MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 40 SFC 997 69 31.0 22.7 61 8.3 24.9 298 7 304.5 307.8 298.2 357.4 17.74 2 950 501 31.7 14.2 34 17.6 19.8 313 17 309.4 311.4 294.8 342.2 10.76 3 900 984 29.5 12.9 36 16.6 18.3 322 17 311.9 313.8 295.3 344.0 10.43 4 850 1492 27.1 11.3 37 15.8 16.7 348 13 314.5 316.5 295.6 345.6 9.97 5 800 2025 24.5 7.7 34 16.8 13.8 4 11 317.3 318.9 295.1 343.4 8.29 6 750 2586 20.5 4.3 34 16.3 10.7 13 14 318.9 320.2 294.6 341.0 6.95 7 700 3177 15.6 2.2 40 13.4 7.8 32 17 319.8 321.0 294.4 340.3 6.41 8 650 3800 10.1 0.6 51 9.6 4.7 49 17 320.4 321.6 294.4 340.2 6.14 9 600 4459 4.2 -1.1 68 5.3 1.4 65 20 321.0 322.2 294.3 340.1 5.90 10 550 5160 -2.0 -3.2 91 1.2 -2.6 72 24 321.8 322.8 294.2 339.6 5.50 11 500 5911 -6.9 -9.0 85 2.1 -7.9 86 14 324.6 325.3 293.7 337.4 3.86 12 450 6726 -11.6 -15.6 72 4.0 -13.0 79 12 328.6 329.2 293.7 337.3 2.53 13 400 7621 -16.1 -22.5 58 6.4 -18.0 81 8 334.0 334.4 294.3 339.7 1.57 14 350 8619 -20.1 -29.3 44 9.1 -22.3 116 13 341.6 341.8 295.6 345.3 0.97 15 300 9744 -28.3 -39.6 33 11.3 -30.0 133 18 345.4 345.5 296.0 347.1 0.41 16 250 11022 -38.7 -47.0 41 8.3 -39.4 117 27 348.6 348.6 296.5 349.5 0.22 17 200 12520 -49.4 -63.7 17 14.3 -49.8 100 35 354.6 354.6 297.7 354.8 0.04 18 150 14343 -63.9 -71.2 36 7.4 -63.9 92 47 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.02 19 100 16726 -78.3 -82.8 48 4.5 -78.3 90 64 376.5 376.5 301.6 376.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5871.28 m Freezing level: 565.82 mb = 4937.96 m = 16200.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.84 mb = 4692.64 m = 15395.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.34 % Est. max temperature: 41.27 C = 106.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.46 mb = 1139.07 m = 3737.04 ft T: 28.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.24 C/km ThetaE index: 15.22 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.54 mb = 3766.98 m = 12358.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.93 C = 116.48 F Cap Strength: 8.75 C Lifted Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.09 C Showalter Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.05 C Cross Totals Index: 18.28 C K Index: 31.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 255.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 657.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.43 mb = 2443.47 m = 8016.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 577.43 mb = 4767.71 m = 15641.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 367.43 mb = 8256.03 m = 27086.39 ft B at Equ Level: 251.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 237.43 mb = 11368.37 m = 37297.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 34.7 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 64.7 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.1 neg: -0.1 tot: 97.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 4.69 Bulk Shear: 54.42 m/s