MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F372.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F372.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15.5 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 18.85,-83.66 Latitude: 18.85 Longitude: -83.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 29.1 23.4 71 5.7 24.9 123 11 301.1 304.4 297.6 354.6 18.17 1 1000 124 27.9 21.7 69 6.1 23.5 122 12 301.0 304.1 296.6 349.8 16.60 2 950 578 23.5 20.8 85 2.7 21.6 121 13 301.1 304.1 296.5 349.5 16.48 3 900 1048 20.6 16.2 76 4.3 17.6 121 14 302.7 305.1 294.6 341.2 12.99 4 850 1542 18.5 12.2 67 6.3 14.4 120 14 305.5 307.5 293.6 337.3 10.59 5 800 2060 15.6 10.1 70 5.5 12.1 114 14 307.8 309.6 293.7 337.4 9.75 6 750 2605 12.8 5.7 62 7.1 8.6 105 15 310.5 311.9 292.8 334.1 7.67 7 700 3182 9.7 1.1 55 8.6 4.9 98 18 313.2 314.3 292.2 331.7 5.91 8 650 3794 6.2 -2.9 52 9.0 1.5 92 19 315.9 316.9 292.0 331.2 4.77 9 600 4445 2.4 -6.5 52 8.9 -1.9 86 19 318.9 319.6 292.2 331.6 3.91 10 550 5143 -1.8 -9.3 57 7.5 -5.1 85 19 321.9 322.6 292.6 333.3 3.44 11 500 5895 -6.6 -11.9 66 5.3 -8.8 88 18 325.0 325.6 293.2 335.3 3.07 12 450 6710 -11.9 -18.3 59 6.4 -14.0 91 16 328.3 328.7 293.2 335.3 2.02 13 400 7601 -18.0 -27.9 42 9.9 -20.4 94 11 331.6 331.8 293.1 335.1 0.97 14 350 8585 -25.0 -30.6 60 5.6 -26.1 75 6 335.1 335.2 293.9 338.2 0.86 15 300 9688 -32.4 -39.1 51 6.8 -33.3 27 7 339.8 339.8 294.7 341.4 0.43 16 250 10948 -42.2 -49.1 47 6.9 -42.7 318 12 343.3 343.4 295.3 344.0 0.18 17 200 12417 -54.1 -60.3 46 6.2 -54.2 275 18 347.1 347.2 296.1 347.4 0.06 18 150 14200 -68.6 -70.6 75 2.0 -68.6 294 12 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.02 19 100 16591 -73.2 -83.1 21 9.9 -73.2 98 15 386.4 386.4 303.2 386.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.66 m Freezing level: 571.85 mb = 4838.42 m = 15873.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.30 mb = 4083.25 m = 13396.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.93 % Est. max temperature: 32.78 C = 91.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.57 mb = 729.47 m = 2393.25 ft T: 22.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 17.29 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.98 mb = 1450.92 m = 4760.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.07 C = 91.52 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -3.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: 1.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.13 C Cross Totals Index: 18.87 C K Index: 28.75 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1060.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.39 mb = 986.72 m = 3237.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.39 mb = 2589.76 m = 8496.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.39 mb = 13021.84 m = 42722.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1056.74 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 99.9 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 129.9 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: -1.2 tot: 0.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 174.74 Bulk Shear: 6.07 m/s