MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 2 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 9 25.9 23.7 88 2.2 24.3 234 4 297.6 300.9 296.8 351.1 18.43 1 1000 160 25.8 22.6 83 3.2 23.5 242 6 298.9 302.1 296.7 350.1 17.54 2 950 612 24.4 19.8 76 4.6 21.1 237 6 301.9 304.8 296.1 347.6 15.49 3 900 1085 21.6 17.2 76 4.5 18.5 235 5 303.8 306.3 295.5 344.8 13.81 4 850 1580 18.9 14.1 74 4.8 15.7 241 4 305.9 308.1 294.7 341.7 11.95 5 800 2099 15.8 11.1 74 4.6 12.8 239 4 307.9 309.9 294.2 339.6 10.46 6 750 2645 12.6 7.8 73 4.8 9.6 250 4 310.2 311.9 293.7 337.4 8.86 7 700 3221 9.4 4.0 69 5.4 6.2 256 4 312.9 314.2 293.2 335.5 7.28 8 650 3833 6.2 -0.5 62 6.8 2.6 269 4 316.0 317.1 292.8 334.0 5.67 9 600 4485 2.9 -7.7 46 10.6 -2.0 289 4 319.5 320.2 292.0 331.2 3.58 10 550 5185 -1.1 -13.4 39 12.3 -6.1 311 5 322.7 323.2 292.0 331.1 2.47 11 500 5938 -5.5 -15.6 45 10.1 -9.3 328 7 326.4 326.8 292.8 334.1 2.26 12 450 6757 -10.8 -19.8 48 9.0 -13.8 357 7 329.6 330.0 293.3 335.8 1.77 13 400 7651 -17.0 -24.5 52 7.5 -19.0 19 11 332.9 333.2 293.7 337.7 1.32 14 350 8639 -24.2 -26.3 82 2.1 -24.7 18 12 336.2 336.4 294.5 340.8 1.27 15 300 9747 -31.4 -31.4 100 0.0 -31.4 34 11 341.1 341.3 295.4 344.6 0.92 16 250 11013 -40.7 -40.7 100 -0.0 -40.7 56 21 345.6 345.7 296.0 347.3 0.44 17 200 12491 -52.8 -52.9 99 0.1 -52.8 57 28 349.2 349.2 296.6 349.8 0.14 18 150 14286 -67.0 -68.1 86 1.1 -67.1 63 24 354.6 354.6 297.7 354.7 0.03 19 100 16690 -70.7 -82.2 17 11.5 -70.8 96 9 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.70 m Freezing level: 563.96 mb = 4989.33 m = 16368.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.58 mb = 4197.32 m = 13770.57 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.01 % Est. max temperature: 33.51 C = 92.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.62 mb = 287.54 m = 943.37 ft T: 25.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 20.04 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.05 mb = 1599.44 m = 5247.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.34 C = 93.81 F Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lifted Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: 0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.34 C Cross Totals Index: 19.54 C K Index: 32.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 678.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.72 mb = 952.84 m = 3126.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.72 mb = 2546.79 m = 8355.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.72 mb = 11898.81 m = 39037.62 ft B at Equ Level: 676.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.72 mb = 15672.44 m = 51418.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.6 at 4.6 knts Storm direction: 296.6 at 3.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.1 tot: 0.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 11.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: -1.3 tot: 0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.8 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 856.46 Bulk Shear: 0.79 m/s