MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 27.27,-80.73 Latitude: 27.27 Longitude: -80.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 13 32.8 22.0 53 10.8 24.9 228 4 304.8 307.9 297.6 354.6 16.69 1 1000 133 30.5 20.6 55 9.9 23.4 228 5 303.7 306.5 296.5 349.6 15.45 2 950 590 26.0 19.5 67 6.5 21.4 223 5 303.6 306.4 296.4 348.8 15.22 3 900 1064 21.6 18.4 82 3.2 19.4 217 4 303.8 306.6 296.3 348.4 15.01 4 850 1558 17.3 16.6 95 0.7 16.8 208 4 304.3 306.9 295.8 346.3 14.10 5 800 2074 14.9 10.9 77 4.0 12.4 202 5 307.0 309.0 293.9 338.2 10.30 6 750 2619 12.6 4.8 59 7.8 8.0 196 4 310.3 311.6 292.4 332.5 7.22 7 700 3195 9.5 2.2 61 7.2 5.4 179 4 313.0 314.2 292.6 333.1 6.44 8 650 3807 5.9 1.1 71 4.8 3.2 158 3 315.7 316.9 293.3 335.9 6.39 9 600 4459 2.1 -0.8 81 2.9 0.5 170 3 318.6 319.7 293.8 337.8 6.02 10 550 5157 -1.8 -5.9 74 4.1 -3.8 266 3 321.9 322.8 293.4 336.6 4.47 11 500 5910 -6.2 -11.6 65 5.4 -8.5 336 4 325.5 326.1 293.3 336.1 3.14 12 450 6727 -10.8 -15.7 67 4.9 -12.6 30 4 329.7 330.2 293.9 338.3 2.51 13 400 7623 -16.3 -26.0 43 9.7 -18.8 119 6 333.9 334.1 293.9 338.1 1.15 14 350 8615 -22.9 -36.6 27 13.7 -25.3 102 10 337.9 338.0 294.3 339.7 0.47 15 300 9725 -31.3 -42.8 31 11.5 -32.7 97 20 341.2 341.3 294.9 342.4 0.29 16 250 10991 -40.8 -50.7 34 9.9 -41.5 95 25 345.4 345.4 295.7 346.0 0.15 17 200 12467 -53.5 -57.3 63 3.8 -53.7 105 28 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.3 0.08 18 150 14256 -66.9 -69.6 69 2.6 -67.0 92 29 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.02 19 100 16666 -72.3 -82.0 22 9.8 -72.3 77 12 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.49 m Freezing level: 573.15 mb = 4833.81 m = 15858.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.69 mb = 4543.68 m = 14906.89 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.23 % Est. max temperature: 32.17 C = 89.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.03 mb = 1376.26 m = 4515.24 ft T: 18.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 22.10 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.59 mb = 1470.69 m = 4825.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.22 C = 90.00 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.00 C Showalter Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.76 C K Index: 32.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 835.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.75 mb = 1408.94 m = 4622.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.75 mb = 1560.06 m = 5118.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.75 mb = 12793.91 m = 41974.26 ft B at Equ Level: 832.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.75 mb = 16112.51 m = 52861.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.9 at 3.8 knts Storm direction: 237.9 at 2.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 0.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -71.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -2.3 tot: -2.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.8 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2333.59 Bulk Shear: 0.36 m/s