MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F315.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F315.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 315 hour GFS valid 9Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 28.71,-80.75 Latitude: 28.71 Longitude: -80.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 8 25.4 22.7 85 2.7 23.5 213 8 297.2 300.3 296.0 347.4 17.33 1 1000 152 25.2 21.0 78 4.2 22.2 210 13 298.3 301.2 295.4 344.3 15.84 2 950 603 23.9 18.7 72 5.3 20.2 205 18 301.5 304.1 295.3 343.9 14.40 3 900 1075 21.1 17.1 78 3.9 18.4 208 19 303.2 305.7 295.3 344.0 13.77 4 850 1569 18.1 14.9 81 3.2 16.0 207 18 305.1 307.5 295.0 343.0 12.65 5 800 2086 15.4 10.5 73 4.9 12.3 202 17 307.5 309.4 293.8 337.8 10.02 6 750 2631 12.5 4.7 59 7.8 8.0 200 16 310.2 311.5 292.3 332.2 7.16 7 700 3207 9.2 2.6 63 6.7 5.5 200 14 312.7 314.0 292.6 333.3 6.60 8 650 3818 5.3 1.0 74 4.3 2.9 213 14 315.0 316.2 293.0 335.0 6.34 9 600 4468 1.1 -2.6 76 3.7 -0.7 214 12 317.4 318.4 292.9 334.3 5.29 10 550 5163 -2.8 -6.0 79 3.2 -4.3 214 9 320.8 321.7 293.2 335.3 4.46 11 500 5914 -6.8 -8.7 86 1.9 -7.7 233 4 324.8 325.6 293.8 338.0 3.97 12 450 6730 -11.2 -13.1 86 1.9 -11.9 272 4 329.2 329.8 294.3 339.8 3.11 13 400 7625 -16.3 -17.8 88 1.5 -16.8 327 4 333.8 334.3 294.8 342.1 2.36 14 350 8618 -22.7 -24.1 88 1.4 -23.1 46 4 338.1 338.5 295.2 343.8 1.55 15 300 9729 -31.3 -31.5 98 0.2 -31.3 59 6 341.2 341.4 295.4 344.7 0.91 16 250 10994 -41.3 -42.0 93 0.7 -41.3 60 12 344.7 344.8 295.8 346.2 0.38 17 200 12467 -53.7 -55.4 82 1.7 -53.8 66 10 347.7 347.8 296.2 348.2 0.10 18 150 14250 -68.9 -70.6 79 1.7 -68.9 37 4 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.02 19 100 16643 -72.9 -82.8 21 9.9 -72.9 24 16 386.9 386.9 303.3 386.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.90 m Freezing level: 585.66 mb = 4667.10 m = 15311.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.05 mb = 4332.88 m = 14215.32 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.16 % Est. max temperature: 32.77 C = 90.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.23 mb = 354.33 m = 1162.47 ft T: 24.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 11.79 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.38 mb = 1726.99 m = 5665.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.16 C = 93.48 F Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lifted Index: -1.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Showalter Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.92 C Cross Totals Index: 21.70 C K Index: 33.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 241.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.66 mb = 1039.38 m = 3410.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 678.66 mb = 3462.54 m = 11359.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 348.66 mb = 8645.80 m = 28365.15 ft B at Equ Level: 241.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.66 mb = 13166.72 m = 43197.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.8 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 237.8 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.6 neg: -12.2 tot: 1.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 21945.75 Bulk Shear: 0.01 m/s