MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 6Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 18.81066,41.25976 Latitude: 18.81 Longitude: 41.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 998 69 33.2 22.7 54 10.5 25.4 281 4 306.5 309.8 298.7 359.8 17.72 2 950 512 29.8 18.2 50 11.7 21.6 308 12 307.4 310.0 296.5 349.5 13.93 3 900 993 26.8 14.9 48 11.8 18.7 305 17 309.1 311.3 295.6 345.4 11.94 4 850 1495 24.1 9.6 40 14.5 14.8 318 17 311.4 313.1 294.0 338.7 8.87 5 800 2023 21.5 7.2 40 14.3 12.6 334 19 314.0 315.6 294.0 338.9 7.97 6 750 2579 18.1 4.1 39 14.0 9.7 350 20 316.2 317.6 293.8 337.9 6.87 7 700 3166 14.5 2.3 44 12.2 7.4 24 10 318.5 319.8 294.1 339.2 6.48 8 650 3787 9.5 -0.5 50 10.0 4.0 78 11 319.7 320.8 293.9 338.1 5.70 9 600 4445 3.9 -3.9 57 7.8 -0.1 110 17 320.6 321.6 293.3 336.1 4.78 10 550 5144 -2.3 -7.2 69 4.8 -4.6 119 19 321.3 322.1 293.0 334.7 4.06 11 500 5893 -7.8 -12.7 68 4.9 -9.7 115 12 323.6 324.1 292.6 333.3 2.89 12 450 6706 -11.4 -17.8 59 6.4 -13.6 32 7 328.9 329.4 293.4 336.2 2.10 13 400 7603 -15.0 -31.6 23 16.6 -18.8 47 11 335.5 335.6 293.9 338.1 0.68 14 350 8606 -19.2 -45.0 8 25.7 -23.2 118 11 342.9 342.9 295.2 343.7 0.20 15 300 9732 -27.8 -33.7 57 5.9 -28.9 127 15 346.3 346.4 296.4 349.1 0.74 16 250 11016 -37.5 -47.7 34 10.2 -38.4 107 20 350.3 350.3 296.9 351.1 0.20 17 200 12516 -49.4 -61.6 23 12.2 -49.8 108 28 354.6 354.6 297.7 354.8 0.05 18 150 14340 -63.3 -74.6 20 11.3 -63.4 92 33 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16729 -79.3 -80.4 84 1.1 -79.3 88 56 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.06 m Freezing level: 568.68 mb = 4882.66 m = 16019.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.19 mb = 4428.35 m = 14528.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.09 % Est. max temperature: 38.18 C = 100.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.80 mb = 1404.71 m = 4608.58 ft T: 24.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.17 C/km ThetaE index: 21.12 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.94 mb = 3287.14 m = 10784.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.45 C = 113.81 F Cap Strength: 5.77 C Lifted Index: -5.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.70 C Showalter Index: -0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.88 C Cross Totals Index: 17.38 C K Index: 29.33 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 474.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 378.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.07 mb = 1978.97 m = 6492.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 619.07 mb = 4187.53 m = 13738.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 349.07 mb = 8625.46 m = 28298.40 ft B at Equ Level: 472.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.07 mb = 13967.64 m = 45825.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 32.3 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 62.3 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.9 neg: -4.0 tot: 123.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 11.97 Bulk Shear: 39.61 m/s