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: 28.67,-81.88 Latitude: 28.67 Longitude: -81.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 33 35.0 19.6 41 15.3 23.9 248 6 307.2 309.9 296.7 350.5 14.37 1 1000 126 32.5 18.6 44 13.9 22.6 247 9 305.6 308.1 295.8 346.3 13.60 2 950 585 27.8 17.6 54 10.2 20.6 247 9 305.4 307.9 295.6 345.5 13.41 3 900 1061 23.2 16.5 66 6.8 18.6 246 9 305.5 307.9 295.5 345.0 13.20 4 850 1557 18.6 15.3 81 3.3 16.4 245 8 305.7 308.1 295.4 344.6 13.01 5 800 2075 14.1 13.5 96 0.6 13.7 244 8 306.2 308.4 295.0 342.9 12.25 6 750 2617 10.8 6.6 75 4.2 8.3 246 7 308.3 309.9 292.6 333.3 8.19 7 700 3193 9.5 0.8 54 8.7 4.8 250 6 313.0 314.1 292.0 331.2 5.80 8 650 3804 5.9 -2.4 55 8.3 1.7 250 7 315.7 316.6 292.1 331.5 4.95 9 600 4455 2.4 -6.9 50 9.2 -2.0 257 8 318.9 319.6 292.0 331.3 3.81 10 550 5153 -1.4 -11.6 46 10.1 -5.7 262 9 322.4 322.9 292.3 332.0 2.87 11 500 5907 -5.8 -13.7 54 7.9 -8.9 271 8 326.0 326.6 293.1 335.1 2.67 12 450 6725 -10.6 -14.9 71 4.2 -12.3 285 5 329.8 330.4 294.1 339.1 2.68 13 400 7623 -15.3 -20.0 67 4.7 -16.8 257 3 335.1 335.5 294.8 342.1 1.96 14 350 8619 -22.1 -24.4 82 2.3 -22.8 139 7 338.9 339.2 295.4 344.4 1.51 15 300 9734 -30.4 -33.7 73 3.2 -31.0 111 15 342.5 342.6 295.6 345.3 0.74 16 250 11002 -40.5 -45.8 57 5.3 -41.0 102 17 345.8 345.8 295.9 346.8 0.25 17 200 12481 -53.2 -56.2 70 3.0 -53.4 96 17 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.9 0.09 18 150 14269 -66.7 -70.6 58 3.9 -66.7 97 13 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.02 19 100 16670 -71.5 -81.2 22 9.8 -71.5 107 10 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.45 m Freezing level: 568.92 mb = 4889.28 m = 16040.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.15 mb = 4095.10 m = 13435.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.11 % Est. max temperature: 33.39 C = 92.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.51 mb = 1963.38 m = 6441.47 ft T: 15.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 19.27 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.91 mb = 1948.58 m = 6392.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.80 C = 92.84 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.07 C Showalter Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.39 C Cross Totals Index: 21.10 C K Index: 31.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 202.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.71 mb = 1887.87 m = 6193.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.71 mb = 2045.90 m = 6712.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 312.71 mb = 9433.78 m = 30950.35 ft B at Equ Level: 201.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.71 mb = 13042.78 m = 42790.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.3 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 282.3 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 2.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: -2.8 tot: -0.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.1 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1289.40 Bulk Shear: 0.16 m/s