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: 29.52,-81.30 Latitude: 29.52 Longitude: -81.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 9 26.5 24.6 90 1.8 25.1 56 35 299.9 303.5 298.4 358.2 19.91 2 950 435 23.1 22.3 96 0.7 22.6 62 69 300.6 303.9 297.5 354.0 18.18 3 900 906 20.1 20.1 100 -0.0 20.2 68 75 302.2 305.3 297.0 351.7 16.73 4 850 1399 17.2 17.1 100 0.1 17.2 75 77 304.2 306.9 296.1 347.7 14.62 5 800 1916 14.8 14.5 98 0.3 14.6 78 80 306.9 309.4 295.8 346.3 13.07 6 750 2461 12.2 11.6 96 0.6 11.9 83 82 309.8 312.0 295.5 345.0 11.54 7 700 3038 9.3 8.5 95 0.8 8.8 86 83 312.8 314.7 295.2 343.7 10.01 8 650 3651 6.3 5.8 97 0.4 6.0 87 83 316.1 317.8 295.3 344.2 8.97 9 600 4306 3.1 2.8 98 0.3 2.9 85 83 319.7 321.3 295.4 344.7 7.83 10 550 5008 -0.5 -0.7 99 0.2 -0.6 85 85 323.5 324.8 295.6 345.1 6.65 11 500 5766 -4.1 -4.5 97 0.4 -4.3 87 87 328.1 329.2 295.8 346.4 5.50 12 450 6591 -8.0 -8.6 95 0.6 -8.3 91 87 333.1 334.0 296.3 348.3 4.43 13 400 7499 -13.1 -13.6 95 0.6 -13.3 94 84 338.0 338.7 296.5 349.8 3.34 14 350 8505 -19.0 -19.2 99 0.2 -19.1 100 87 343.1 343.6 297.0 351.8 2.40 15 300 9638 -25.8 -25.8 100 0.0 -25.8 104 83 349.0 349.3 297.7 354.9 1.56 16 250 10935 -35.0 -34.9 100 -0.0 -35.0 110 78 354.1 354.3 298.1 357.2 0.79 17 200 12453 -46.6 -46.6 100 -0.0 -46.6 119 68 358.9 359.0 298.7 360.1 0.29 18 150 14294 -62.8 -62.9 98 0.2 -62.8 114 50 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.1 0.05 19 100 16694 -74.4 -82.4 28 8.0 -74.4 62 22 384.0 384.0 302.9 384.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.02 m Freezing level: 556.53 mb = 4915.83 m = 16127.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 558.05 mb = 4890.26 m = 16043.96 ft Precipitable water: 2.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.22 % Est. max temperature: 30.91 C = 87.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.20 mb = 240.56 m = 789.24 ft T: 24.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.89 C/km ThetaE index: 14.56 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.62 mb = 596.06 m = 1955.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.75 C = 81.95 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.46 C Showalter Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.26 C Cross Totals Index: 21.21 C K Index: 37.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 446.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 624.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.50 mb = 559.86 m = 1836.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 921.50 mb = 700.53 m = 2298.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 301.50 mb = 9601.08 m = 31499.24 ft B at Equ Level: 623.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.50 mb = 14639.09 m = 48027.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 81.0 at 79.6 knts Storm direction: 111.0 at 59.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 841.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 841.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 280.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 11.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.89 Bulk Rich Number: 3.93 Bulk Shear: 159.04 m/s