MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 22.26402,39.79823 Latitude: 22.26 Longitude: 39.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 1 950 512 SFC 937 633 29.3 15.9 44 13.4 20.1 357 2 308.1 310.4 295.5 345.0 12.19 3 900 991 30.6 7.9 24 22.7 16.3 21 3 313.1 314.5 293.4 336.3 7.45 4 850 1500 29.1 4.1 20 25.0 14.0 39 8 316.6 317.8 293.3 335.7 6.02 5 800 2035 24.7 2.4 23 22.3 11.6 44 10 317.4 318.5 293.2 335.6 5.69 6 750 2595 19.7 0.9 28 18.8 9.0 53 7 318.0 319.0 293.2 335.4 5.45 7 700 3183 14.3 -0.4 36 14.8 6.2 40 3 318.4 319.4 293.2 335.3 5.29 8 650 3802 8.6 -1.9 48 10.5 3.0 103 1 318.7 319.7 293.1 335.2 5.12 9 600 4457 2.5 -3.6 64 6.0 -0.6 220 1 319.0 319.9 293.0 334.8 4.90 10 550 5153 -3.6 -7.2 76 3.5 -5.3 244 4 319.8 320.6 292.6 333.1 4.06 11 500 5899 -8.7 -10.2 89 1.5 -9.3 185 4 322.5 323.2 292.8 334.1 3.52 12 450 6708 -13.5 -15.0 88 1.5 -14.0 239 5 326.3 326.8 293.2 335.3 2.65 13 400 7597 -16.9 -30.4 30 13.5 -20.0 249 10 333.0 333.2 293.3 335.8 0.76 14 350 8594 -20.9 -52.3 4 31.4 -24.6 254 13 340.6 340.6 294.6 340.9 0.09 15 300 9714 -29.3 -43.5 24 14.2 -31.0 230 9 344.1 344.2 295.6 345.2 0.27 16 250 10988 -39.4 -49.8 32 10.4 -40.2 185 11 347.5 347.5 296.2 348.2 0.16 17 200 12476 -51.3 -59.1 39 7.8 -51.5 187 12 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.9 0.07 18 150 14284 -65.3 -71.0 45 5.7 -65.4 114 14 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.6 0.02 19 100 16668 -75.3 -81.3 39 5.9 -75.4 103 21 382.2 382.2 302.6 382.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.34 m Freezing level: 579.74 mb = 4738.75 m = 15546.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.92 mb = 4349.44 m = 14269.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.87 % Est. max temperature: 38.58 C = 101.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 770.59 mb = 2359.64 m = 7741.52 ft T: 21.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.47 C/km ThetaE index: 11.99 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 601.46 mb = 4436.78 m = 14556.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.93 C = 103.88 F Cap Strength: 4.53 C Lifted Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.30 C Showalter Index: -0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 37.75 C Cross Totals Index: 12.73 C K Index: 27.02 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 98.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 75.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 422.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 646.59 mb = 3844.93 m = 12614.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 551.59 mb = 5129.57 m = 16829.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 431.59 mb = 7023.36 m = 23042.25 ft B at Equ Level: 73.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 381.59 mb = 7948.64 m = 26077.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 49.9 at 4.5 knts Storm direction: 79.9 at 3.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -42.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.6 neg: -2.9 tot: 6.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 88.68 Bulk Shear: 0.86 m/s