MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 39 SFC 997 69 30.7 22.2 61 8.5 24.5 342 4 304.1 307.3 297.7 355.2 17.14 2 950 499 32.0 13.3 32 18.7 19.4 327 19 309.6 311.5 294.4 340.6 10.14 3 900 983 29.5 11.7 33 17.8 17.7 319 24 311.9 313.8 294.7 341.7 9.65 4 850 1489 26.0 10.6 38 15.4 15.9 316 21 313.3 315.1 295.0 342.7 9.46 5 800 2021 23.6 7.2 35 16.3 13.3 329 14 316.3 317.8 294.7 341.5 8.01 6 750 2581 20.5 3.9 34 16.5 10.5 351 16 318.8 320.1 294.4 340.4 6.78 7 700 3172 15.7 2.2 40 13.5 7.8 12 18 319.9 321.1 294.4 340.4 6.41 8 650 3795 10.5 -0.3 47 10.8 4.5 49 19 320.9 322.0 294.2 339.5 5.78 9 600 4455 4.8 -3.2 56 8.0 0.7 70 25 321.7 322.7 293.9 338.1 5.05 10 550 5157 -1.9 -5.0 79 3.1 -3.4 82 29 321.9 322.8 293.7 337.5 4.80 11 500 5907 -7.9 -8.2 97 0.3 -8.1 90 27 323.4 324.2 293.6 337.0 4.11 12 450 6719 -12.5 -14.2 87 1.7 -13.2 92 12 327.5 328.1 293.6 337.2 2.82 13 400 7611 -16.4 -20.6 70 4.2 -17.7 110 11 333.6 334.0 294.4 340.2 1.85 14 350 8610 -19.7 -37.1 20 17.4 -23.0 114 15 342.2 342.3 295.3 344.0 0.45 15 300 9735 -28.4 -44.8 19 16.4 -30.4 122 19 345.3 345.4 295.8 346.3 0.24 16 250 11014 -38.2 -55.9 14 17.7 -39.3 123 27 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.6 0.08 17 200 12511 -49.6 -61.7 23 12.1 -50.0 97 37 354.2 354.2 297.6 354.4 0.05 18 150 14333 -63.6 -70.6 38 7.0 -63.7 93 47 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.6 0.02 19 100 16716 -78.2 -82.6 49 4.3 -78.2 91 65 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5867.32 m Freezing level: 564.04 mb = 4959.67 m = 16271.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.84 mb = 4565.53 m = 14978.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.29 % Est. max temperature: 40.07 C = 104.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.87 mb = 1163.46 m = 3817.08 ft T: 28.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.62 C/km ThetaE index: 14.60 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 638.77 mb = 3938.78 m = 12922.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.59 C = 117.65 F Cap Strength: 8.88 C Lifted Index: -2.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.70 C Showalter Index: -2.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.84 C Cross Totals Index: 18.45 C K Index: 30.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 225.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 688.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 752.35 mb = 2554.12 m = 8379.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 557.35 mb = 5049.61 m = 16566.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 387.35 mb = 7851.27 m = 25758.46 ft B at Equ Level: 224.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 287.35 mb = 10036.83 m = 32928.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 31.7 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 61.7 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 2.8 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.5 neg: -23.6 tot: 70.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 4.86 Bulk Shear: 46.46 m/s