MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F273.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F273.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 273 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 28.51,-80.1 Latitude: 28.51 Longitude: -80.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -329 SFC 964 -0 27.6 26.0 91 1.5 26.4 103 68 303.9 308.1 300.8 371.3 22.51 2 950 128 25.8 24.4 92 1.4 24.7 113 81 303.4 307.2 299.6 364.8 20.63 3 900 603 22.5 22.2 98 0.3 22.3 120 82 304.7 308.2 299.0 361.5 19.00 4 850 1101 20.6 19.6 94 1.0 19.9 123 79 307.7 310.9 298.6 359.6 17.16 5 800 1626 19.5 17.0 85 2.5 17.8 123 75 312.0 314.9 298.6 359.4 15.44 6 750 2183 17.7 14.4 81 3.3 15.4 123 75 315.8 318.5 298.5 359.1 13.89 7 700 2772 15.0 11.7 81 3.3 12.8 126 75 319.1 321.5 298.4 358.5 12.45 8 650 3399 11.9 8.8 82 3.0 9.9 129 76 322.4 324.5 298.2 357.7 11.04 9 600 4066 8.3 5.8 84 2.5 6.7 132 77 325.7 327.6 298.1 357.1 9.67 10 550 4782 4.1 2.5 90 1.5 3.1 136 77 328.9 330.6 298.0 356.6 8.39 11 500 5553 0.0 -0.9 93 1.0 -0.5 140 77 333.1 334.5 298.1 357.2 7.18 12 450 6392 -4.1 -4.9 94 0.8 -4.6 144 74 338.1 339.3 298.4 358.4 5.91 13 400 7315 -8.4 -9.8 89 1.4 -9.1 149 67 344.1 345.1 298.7 360.2 4.54 14 350 8342 -13.8 -15.9 84 2.2 -14.6 154 57 350.2 350.9 299.1 361.8 3.16 15 300 9498 -20.8 -23.3 80 2.5 -21.6 159 46 356.1 356.5 299.4 363.6 1.95 16 250 10821 -30.1 -33.0 75 2.9 -30.7 153 40 361.4 361.6 299.7 365.2 0.95 17 200 12370 -42.2 -48.6 50 6.4 -42.8 148 30 365.9 365.9 300.0 366.9 0.23 18 150 14248 -58.4 -65.3 41 6.9 -58.6 139 33 369.4 369.5 300.5 369.6 0.04 19 100 16697 -72.4 -81.1 26 8.7 -72.5 62 20 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5882.38 m Freezing level: 499.67 mb = 5558.82 m = 18237.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 506.99 mb = 5440.98 m = 17850.77 ft Precipitable water: 2.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.23 % Est. max temperature: 34.35 C = 93.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.99 mb = 192.61 m = 631.91 ft T: 25.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 14.72 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.15 mb = 582.10 m = 1909.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.28 C = 82.90 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.17 C Showalter Index: -0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.56 C Cross Totals Index: 19.60 C K Index: 36.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 471.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 120.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.45 mb = 579.18 m = 1900.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.45 mb = 627.81 m = 2059.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 847.45 mb = 1127.18 m = 3698.04 ft B at Equ Level: 14.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 787.45 mb = 1762.70 m = 5783.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 128.2 at 77.0 knts Storm direction: 158.2 at 57.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 433.5 neg: -32.2 tot: 401.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 133.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 2.49 Bulk Shear: 48.31 m/s