MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F174.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F174.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 174 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 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 149 1 950 587 2 900 1052 SFC 893 1123 17.8 12.2 70 5.6 14.3 332 4 300.6 302.5 291.7 330.2 10.06 4 850 1545 19.7 10.9 57 8.7 14.1 3 1 306.8 308.6 293.3 336.1 9.71 5 800 2065 16.6 8.0 57 8.6 11.3 171 1 308.8 310.4 292.9 334.6 8.44 6 750 2611 13.1 4.3 55 8.8 8.0 227 4 310.8 312.1 292.3 332.3 6.94 7 700 3187 8.8 1.1 58 7.7 4.6 240 7 312.2 313.3 291.9 330.7 5.91 8 650 3795 3.8 -1.8 67 5.6 0.9 229 9 313.3 314.3 291.6 329.5 5.16 9 600 4440 -1.2 -6.0 70 4.8 -3.4 229 13 314.8 315.5 291.1 327.8 4.08 10 550 5128 -5.6 -9.6 73 4.0 -7.3 244 16 317.4 318.1 291.2 328.4 3.35 11 500 5869 -10.3 -14.6 70 4.3 -11.9 249 17 320.5 321.0 291.3 328.7 2.46 12 450 6673 -15.5 -19.2 74 3.7 -16.6 247 12 323.7 324.1 291.7 330.1 1.87 13 400 7551 -21.5 -24.8 74 3.3 -22.3 245 18 327.1 327.4 292.2 331.6 1.28 14 350 8522 -28.2 -29.2 91 1.0 -28.3 240 19 330.8 331.0 292.9 334.3 0.98 15 300 9611 -36.5 -40.3 68 3.8 -36.9 264 24 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.4 0.38 16 250 10844 -47.3 -50.0 74 2.7 -47.4 275 14 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.4 0.16 17 200 12293 -53.1 -58.2 54 5.1 -53.3 252 30 348.7 348.7 296.4 349.0 0.07 18 150 14133 -55.8 -77.6 5 21.8 -56.1 260 36 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.01 19 100 16693 -61.0 -84.1 3 23.1 -61.3 259 15 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.82 m Freezing level: 611.75 mb = 4288.50 m = 14069.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.23 mb = 3929.96 m = 12893.40 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.22 % Est. max temperature: 27.92 C = 82.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.88 mb = 1843.82 m = 6049.19 ft T: 17.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 8.27 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.20 mb = 3386.53 m = 11110.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.43 C = 84.98 F Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lifted Index: -1.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.98 C Showalter Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.98 C Cross Totals Index: 21.24 C K Index: 33.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 156.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 213.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 746.32 mb = 2652.22 m = 8701.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 611.32 mb = 4289.41 m = 14072.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 351.32 mb = 8494.99 m = 27870.35 ft B at Equ Level: 155.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 231.32 mb = 11348.01 m = 37230.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.1 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 272.1 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 21.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 11.09 Bulk Shear: 14.12 m/s