MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F270.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F270.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 270 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 28.64,-79.33 Latitude: 28.64 Longitude: -79.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 -146 SFC 984 -1 26.9 25.5 92 1.4 25.9 70 75 301.5 305.4 299.5 364.5 21.29 2 950 307 23.4 22.7 96 0.7 22.9 79 101 300.9 304.3 297.8 355.6 18.58 3 900 779 20.4 20.3 100 0.0 20.4 86 107 302.5 305.6 297.2 352.6 16.92 4 850 1272 18.0 17.9 99 0.1 17.9 93 107 305.0 307.9 296.8 350.8 15.33 5 800 1791 15.8 15.7 99 0.1 15.8 96 105 308.0 310.7 296.8 350.9 14.17 6 750 2338 13.5 13.4 99 0.1 13.4 98 101 311.2 313.7 296.8 351.1 13.01 7 700 2918 10.9 10.8 99 0.1 10.9 101 101 314.6 316.8 296.8 351.0 11.73 8 650 3534 8.2 8.0 99 0.1 8.1 103 99 318.2 320.3 296.9 351.2 10.46 9 600 4192 5.3 5.1 99 0.2 5.2 106 97 322.2 324.0 297.0 351.9 9.24 10 550 4899 1.9 1.7 98 0.2 1.8 108 95 326.4 327.9 297.1 352.2 7.89 11 500 5663 -1.7 -2.2 97 0.5 -1.9 109 92 331.0 332.3 297.3 352.9 6.55 12 450 6496 -5.8 -6.3 96 0.5 -6.0 112 87 336.0 337.1 297.5 354.3 5.34 13 400 7410 -10.8 -11.2 97 0.4 -10.9 115 82 341.0 341.8 297.8 355.4 4.08 14 350 8425 -16.9 -17.1 98 0.2 -17.0 116 75 346.0 346.6 298.0 356.4 2.86 15 300 9565 -24.5 -24.8 98 0.3 -24.6 112 68 350.9 351.2 298.2 357.3 1.71 16 250 10869 -33.3 -33.9 94 0.7 -33.4 114 66 356.6 356.8 298.7 360.0 0.87 17 200 12400 -45.0 -48.0 72 3.0 -45.2 122 62 361.5 361.6 299.2 362.6 0.25 18 150 14255 -60.7 -65.2 56 4.5 -60.7 122 46 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.7 0.04 19 100 16687 -72.3 -81.4 24 9.1 -72.3 64 13 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.19 m Freezing level: 523.30 mb = 5306.95 m = 17411.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 526.11 mb = 5254.88 m = 17240.21 ft Precipitable water: 2.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.52 % Est. max temperature: 31.38 C = 88.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.99 mb = 178.35 m = 585.11 ft T: 24.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.59 C/km ThetaE index: 13.62 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.52 mb = 506.68 m = 1662.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.00 C = 80.61 F Cap Strength: -0.10 C Lifted Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.16 C Showalter Index: 1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 39.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.69 C Cross Totals Index: 19.55 C K Index: 37.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 521.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 208.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.77 mb = 523.10 m = 1716.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 921.77 mb = 570.26 m = 1870.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 391.77 mb = 7568.30 m = 24830.08 ft B at Equ Level: 208.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 221.77 mb = 11691.03 m = 38355.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 99.0 at 99.1 knts Storm direction: 129.0 at 74.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1099.6 neg: -0.7 tot: 1098.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 366.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 9.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.39 Bulk Rich Number: 1.20 Bulk Shear: 174.61 m/s