MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 1013 14 26.6 22.8 80 3.7 23.9 148 3 298.6 301.8 296.5 349.7 17.55 1 1000 126 27.5 21.7 70 5.9 23.3 158 9 300.7 303.7 296.4 349.2 16.52 2 950 581 25.2 19.4 70 5.8 21.1 171 10 302.7 305.5 296.0 347.3 15.08 3 900 1054 21.3 17.8 80 3.6 18.9 180 8 303.5 306.2 295.8 346.2 14.37 4 850 1548 17.9 15.7 87 2.3 16.4 186 7 304.9 307.4 295.4 344.6 13.28 5 800 2066 15.6 11.7 78 3.9 13.0 205 8 307.7 309.8 294.4 340.6 10.86 6 750 2611 12.9 5.0 59 7.8 8.3 206 6 310.5 311.9 292.6 333.1 7.32 7 700 3189 10.1 0.3 51 9.8 4.8 204 5 313.7 314.7 292.0 331.2 5.59 8 650 3801 6.2 -3.1 51 9.3 1.4 212 6 315.9 316.8 291.9 330.9 4.67 9 600 4452 2.4 -7.6 47 10.1 -2.2 229 8 319.0 319.6 291.9 330.7 3.59 10 550 5150 -1.6 -10.3 52 8.7 -5.4 230 9 322.2 322.8 292.4 332.8 3.19 11 500 5903 -5.8 -16.1 44 10.3 -9.6 234 7 326.0 326.4 292.6 333.4 2.18 12 450 6721 -11.0 -20.2 47 9.2 -14.0 244 4 329.4 329.7 293.2 335.4 1.71 13 400 7616 -16.1 -21.6 63 5.5 -17.8 123 4 334.0 334.4 294.3 340.1 1.70 14 350 8610 -22.2 -27.0 65 4.8 -23.4 120 9 338.8 339.0 295.1 343.2 1.19 15 300 9723 -30.8 -31.1 97 0.3 -30.9 111 13 341.9 342.1 295.6 345.5 0.95 16 250 10991 -40.8 -40.8 100 0.0 -40.8 98 14 345.4 345.5 296.0 347.1 0.43 17 200 12468 -53.1 -54.8 82 1.7 -53.2 83 18 348.6 348.7 296.4 349.1 0.11 18 150 14257 -67.5 -69.4 76 1.9 -67.5 105 22 353.8 353.8 297.5 353.9 0.02 19 100 16677 -70.5 -83.4 13 12.9 -70.5 105 4 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.11 m Freezing level: 569.79 mb = 4874.15 m = 15991.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.37 mb = 4050.37 m = 13288.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.12 % Est. max temperature: 32.52 C = 90.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.78 mb = 490.05 m = 1607.74 ft T: 25.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 19.06 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.10 mb = 1506.08 m = 4941.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.77 C = 90.99 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: -2.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.05 C Showalter Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.74 C Cross Totals Index: 21.47 C K Index: 29.59 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 486.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.00 mb = 1150.50 m = 3774.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.00 mb = 3247.92 m = 10655.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.00 mb = 11688.24 m = 38346.76 ft B at Equ Level: 485.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.00 mb = 15344.97 m = 50343.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.0 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 236.0 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.5 neg: -2.7 tot: 14.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 99.37 Bulk Shear: 4.89 m/s