MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 20.29943,40.45767 Latitude: 20.30 Longitude: 40.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 SFC 977 237 39.3 19.8 32 19.5 25.0 225 10 314.6 317.4 299.0 361.3 15.05 2 950 486 37.0 14.9 27 22.1 21.6 233 7 314.8 316.9 296.6 349.9 11.28 3 900 977 34.4 9.6 22 24.9 18.2 256 3 317.0 318.6 295.1 343.4 8.35 4 850 1492 31.4 5.4 19 26.0 15.2 35 8 319.0 320.3 294.4 340.2 6.61 5 800 2030 27.1 2.5 20 24.6 12.4 46 14 320.0 321.1 293.9 338.5 5.73 6 750 2595 22.0 0.7 24 21.3 9.7 49 17 320.5 321.5 293.8 337.9 5.38 7 700 3187 16.5 -0.6 31 17.1 6.9 49 18 320.8 321.8 293.7 337.8 5.25 8 650 3811 10.6 -1.8 42 12.5 3.9 47 18 321.0 322.0 293.7 337.7 5.16 9 600 4471 4.4 -3.1 58 7.6 0.5 45 18 321.2 322.2 293.7 337.7 5.06 10 550 5171 -2.0 -4.9 81 2.9 -3.4 44 18 321.7 322.7 293.7 337.6 4.85 11 500 5922 -7.5 -9.2 88 1.6 -8.2 41 21 323.8 324.6 293.4 336.5 3.82 12 450 6736 -9.9 -20.1 43 10.2 -13.3 57 26 330.8 331.2 293.6 336.9 1.72 13 400 7643 -12.5 -37.8 10 25.3 -17.7 72 19 338.7 338.8 294.4 340.2 0.37 14 350 8646 -20.6 -28.8 48 8.2 -22.6 101 19 340.9 341.2 295.4 344.7 1.01 15 300 9767 -28.3 -43.6 22 15.3 -30.3 104 21 345.5 345.5 295.8 346.6 0.27 16 250 11048 -38.3 -53.1 19 14.9 -39.3 104 25 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.6 0.11 17 200 12548 -48.7 -63.7 16 15.1 -49.1 107 45 355.7 355.7 297.9 355.9 0.04 18 150 14372 -63.3 -71.8 31 8.5 -63.4 93 40 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.02 19 100 16751 -80.4 -82.3 73 1.9 -80.4 99 49 372.3 372.3 301.0 372.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5895.86 m Freezing level: 565.49 mb = 4954.09 m = 16253.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.68 mb = 4555.73 m = 14946.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.79 % Est. max temperature: 44.18 C = 111.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 739.65 mb = 2713.97 m = 8903.99 ft T: 20.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.79 C/km ThetaE index: 24.75 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 620.56 mb = 4192.94 m = 13756.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.85 C = 114.53 F Cap Strength: 4.44 C Lifted Index: -3.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.34 C Showalter Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 38.91 C Cross Totals Index: 12.91 C K Index: 27.22 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 214.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 386.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 665.58 mb = 3611.57 m = 11848.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 590.58 mb = 4597.94 m = 15084.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 420.58 mb = 7256.42 m = 23806.87 ft B at Equ Level: 212.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 230.58 mb = 11591.79 m = 38030.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 44.6 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 74.6 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 69.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 3.25 Bulk Shear: 66.02 m/s