MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 11 JUN 25 Station: 30.73,-101.85 Latitude: 30.73 Longitude: -101.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 1 950 490 SFC 921 768 31.6 17.9 44 13.7 21.8 85 13 312.0 314.7 297.8 355.5 14.13 3 900 972 29.5 16.8 46 12.7 20.5 90 17 311.9 314.5 297.4 353.3 13.48 4 850 1480 25.8 15.2 52 10.6 18.4 110 16 313.2 315.6 297.3 352.8 12.85 5 800 2010 21.3 13.4 61 7.9 15.9 128 14 313.8 316.2 297.0 351.5 12.15 6 750 2566 16.3 11.1 72 5.1 12.9 143 12 314.3 316.4 296.4 349.0 11.18 7 700 3149 11.6 8.4 81 3.1 9.6 161 9 315.3 317.2 295.8 346.4 9.96 8 650 3765 7.4 4.1 80 3.3 5.4 206 7 317.3 318.8 294.8 342.3 7.92 9 600 4421 3.4 -1.5 70 4.9 0.8 257 14 320.1 321.2 294.0 338.5 5.73 10 550 5121 -1.6 -7.8 62 6.3 -4.4 269 19 322.2 323.0 293.0 335.0 3.86 11 500 5872 -7.3 -15.2 53 7.9 -10.2 265 27 324.2 324.6 292.3 332.1 2.34 12 450 6683 -13.5 -24.5 39 11.0 -16.5 259 31 326.2 326.5 291.8 330.4 1.17 13 400 7568 -19.3 -32.4 30 13.1 -22.0 254 36 329.9 330.0 292.3 332.2 0.63 14 350 8547 -26.4 -35.7 41 9.3 -27.9 257 35 333.2 333.3 293.1 335.1 0.52 15 300 9644 -33.5 -41.8 43 8.3 -34.4 242 44 338.1 338.2 294.1 339.4 0.33 16 250 10899 -42.5 -47.0 61 4.5 -42.8 239 54 342.9 343.0 295.3 343.8 0.22 17 200 12372 -52.3 -55.0 72 2.7 -52.4 242 52 349.9 350.0 296.7 350.4 0.11 18 150 14188 -62.5 -68.6 43 6.1 -62.6 234 43 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.5 0.02 19 100 16633 -70.5 -83.0 14 12.5 -70.6 284 26 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.11 m Freezing level: 565.68 mb = 4901.16 m = 16079.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.51 mb = 4521.68 m = 14834.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.47 % Est. max temperature: 33.63 C = 92.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 754.94 mb = 2509.12 m = 8231.93 ft T: 16.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 25.11 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.50 mb = 2999.35 m = 9840.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.56 C = 94.20 F Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lifted Index: -5.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: -5.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.48 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.06 C Cross Totals Index: 22.42 C K Index: 45.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 370.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1870.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 736.09 mb = 2723.97 m = 8936.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 691.09 mb = 3255.52 m = 10680.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.09 mb = 12999.01 m = 42647.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1855.58 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.7 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 262.7 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.9 neg: -1.2 tot: 101.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.14 Bulk Rich Number: 14.75 Bulk Shear: 126.82 m/s