MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F276.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F276.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11.5 day GFS valid 6Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 29.51,-81.44 Latitude: 29.51 Longitude: -81.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -17 SFC 997 13 26.0 24.3 91 1.6 24.8 41 27 299.4 303.0 298.0 356.7 19.58 2 950 435 23.1 22.4 96 0.7 22.6 52 67 300.6 303.9 297.5 354.0 18.19 3 900 906 20.2 20.2 100 -0.0 20.2 58 76 302.3 305.4 297.0 351.8 16.76 4 850 1399 17.2 17.2 100 0.0 17.2 66 78 304.1 306.8 296.1 347.7 14.64 5 800 1916 14.8 14.5 98 0.3 14.6 70 81 306.9 309.3 295.8 346.2 13.06 6 750 2461 12.3 11.7 96 0.6 11.9 75 82 309.9 312.1 295.6 345.2 11.57 7 700 3038 9.2 8.6 96 0.6 8.8 78 84 312.6 314.5 295.2 343.7 10.06 8 650 3650 6.1 5.8 98 0.3 5.9 80 85 315.9 317.6 295.3 343.8 8.93 9 600 4304 2.9 2.7 99 0.2 2.8 77 85 319.5 321.0 295.4 344.3 7.79 10 550 5005 -0.5 -0.7 99 0.2 -0.6 78 87 323.4 324.8 295.5 345.0 6.62 11 500 5763 -4.1 -4.5 97 0.4 -4.3 81 89 328.0 329.1 295.8 346.3 5.48 12 450 6589 -8.0 -8.7 95 0.6 -8.4 86 88 333.1 334.0 296.3 348.2 4.42 13 400 7497 -13.0 -13.7 95 0.6 -13.3 88 84 338.1 338.8 296.6 349.8 3.33 14 350 8503 -18.8 -19.0 98 0.2 -18.8 96 88 343.5 344.0 297.1 352.3 2.43 15 300 9638 -25.5 -25.5 100 0.0 -25.5 99 83 349.5 349.9 297.8 355.6 1.61 16 250 10938 -34.4 -34.4 100 -0.0 -34.4 105 76 354.9 355.1 298.3 358.2 0.83 17 200 12459 -46.4 -46.4 100 -0.0 -46.4 109 64 359.3 359.3 298.8 360.5 0.30 18 150 14300 -62.8 -62.9 98 0.2 -62.8 108 54 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.2 0.05 19 100 16700 -74.6 -82.4 29 7.8 -74.6 67 22 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.82 m Freezing level: 557.74 mb = 4896.71 m = 16065.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 559.04 mb = 4873.91 m = 15990.33 ft Precipitable water: 2.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.62 % Est. max temperature: 30.87 C = 87.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.64 mb = 218.17 m = 715.76 ft T: 24.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.86 C/km ThetaE index: 13.03 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.66 mb = 614.03 m = 2014.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.79 C = 82.02 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -2.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.52 C Showalter Index: -0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.26 C Cross Totals Index: 21.25 C K Index: 37.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 450.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 594.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.68 mb = 557.87 m = 1830.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 921.68 mb = 698.54 m = 2291.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 311.68 mb = 9356.89 m = 30698.07 ft B at Equ Level: 591.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.68 mb = 14228.80 m = 46681.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 73.3 at 80.4 knts Storm direction: 103.3 at 60.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 11.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 11.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1029.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1029.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 343.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.0 stream: 13.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.46 Bulk Rich Number: 2.85 Bulk Shear: 208.36 m/s