MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 28.81,-80.99 Latitude: 28.81 Longitude: -80.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1014 14 27.4 23.3 78 4.1 24.4 129 4 299.4 302.7 297.1 352.0 18.02 1 1000 132 28.4 21.6 67 6.8 23.5 131 10 301.5 304.5 296.6 349.9 16.42 2 950 587 25.6 19.0 67 6.7 20.9 135 7 303.2 305.9 295.9 346.8 14.70 3 900 1061 21.9 17.4 76 4.5 18.8 155 4 304.1 306.7 295.7 345.8 14.04 4 850 1556 17.9 15.9 88 1.9 16.5 208 2 304.9 307.4 295.6 345.2 13.50 5 800 2073 15.2 12.7 85 2.4 13.6 232 5 307.3 309.5 294.9 342.4 11.65 6 750 2618 12.8 6.2 64 6.6 8.9 248 6 310.5 312.0 293.0 335.0 7.96 7 700 3196 10.6 -0.6 45 11.3 4.6 266 6 314.3 315.3 291.9 330.8 5.22 8 650 3810 6.8 -4.4 45 11.2 1.3 243 6 316.7 317.5 291.8 330.3 4.25 9 600 4462 2.4 -7.0 50 9.5 -2.0 239 8 318.9 319.7 292.0 331.2 3.76 10 550 5160 -1.8 -10.4 52 8.6 -5.5 248 10 321.9 322.6 292.4 332.4 3.16 11 500 5912 -6.0 -15.0 49 9.0 -9.4 252 10 325.7 326.2 292.7 333.9 2.39 12 450 6729 -10.9 -19.3 50 8.4 -13.7 236 7 329.5 329.9 293.3 336.0 1.84 13 400 7626 -15.8 -22.8 55 7.0 -17.9 167 3 334.5 334.8 294.3 340.0 1.53 14 350 8621 -21.7 -28.7 53 7.0 -23.3 129 8 339.5 339.7 295.1 343.3 1.02 15 300 9737 -30.4 -31.8 88 1.4 -30.7 120 13 342.5 342.7 295.7 345.9 0.89 16 250 11006 -40.4 -41.8 87 1.3 -40.6 107 14 346.0 346.1 296.1 347.5 0.39 17 200 12486 -52.7 -56.4 64 3.7 -52.9 79 16 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.7 0.09 18 150 14276 -67.8 -68.8 86 1.1 -67.8 105 24 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.02 19 100 16685 -69.1 -83.4 11 14.3 -69.2 100 14 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.81 m Freezing level: 571.26 mb = 4863.01 m = 15954.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.78 mb = 4054.18 m = 13300.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.05 % Est. max temperature: 32.66 C = 90.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.88 mb = 541.85 m = 1777.71 ft T: 25.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 21.71 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.88 mb = 1546.60 m = 5074.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.86 C = 91.15 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.60 C Showalter Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.87 C Cross Totals Index: 21.92 C K Index: 28.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 412.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.40 mb = 1261.49 m = 4138.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.40 mb = 3628.21 m = 11903.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.40 mb = 11433.28 m = 37510.30 ft B at Equ Level: 410.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.40 mb = 14928.44 m = 48977.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.3 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 261.3 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 152.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.2 neg: -1.4 tot: 9.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 23.58 Bulk Shear: 17.49 m/s