MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 -1 SFC 974 237 40.2 20.4 32 19.8 25.6 268 13 315.7 318.7 299.6 364.7 15.69 2 950 459 40.4 12.3 19 28.1 21.3 283 15 318.2 320.0 296.3 348.3 9.53 3 900 955 37.0 8.1 17 28.9 18.3 285 12 319.7 321.2 295.3 343.8 7.57 4 850 1473 32.5 5.9 19 26.6 15.8 298 10 320.2 321.6 294.8 342.2 6.85 5 800 2013 27.8 4.0 22 23.8 13.3 317 7 320.7 322.0 294.6 341.3 6.38 6 750 2579 22.6 2.6 27 20.0 10.7 351 8 321.1 322.4 294.6 341.1 6.18 7 700 3173 17.4 0.6 32 16.8 7.8 16 12 321.7 322.8 294.4 340.2 5.71 8 650 3799 11.8 -1.5 40 13.3 4.5 34 18 322.3 323.3 294.2 339.5 5.28 9 600 4461 5.6 -3.3 53 8.9 1.0 40 25 322.6 323.6 294.0 338.9 5.00 10 550 5165 -1.3 -4.3 80 2.9 -2.9 44 29 322.5 323.5 294.1 339.0 5.07 11 500 5917 -6.6 -7.9 91 1.3 -7.2 48 31 325.0 325.9 294.1 339.1 4.24 12 450 6733 -10.4 -20.2 44 9.8 -13.6 57 26 330.1 330.5 293.3 336.1 1.70 13 400 7639 -12.5 -34.3 14 21.8 -17.4 93 14 338.8 338.9 294.5 340.8 0.52 14 350 8643 -20.5 -30.7 40 10.2 -22.8 90 16 341.1 341.2 295.3 344.3 0.84 15 300 9764 -28.6 -42.2 26 13.5 -30.4 99 19 345.0 345.1 295.8 346.3 0.31 16 250 11044 -38.7 -51.0 26 12.3 -39.6 90 26 348.6 348.6 296.4 349.2 0.14 17 200 12541 -48.9 -59.5 28 10.6 -49.3 100 40 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.6 0.06 18 150 14364 -63.9 -70.2 42 6.3 -64.0 89 49 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.1 0.02 19 100 16738 -80.0 -82.1 71 2.1 -80.0 96 49 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5918.70 m Freezing level: 559.69 mb = 5028.30 m = 16496.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.43 mb = 4632.54 m = 15198.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.67 % Est. max temperature: 44.92 C = 112.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 735.04 mb = 2752.42 m = 9030.15 ft T: 21.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.72 C/km ThetaE index: 25.72 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 594.34 mb = 4538.14 m = 14888.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.00 C = 116.60 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: -2.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.69 C Showalter Index: -0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 39.10 C Cross Totals Index: 12.46 C K Index: 28.21 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 172.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 275.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 625.86 mb = 4112.31 m = 13491.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 570.86 mb = 4863.84 m = 15957.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 420.86 mb = 7248.22 m = 23779.97 ft B at Equ Level: 171.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 240.86 mb = 11293.55 m = 37051.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 24.4 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 54.4 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.2 neg: -3.9 tot: 53.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 2.08 Bulk Shear: 83.06 m/s