MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 38.65,-27.21 Latitude: 38.65 Longitude: -27.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1026 3 22.0 19.1 84 2.8 20.1 20 8 292.9 295.4 292.2 331.9 13.72 1 1000 227 19.9 17.9 88 2.0 18.6 24 9 293.0 295.4 291.7 330.1 13.02 2 950 668 17.1 15.2 88 2.0 15.8 44 11 294.6 296.6 291.0 327.4 11.47 3 900 1129 14.7 12.6 88 2.0 13.4 57 13 296.7 298.5 290.7 326.4 10.27 4 850 1611 12.1 9.5 84 2.6 10.5 67 15 298.8 300.4 290.1 324.5 8.80 5 800 2118 11.9 -2.4 37 14.3 4.9 77 15 303.9 304.6 287.5 316.2 4.02 6 750 2656 9.5 -3.2 41 12.7 3.3 80 15 306.9 307.7 288.5 319.4 4.02 7 700 3225 6.2 -3.8 49 10.0 1.4 71 12 309.3 310.1 289.5 322.2 4.12 8 650 3828 2.5 -8.5 44 11.0 -2.3 49 10 311.8 312.4 289.3 321.7 3.09 9 600 4471 -1.3 -14.5 36 13.2 -6.2 38 11 314.6 315.0 289.2 321.4 2.07 10 550 5159 -4.8 -24.5 20 19.6 -10.5 60 12 318.4 318.6 289.3 321.7 0.96 11 500 5902 -8.9 -34.0 11 25.0 -14.4 75 14 322.2 322.2 289.9 323.7 0.43 12 450 6709 -14.7 -37.6 12 23.0 -18.8 78 15 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.1 0.33 13 400 7589 -21.0 -45.1 9 24.2 -24.1 66 12 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.4 0.17 14 350 8560 -28.5 -39.3 35 10.8 -29.9 65 14 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.7 0.36 15 300 9645 -37.0 -46.1 38 9.2 -37.8 54 13 333.2 333.3 292.8 334.0 0.20 16 250 10878 -47.5 -51.4 64 3.9 -47.6 62 14 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.1 0.13 17 200 12320 -55.3 -63.4 36 8.0 -55.5 44 16 345.1 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.04 18 150 14149 -57.1 -79.5 4 22.4 -57.4 319 3 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.00 19 100 16674 -62.6 -84.7 4 22.1 -62.9 10 2 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.90 m Freezing level: 617.05 mb = 4251.64 m = 13948.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.18 mb = 3446.94 m = 11308.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.34 % Est. max temperature: 26.72 C = 80.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.76 mb = 359.54 m = 1179.58 ft T: 19.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 15.72 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.70 mb = 935.17 m = 3068.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.84 C = 76.71 F Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lifted Index: 2.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.25 C Showalter Index: 5.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.98 C Cross Totals Index: 18.42 C K Index: 20.46 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6027.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.52 mb = 699.63 m = 2295.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 60.9 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 90.9 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.0 neg: -2.4 tot: 27.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.30 Bulk Shear: 6.43 m/s