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: 28.67,-80.6 Latitude: 28.67 Longitude: -80.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -234 SFC 974 1 27.0 25.4 91 1.7 25.8 35 57 302.5 306.4 299.8 366.0 21.39 2 950 221 24.8 23.5 93 1.3 23.9 43 76 302.4 306.0 298.8 360.3 19.55 3 900 695 21.6 21.4 99 0.1 21.5 47 77 303.7 307.1 298.2 357.8 18.16 4 850 1190 19.1 19.0 99 0.1 19.1 52 76 306.2 309.2 297.8 355.7 16.48 5 800 1711 16.7 16.4 98 0.3 16.5 56 75 309.0 311.8 297.5 353.9 14.80 6 750 2261 14.1 13.7 97 0.4 13.9 58 78 311.9 314.5 297.3 352.8 13.30 7 700 2843 11.7 11.0 96 0.7 11.2 58 76 315.4 317.7 297.1 352.4 11.87 8 650 3461 8.8 8.1 96 0.7 8.3 59 75 318.9 320.9 297.1 352.1 10.49 9 600 4122 5.6 5.1 96 0.5 5.3 57 76 322.6 324.4 297.1 352.2 9.21 10 550 4831 2.4 1.9 96 0.5 2.1 60 76 326.9 328.5 297.3 353.1 7.99 11 500 5598 -1.1 -1.7 96 0.6 -1.5 62 73 331.6 333.0 297.5 354.3 6.76 12 450 6432 -4.8 -5.7 93 0.9 -5.3 61 69 337.2 338.3 298.0 356.3 5.57 13 400 7352 -8.7 -10.6 86 1.8 -9.6 61 66 343.6 344.5 298.5 358.8 4.28 14 350 8377 -13.9 -16.8 78 3.0 -15.0 60 61 350.1 350.7 298.9 360.9 2.93 15 300 9530 -21.1 -24.7 73 3.5 -22.2 63 56 355.6 356.0 299.1 362.2 1.73 16 250 10848 -30.9 -35.1 67 4.2 -31.7 64 47 360.2 360.3 299.4 363.3 0.78 17 200 12388 -43.7 -48.2 61 4.4 -44.1 61 33 363.5 363.6 299.6 364.5 0.24 18 150 14251 -59.8 -64.0 58 4.2 -59.9 63 25 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.3 0.05 19 100 16691 -72.2 -81.3 24 9.1 -72.2 64 13 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.25 m Freezing level: 516.12 mb = 5350.56 m = 17554.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 521.03 mb = 5266.22 m = 17277.40 ft Precipitable water: 2.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.53 % Est. max temperature: 32.14 C = 89.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.32 mb = 208.95 m = 685.53 ft T: 24.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.65 C/km ThetaE index: 13.94 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.52 mb = 583.40 m = 1914.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.97 C = 82.35 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.35 C Showalter Index: -0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.26 C Cross Totals Index: 20.14 C K Index: 38.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 452.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 278.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.96 mb = 560.01 m = 1837.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 908.96 mb = 608.07 m = 1994.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 418.96 mb = 6990.34 m = 22933.89 ft B at Equ Level: 277.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 248.96 mb = 10876.88 m = 35684.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 56.1 at 75.3 knts Storm direction: 86.1 at 56.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 455.2 neg: -16.5 tot: 438.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 146.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 6.43 Bulk Shear: 43.32 m/s