.26 m = 29350.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 339.3 at 37.3 knts Storm direction: 9.3 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 8.9 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.0 neg: -61.0 tot: 28.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 190.31 m/s