MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 31 SFC 996 69 32.4 23.6 60 8.9 25.8 321 16 305.9 309.4 299.1 362.1 18.68 2 950 491 30.7 17.5 45 13.2 21.4 320 27 308.3 310.8 296.4 348.8 13.37 3 900 973 27.9 13.8 42 14.1 18.4 328 26 310.2 312.3 295.3 344.2 11.10 4 850 1478 25.5 13.9 49 11.6 17.6 343 23 312.9 315.1 296.5 349.5 11.87 5 800 2010 23.2 9.6 42 13.7 14.4 3 13 315.9 317.7 295.6 345.4 9.41 6 750 2570 20.4 5.4 37 15.0 11.2 44 7 318.7 320.2 295.0 342.6 7.51 7 700 3161 15.9 2.7 41 13.2 8.1 72 6 320.1 321.4 294.7 341.5 6.66 8 650 3784 10.3 0.5 51 9.8 4.8 73 9 320.6 321.8 294.4 340.3 6.12 9 600 4444 4.4 -1.1 67 5.5 1.4 63 14 321.2 322.3 294.4 340.2 5.88 10 550 5145 -1.4 -4.1 82 2.7 -2.8 75 17 322.4 323.4 294.1 339.2 5.15 11 500 5897 -6.9 -9.4 82 2.5 -8.0 87 15 324.6 325.3 293.6 337.1 3.74 12 450 6713 -11.6 -16.1 69 4.5 -13.2 88 11 328.6 329.1 293.6 337.0 2.42 13 400 7609 -14.9 -28.1 32 13.2 -18.3 111 11 335.7 335.9 294.1 339.2 0.95 14 350 8609 -20.2 -29.4 44 9.1 -22.4 127 15 341.5 341.7 295.5 345.1 0.96 15 300 9734 -28.1 -44.7 19 16.6 -30.2 120 19 345.8 345.8 295.9 346.7 0.24 16 250 11013 -38.4 -54.2 17 15.8 -39.5 115 24 348.9 348.9 296.5 349.3 0.10 17 200 12511 -49.5 -61.4 24 11.9 -50.0 102 35 354.3 354.3 297.6 354.5 0.05 18 150 14334 -63.9 -71.6 34 7.7 -64.0 91 44 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.02 19 100 16712 -78.4 -83.1 46 4.7 -78.4 89 63 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5866.46 m Freezing level: 562.21 mb = 4973.95 m = 16318.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.45 mb = 4669.24 m = 15318.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.98 % Est. max temperature: 39.59 C = 103.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.66 mb = 1205.26 m = 3954.23 ft T: 26.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.33 C/km ThetaE index: 17.91 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.61 mb = 3521.68 m = 11553.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.87 C = 116.37 F Cap Strength: 7.51 C Lifted Index: -4.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.20 C Showalter Index: -3.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.43 C Cross Totals Index: 20.86 C K Index: 33.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.53 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 434.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 526.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.11 mb = 2106.66 m = 6911.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 606.11 mb = 4360.21 m = 14304.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 296.11 mb = 9825.62 m = 32235.88 ft B at Equ Level: 433.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.11 mb = 14080.59 m = 46195.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 23.4 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 53.4 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -71.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.4 neg: -16.0 tot: 69.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 7.91 Bulk Shear: 54.88 m/s