MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F288.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F288.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 29.83,-83.59 Latitude: 29.83 Longitude: -83.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -127 SFC 984 13 26.1 24.8 92 1.3 25.2 98 7 300.6 304.4 298.8 360.6 20.39 2 950 327 23.8 23.2 97 0.6 23.3 107 25 301.3 304.8 298.2 357.8 19.16 3 900 800 21.7 21.2 97 0.5 21.3 117 30 303.9 307.2 298.1 357.2 17.89 4 850 1296 19.9 19.0 95 0.8 19.3 128 31 307.0 310.1 298.1 356.8 16.53 5 800 1819 17.6 16.6 94 1.1 16.9 136 30 310.0 312.8 297.8 355.7 15.02 6 750 2370 15.5 14.0 91 1.5 14.4 140 32 313.4 315.9 297.7 355.1 13.50 7 700 2955 12.9 11.0 88 1.9 11.7 144 34 316.8 319.1 297.5 354.0 11.88 8 650 3576 10.1 7.8 86 2.2 8.6 150 36 320.3 322.3 297.3 353.1 10.30 9 600 4239 6.3 4.5 88 1.8 5.2 154 36 323.4 325.2 297.1 351.9 8.83 10 550 4949 1.7 1.2 97 0.5 1.4 155 36 326.1 327.7 296.9 351.2 7.65 11 500 5713 -2.1 -2.3 98 0.2 -2.2 158 36 330.5 331.8 297.1 352.1 6.48 12 450 6545 -6.0 -6.4 97 0.4 -6.2 158 35 335.7 336.8 297.4 353.8 5.29 13 400 7461 -10.6 -11.1 96 0.5 -10.8 157 32 341.2 342.1 297.8 355.7 4.11 14 350 8478 -16.2 -16.4 98 0.2 -16.2 157 29 347.0 347.6 298.3 358.1 3.05 15 300 9624 -23.3 -23.3 100 0.0 -23.3 155 28 352.5 353.0 298.7 359.9 1.95 16 250 10932 -33.1 -33.3 97 0.3 -33.1 154 27 356.9 357.1 298.8 360.6 0.92 17 200 12458 -46.3 -46.5 99 0.1 -46.3 151 26 359.4 359.5 298.8 360.6 0.29 18 150 14300 -62.0 -62.8 90 0.8 -62.0 146 17 363.2 363.2 299.4 363.5 0.05 19 100 16711 -75.3 -82.0 34 6.7 -75.4 102 18 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.60 m Freezing level: 527.26 mb = 5296.29 m = 17376.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 530.37 mb = 5240.03 m = 17191.50 ft Precipitable water: 2.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.45 % Est. max temperature: 33.35 C = 92.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.81 mb = 180.96 m = 593.68 ft T: 24.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 9.49 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.11 mb = 682.69 m = 2239.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.75 C = 83.76 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.26 C Showalter Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.96 C Cross Totals Index: 21.12 C K Index: 39.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.08 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 204.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.60 mb = 563.71 m = 1849.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.60 mb = 3710.00 m = 12171.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 349.60 mb = 8486.86 m = 27843.68 ft B at Equ Level: 204.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.60 mb = 13146.51 m = 43131.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 143.4 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 173.4 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 231.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 231.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 3.74 Bulk Shear: 54.75 m/s