MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 27.13,-81.86 Latitude: 27.13 Longitude: -81.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 18 25.2 22.1 83 3.0 23.0 149 1 297.2 300.3 295.7 345.9 16.79 1 1000 130 26.1 21.3 75 4.8 22.6 154 2 299.2 302.2 295.8 346.3 16.13 2 950 583 24.4 19.2 73 5.2 20.8 139 5 302.0 304.7 295.7 346.0 14.90 3 900 1055 21.3 16.8 76 4.4 18.2 167 6 303.4 305.9 295.2 343.6 13.54 4 850 1549 18.6 12.6 68 6.0 14.7 184 5 305.6 307.6 293.9 338.1 10.85 5 800 2068 15.9 8.7 62 7.2 11.4 193 3 308.1 309.7 293.0 334.9 8.83 6 750 2613 12.5 5.6 63 6.9 8.4 176 4 310.2 311.6 292.7 333.6 7.62 7 700 3189 8.8 4.4 74 4.4 6.2 182 4 312.3 313.7 293.2 335.6 7.51 8 650 3800 5.8 1.6 74 4.2 3.4 214 2 315.5 316.8 293.4 336.4 6.62 9 600 4452 2.6 -2.9 67 5.5 -0.2 313 2 319.1 320.1 293.3 335.7 5.15 10 550 5151 -1.2 -8.9 56 7.7 -4.7 340 4 322.6 323.3 292.9 334.3 3.54 11 500 5905 -5.9 -13.0 57 7.1 -8.8 354 3 325.8 326.4 293.2 335.3 2.81 12 450 6722 -11.4 -17.3 62 5.8 -13.5 9 5 328.8 329.3 293.4 336.4 2.19 13 400 7614 -17.5 -21.8 69 4.3 -18.8 21 6 332.2 332.6 293.9 338.2 1.67 14 350 8602 -23.8 -28.2 67 4.4 -24.8 61 6 336.6 336.8 294.4 340.6 1.07 15 300 9710 -31.2 -42.8 31 11.6 -32.6 81 19 341.4 341.4 294.9 342.5 0.29 16 250 10976 -40.9 -46.9 53 5.9 -41.4 96 33 345.2 345.2 295.8 346.1 0.22 17 200 12452 -53.2 -53.4 97 0.2 -53.2 80 36 348.5 348.6 296.4 349.1 0.13 18 150 14241 -67.0 -68.2 85 1.2 -67.0 89 26 354.6 354.6 297.7 354.7 0.03 19 100 16659 -69.9 -82.9 13 13.0 -69.9 7 7 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.45 m Freezing level: 566.01 mb = 4927.34 m = 16165.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.95 mb = 4411.97 m = 14474.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.26 % Est. max temperature: 32.98 C = 91.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.42 mb = 404.53 m = 1327.18 ft T: 25.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 12.66 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.37 mb = 1790.37 m = 5873.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.72 C = 94.49 F Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lifted Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: 1.66 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.49 C Cross Totals Index: 18.53 C K Index: 32.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 376.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.40 mb = 1090.13 m = 3576.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.40 mb = 2937.62 m = 9637.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 271.40 mb = 10405.85 m = 34139.51 ft B at Equ Level: 375.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.40 mb = 14183.59 m = 46533.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 186.8 at 3.6 knts Storm direction: 216.8 at 2.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: -0.4 tot: 6.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 522.95 Bulk Shear: 0.72 m/s