MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 22.26402,39.25466 Latitude: 22.26 Longitude: 39.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 994 120 33.5 24.0 58 9.5 26.3 325 7 307.2 310.8 299.7 365.2 19.21 2 950 522 30.7 17.7 46 12.9 21.6 332 9 308.3 310.9 296.5 349.4 13.57 3 900 1004 27.9 12.7 39 15.1 17.8 333 9 310.2 312.2 294.7 341.8 10.32 4 850 1508 24.7 11.1 43 13.6 15.8 359 7 312.0 313.8 294.8 342.2 9.80 5 800 2037 22.2 8.1 40 14.1 13.3 23 8 314.8 316.4 294.7 341.4 8.50 6 750 2594 19.0 5.3 40 13.7 10.6 18 7 317.3 318.7 294.6 340.9 7.47 7 700 3183 15.2 1.3 39 13.9 7.2 15 7 319.3 320.5 294.0 338.6 6.03 8 650 3805 10.0 -1.2 46 11.2 3.9 11 8 320.3 321.3 293.7 337.8 5.41 9 600 4464 4.2 -3.6 57 7.9 0.2 7 11 321.0 322.0 293.6 336.9 4.88 10 550 5165 -1.5 -6.9 66 5.4 -4.1 16 13 322.3 323.1 293.3 335.9 4.13 11 500 5917 -6.8 -15.2 51 8.4 -9.9 26 15 324.8 325.2 292.4 332.8 2.35 12 450 6732 -11.0 -30.1 19 19.1 -15.7 42 10 329.4 329.5 292.2 332.0 0.70 13 400 7627 -16.2 -27.0 39 10.8 -19.0 99 13 334.0 334.2 293.8 337.8 1.05 14 350 8619 -22.9 -30.3 51 7.3 -24.5 95 19 337.8 338.0 294.6 341.1 0.88 15 300 9734 -29.2 -30.2 91 1.0 -29.4 81 28 344.2 344.4 296.2 348.1 1.03 16 250 11015 -37.6 -39.3 84 1.7 -37.8 100 34 350.2 350.3 297.1 352.2 0.50 17 200 12512 -50.0 -53.8 64 3.8 -50.2 116 28 353.6 353.6 297.5 354.1 0.13 18 150 14329 -64.5 -70.9 41 6.4 -64.6 106 29 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.02 19 100 16716 -77.1 -81.4 50 4.3 -77.1 108 39 378.7 378.8 302.1 378.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5854.77 m Freezing level: 563.08 mb = 4981.69 m = 16343.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.71 mb = 4494.79 m = 14746.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.06 % Est. max temperature: 38.60 C = 101.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.82 mb = 1334.91 m = 4379.57 ft T: 25.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.03 C/km ThetaE index: 23.43 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.41 mb = 3495.73 m = 11468.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.06 C = 114.91 F Cap Strength: 6.35 C Lifted Index: -3.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.50 C Showalter Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.43 C Cross Totals Index: 17.86 C K Index: 28.66 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 597.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 429.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.39 mb = 2196.00 m = 7204.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.39 mb = 4458.71 m = 14628.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 270.39 mb = 10464.15 m = 34330.78 ft B at Equ Level: 594.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.39 mb = 14718.91 m = 48289.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 8.7 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 38.7 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: -0.6 tot: 6.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 123.00 Bulk Shear: 4.85 m/s