MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 6Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 44.19,7.35 Latitude: 44.19 Longitude: 7.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 178 1 950 616 2 900 1080 SFC 896 1122 19.0 12.6 67 6.3 14.9 5 2 301.5 303.4 292.2 331.9 10.32 4 850 1569 16.9 11.1 68 5.9 13.2 55 2 303.9 305.7 292.6 333.1 9.79 5 800 2084 13.8 8.6 71 5.2 10.6 70 2 305.8 307.5 292.4 332.4 8.81 6 750 2625 10.5 5.7 72 4.8 7.7 120 2 308.0 309.5 292.1 331.4 7.68 7 700 3197 6.7 3.0 77 3.7 4.6 211 2 309.9 311.2 292.0 330.9 6.81 8 650 3802 3.4 -3.2 62 6.6 0.1 274 4 312.8 313.7 291.0 327.4 4.63 9 600 4449 1.1 -24.0 13 25.2 -6.7 336 7 317.4 317.6 288.9 320.6 0.91 10 550 5142 -3.0 -34.8 7 31.8 -10.4 343 12 320.5 320.6 289.3 321.8 0.36 11 500 5888 -8.4 -36.0 9 27.6 -14.2 332 15 322.8 322.8 290.0 324.1 0.35 12 450 6697 -13.6 -25.1 37 11.5 -16.7 314 25 326.2 326.4 291.7 330.1 1.10 13 400 7583 -19.1 -24.5 62 5.4 -20.5 315 39 330.2 330.5 293.0 334.9 1.31 14 350 8562 -26.8 -30.1 74 3.3 -27.5 312 42 332.6 332.8 293.3 335.9 0.90 15 300 9655 -34.8 -42.2 47 7.3 -35.6 306 42 336.3 336.3 293.7 337.5 0.31 16 250 10899 -45.2 -47.4 79 2.2 -45.3 306 51 338.8 338.9 294.3 339.7 0.21 17 200 12350 -56.7 -58.1 84 1.4 -56.8 299 57 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.2 0.07 18 150 14151 -60.2 -75.0 13 14.8 -60.4 279 34 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.4 0.01 19 100 16679 -59.6 -84.6 2 25.0 -59.9 286 17 412.6 412.6 306.8 412.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.86 m Freezing level: 586.46 mb = 4636.39 m = 15211.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.20 mb = 3812.12 m = 12506.79 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.75 % Est. max temperature: 25.46 C = 77.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.49 mb = 1921.10 m = 6302.73 ft T: 14.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 12.54 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.80 mb = 2954.43 m = 9692.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.38 C = 79.48 F Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lifted Index: 1.57 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.48 C Showalter Index: 1.34 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.36 C Cross Totals Index: 19.50 C K Index: 32.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5327.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.92 mb = 2351.15 m = 7713.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 324.8 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 354.8 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.5 neg: -1.9 tot: 17.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.81 Bulk Shear: 10.24 m/s