MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 26.08,-82.8 Latitude: 26.08 Longitude: -82.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 1 29.2 22.9 69 6.3 24.6 78 3 301.0 304.2 297.1 352.5 17.51 1 1000 141 27.8 22.2 72 5.6 23.7 81 3 300.9 304.1 296.9 351.1 17.07 2 950 594 23.5 21.0 86 2.5 21.8 97 4 301.1 304.1 296.7 350.3 16.75 3 900 1066 22.2 13.5 58 8.7 16.5 137 7 304.4 306.4 293.5 336.8 10.87 4 850 1561 19.2 11.3 60 7.9 14.1 147 9 306.3 308.1 293.4 336.2 9.95 5 800 2080 16.5 5.0 46 11.5 9.8 159 8 308.8 310.1 291.7 329.8 6.86 6 750 2626 13.3 -1.0 37 14.3 5.8 153 6 311.0 311.9 290.5 325.9 4.75 7 700 3203 9.7 -1.6 45 11.3 3.8 116 4 313.3 314.2 291.3 328.6 4.87 8 650 3814 5.7 0.0 67 5.7 2.7 78 4 315.4 316.5 292.8 334.1 5.91 9 600 4465 2.1 -4.9 60 7.1 -1.3 77 6 318.6 319.5 292.5 332.9 4.43 10 550 5163 -1.7 -10.8 50 9.1 -5.6 77 5 322.1 322.7 292.3 332.2 3.05 11 500 5915 -6.0 -18.0 38 12.0 -10.2 98 3 325.7 326.1 292.3 332.1 1.85 12 450 6732 -11.4 -20.9 45 9.4 -14.5 73 4 328.8 329.2 292.9 334.5 1.61 13 400 7624 -17.4 -24.9 52 7.6 -19.4 61 7 332.4 332.7 293.6 337.0 1.26 14 350 8612 -23.9 -29.4 60 5.5 -25.1 74 10 336.5 336.7 294.3 340.1 0.95 15 300 9718 -32.3 -35.3 75 3.0 -32.7 78 17 339.8 340.0 294.8 342.3 0.63 16 250 10978 -42.0 -45.2 71 3.2 -42.2 75 23 343.7 343.7 295.4 344.8 0.27 17 200 12452 -53.5 -55.5 79 2.0 -53.5 87 29 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.5 0.10 18 150 14246 -65.9 -68.7 68 2.7 -66.0 86 28 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.02 19 100 16661 -69.5 -82.8 13 13.3 -69.6 127 14 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.33 m Freezing level: 571.97 mb = 4856.25 m = 15932.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.66 mb = 4242.12 m = 13917.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.47 % Est. max temperature: 33.89 C = 93.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.17 mb = 806.45 m = 2645.81 ft T: 22.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 26.53 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.16 mb = 1711.78 m = 5616.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.24 C = 95.44 F Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lifted Index: -2.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: 2.34 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.24 C Cross Totals Index: 17.33 C K Index: 25.22 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 964.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.82 mb = 1019.59 m = 3345.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.82 mb = 2969.37 m = 9741.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.82 mb = 12777.45 m = 41920.26 ft B at Equ Level: 955.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.82 mb = 15583.89 m = 51127.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 115.9 at 5.2 knts Storm direction: 145.9 at 3.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: -0.9 tot: 7.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 882.85 Bulk Shear: 1.09 m/s