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: 28.65,-80.57 Latitude: 28.65 Longitude: -80.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -254 SFC 972 1 27.2 25.5 91 1.7 25.9 37 59 302.8 306.8 300.1 367.1 21.60 2 950 201 25.1 23.7 92 1.4 24.0 45 77 302.6 306.3 299.0 361.2 19.74 3 900 675 21.7 21.6 99 0.1 21.7 50 77 303.9 307.3 298.4 358.6 18.35 4 850 1171 19.3 19.2 99 0.1 19.2 54 76 306.4 309.5 298.0 356.5 16.67 5 800 1692 16.9 16.6 98 0.4 16.7 58 75 309.2 312.0 297.7 354.8 15.00 6 750 2242 14.4 13.9 97 0.4 14.1 60 77 312.2 314.7 297.4 353.6 13.48 7 700 2824 11.9 11.2 95 0.7 11.4 59 75 315.6 318.0 297.3 353.1 12.02 8 650 3444 9.0 8.3 95 0.7 8.5 59 74 319.1 321.2 297.3 352.8 10.63 9 600 4105 5.8 5.2 96 0.6 5.5 58 74 322.9 324.7 297.3 352.9 9.33 10 550 4815 2.6 2.0 96 0.6 2.2 60 74 327.2 328.8 297.4 353.7 8.09 11 500 5582 -1.0 -1.6 95 0.6 -1.3 61 71 331.9 333.2 297.7 354.7 6.82 12 450 6418 -4.6 -5.6 93 1.0 -5.1 60 67 337.4 338.5 298.0 356.7 5.61 13 400 7339 -8.5 -10.5 85 2.0 -9.5 59 64 343.9 344.8 298.5 359.2 4.29 14 350 8365 -13.6 -17.0 76 3.4 -14.9 59 59 350.5 351.1 299.0 361.2 2.90 15 300 9520 -20.8 -24.9 69 4.1 -22.1 62 54 356.1 356.4 299.2 362.5 1.69 16 250 10840 -30.5 -35.5 62 4.9 -31.4 63 45 360.7 360.8 299.4 363.7 0.74 17 200 12383 -43.4 -48.7 56 5.3 -43.8 61 31 364.0 364.1 299.7 365.0 0.23 18 150 14248 -59.4 -64.3 52 5.0 -59.5 64 24 367.8 367.8 300.2 368.0 0.04 19 100 16692 -72.3 -81.2 25 9.0 -72.3 63 13 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.61 m Freezing level: 513.51 mb = 5374.90 m = 17633.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 518.58 mb = 5288.54 m = 17350.65 ft Precipitable water: 2.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.31 % Est. max temperature: 32.29 C = 90.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.70 mb = 212.90 m = 698.47 ft T: 24.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.66 C/km ThetaE index: 14.33 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.57 mb = 582.13 m = 1909.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.04 C = 82.47 F Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lifted Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: -0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.28 C Cross Totals Index: 20.14 C K Index: 38.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 451.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 277.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.61 mb = 562.53 m = 1845.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.61 mb = 610.75 m = 2003.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 416.61 mb = 7020.66 m = 23033.39 ft B at Equ Level: 276.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 246.61 mb = 10934.89 m = 35875.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 57.0 at 74.2 knts Storm direction: 87.0 at 55.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 421.7 neg: -26.9 tot: 394.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 131.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.71 Bulk Rich Number: 8.20 Bulk Shear: 33.78 m/s