MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 42.26,-25.66 Latitude: 42.26 Longitude: -25.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1012 1 22.8 20.0 84 2.8 20.9 189 28 294.9 297.6 293.6 336.9 14.67 1 1000 107 21.7 18.5 82 3.2 19.5 191 35 294.9 297.3 292.7 333.6 13.53 2 950 550 17.7 17.1 96 0.7 17.3 196 39 295.2 297.5 292.4 332.4 12.98 3 900 1012 15.6 15.3 98 0.3 15.4 209 37 297.6 299.8 292.6 333.2 12.27 4 850 1496 13.2 12.8 97 0.4 12.9 213 36 299.9 302.0 292.3 332.1 10.98 5 800 2005 10.7 9.5 92 1.2 9.9 215 36 302.5 304.3 291.8 330.3 9.33 6 750 2542 8.7 3.8 71 5.0 5.9 220 38 306.1 307.3 290.7 326.4 6.69 7 700 3111 7.3 -7.5 34 14.8 0.7 226 41 310.6 311.2 288.9 320.5 3.11 8 650 3718 4.7 -13.0 26 17.7 -2.4 229 43 314.3 314.8 289.2 321.4 2.16 9 600 4366 1.6 -15.2 27 16.8 -4.8 235 47 318.0 318.4 290.1 324.5 1.95 10 550 5062 -1.8 -17.4 29 15.5 -7.5 239 47 321.9 322.2 291.1 327.9 1.77 11 500 5814 -6.2 -21.7 28 15.5 -11.1 240 46 325.5 325.8 291.8 330.3 1.35 12 450 6629 -12.2 -26.8 28 14.7 -16.0 248 46 328.0 328.1 292.1 331.3 0.94 13 400 7517 -18.6 -35.1 22 16.5 -21.7 242 53 330.9 331.0 292.4 332.7 0.48 14 350 8501 -24.5 -31.0 55 6.5 -25.8 239 70 335.7 335.9 294.0 338.7 0.82 15 300 9604 -33.4 -36.1 76 2.7 -33.8 236 70 338.3 338.4 294.4 340.5 0.58 16 250 10857 -43.1 -45.9 74 2.8 -43.3 241 70 341.9 342.0 295.0 343.0 0.25 17 200 12327 -53.2 -59.3 48 6.1 -53.4 239 63 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.8 0.06 18 150 14141 -60.3 -74.4 14 14.1 -60.4 245 42 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16665 -60.3 -85.1 2 24.8 -60.6 270 14 411.2 411.2 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.98 m Freezing level: 576.76 mb = 4689.44 m = 15385.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.10 mb = 3239.46 m = 10628.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.62 % Est. max temperature: 27.26 C = 81.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.44 mb = 356.94 m = 1171.04 ft T: 19.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 12.66 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.03 mb = 712.85 m = 2338.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.90 C = 75.02 F Cap Strength: 3.35 C Lifted Index: 3.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.90 C Showalter Index: 4.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.33 C Cross Totals Index: 18.93 C K Index: 17.29 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 350.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.66 mb = 634.08 m = 2080.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.66 mb = 1341.21 m = 4400.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 785.66 mb = 2155.23 m = 7070.87 ft B at Equ Level: 10.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 725.66 mb = 2813.80 m = 9231.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.9 at 41.1 knts Storm direction: 253.9 at 30.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 180.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 180.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 60.18 m/s