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: 28.35,-80.81 Latitude: 28.35 Longitude: -80.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 12 32.2 22.2 56 10.0 24.9 183 5 304.2 307.3 297.5 354.4 16.86 1 1000 131 30.0 20.8 58 9.2 23.4 198 6 303.2 306.0 296.5 349.6 15.66 2 950 587 26.3 19.1 65 7.1 21.2 233 7 303.8 306.6 296.1 347.9 14.82 3 900 1062 22.1 17.8 77 4.3 19.1 249 8 304.2 306.9 296.0 347.1 14.38 4 850 1557 18.0 16.0 88 2.1 16.6 254 8 305.0 307.5 295.6 345.5 13.54 5 800 2074 14.4 12.2 87 2.2 13.0 249 7 306.5 308.6 294.4 340.4 11.25 6 750 2618 12.1 6.2 67 5.9 8.6 234 7 309.7 311.2 292.9 334.2 7.98 7 700 3193 9.2 1.1 57 8.1 4.7 225 6 312.6 313.8 292.0 331.2 5.92 8 650 3804 6.0 -4.0 49 10.0 1.0 236 6 315.8 316.6 291.6 329.8 4.37 9 600 4456 2.7 -8.4 44 11.1 -2.4 263 8 319.2 319.9 291.8 330.3 3.37 10 550 5155 -1.3 -12.1 43 10.9 -5.8 265 9 322.6 323.1 292.2 331.8 2.74 11 500 5908 -5.7 -15.3 46 9.7 -9.4 268 8 326.1 326.6 292.8 334.0 2.32 12 450 6726 -10.5 -14.8 70 4.3 -12.2 298 7 330.0 330.6 294.1 339.3 2.69 13 400 7624 -15.9 -18.7 79 2.8 -16.9 183 7 334.3 334.7 294.8 342.0 2.18 14 350 8618 -22.4 -26.1 71 3.8 -23.3 115 11 338.6 338.9 295.1 343.4 1.30 15 300 9732 -30.7 -33.4 77 2.7 -31.1 99 14 342.2 342.3 295.6 345.1 0.76 16 250 10999 -40.8 -42.0 88 1.3 -40.9 98 18 345.4 345.5 296.0 346.9 0.38 17 200 12476 -53.3 -55.5 77 2.2 -53.4 94 21 348.4 348.4 296.4 348.8 0.10 18 150 14264 -66.9 -70.8 58 3.9 -67.0 107 17 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.02 19 100 16668 -71.0 -81.6 19 10.6 -71.0 104 11 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.99 m Freezing level: 566.08 mb = 4929.80 m = 16173.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.05 mb = 3993.47 m = 13101.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.36 % Est. max temperature: 32.83 C = 91.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.65 mb = 1279.53 m = 4197.88 ft T: 20.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 24.67 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.95 mb = 1617.50 m = 5306.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.21 C = 91.78 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.69 C Cross Totals Index: 21.63 C K Index: 31.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 607.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.43 mb = 1430.91 m = 4694.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.43 mb = 1786.07 m = 5859.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.43 mb = 12556.45 m = 41195.21 ft B at Equ Level: 603.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.43 mb = 15230.53 m = 49968.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.1 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 278.1 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.6 neg: -3.6 tot: 8.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 215.53 Bulk Shear: 2.82 m/s