MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 3 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 35 SFC 996 69 30.3 22.1 62 8.2 24.3 301 5 303.8 306.9 297.5 354.3 17.01 2 950 494 30.9 14.5 37 16.4 19.8 310 14 308.5 310.6 294.8 341.8 10.97 3 900 977 29.0 10.9 32 18.2 17.2 317 20 311.4 313.1 294.2 339.4 9.10 4 850 1483 26.1 9.7 35 16.4 15.5 324 25 313.5 315.2 294.6 341.1 8.90 5 800 2014 22.6 7.5 38 15.0 13.1 332 25 315.2 316.8 294.5 340.9 8.18 6 750 2572 19.3 4.4 37 14.9 10.3 1 17 317.5 318.9 294.3 339.8 7.02 7 700 3161 15.3 1.5 39 13.8 7.3 27 22 319.4 320.6 294.1 339.0 6.11 8 650 3783 9.8 -0.4 49 10.3 4.2 46 22 320.1 321.2 294.0 338.5 5.71 9 600 4441 3.5 -2.2 66 5.7 0.5 67 20 320.2 321.3 293.8 337.8 5.45 10 550 5139 -2.9 -4.0 92 1.1 -3.4 85 21 320.7 321.7 293.7 337.5 5.19 11 500 5889 -7.4 -8.8 90 1.4 -8.1 96 25 324.0 324.7 293.6 337.0 3.93 12 450 6702 -12.3 -14.7 82 2.4 -13.2 100 13 327.7 328.3 293.6 337.0 2.72 13 400 7596 -15.0 -26.3 37 11.4 -18.0 99 11 335.5 335.8 294.2 339.6 1.11 14 350 8599 -19.3 -43.3 10 24.1 -23.1 106 13 342.8 342.9 295.2 343.8 0.24 15 300 9725 -28.5 -47.4 14 18.9 -30.6 105 16 345.3 345.3 295.7 346.0 0.18 16 250 11003 -38.9 -53.6 20 14.7 -39.9 124 24 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.7 0.10 17 200 12496 -50.0 -62.5 21 12.5 -50.4 93 31 353.6 353.7 297.4 353.8 0.04 18 150 14316 -63.8 -69.8 44 6.0 -63.8 99 47 360.2 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.02 19 100 16703 -78.2 -82.7 48 4.4 -78.3 91 61 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5853.57 m Freezing level: 572.46 mb = 4825.25 m = 15830.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.13 mb = 4533.03 m = 14871.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.52 % Est. max temperature: 40.12 C = 104.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.64 mb = 1129.39 m = 3705.31 ft T: 28.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.33 C/km ThetaE index: 14.90 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 649.22 mb = 3792.64 m = 12442.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.60 C = 115.88 F Cap Strength: 7.98 C Lifted Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.41 C Showalter Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.55 C Cross Totals Index: 17.11 C K Index: 29.44 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 201.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 633.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.81 mb = 2425.19 m = 7956.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 577.81 mb = 4743.04 m = 15560.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 407.81 mb = 7449.30 m = 24439.67 ft B at Equ Level: 198.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 317.81 mb = 9303.74 m = 30523.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 26.6 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 56.6 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 180.1 neg: -0.8 tot: 179.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 3.41 Bulk Shear: 59.05 m/s