MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F276.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F276.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11.5 day GFS valid 12Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 26.38,-77.98 Latitude: 26.38 Longitude: -77.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -146 SFC 984 -0 27.4 25.8 91 1.7 26.2 182 73 302.0 306.0 299.9 366.4 21.70 2 950 308 23.7 22.8 95 0.9 23.1 190 99 301.3 304.7 298.0 356.5 18.75 3 900 780 20.5 20.4 99 0.1 20.5 196 104 302.7 305.8 297.3 353.1 17.04 4 850 1274 17.9 17.8 99 0.1 17.9 201 104 304.9 307.8 296.8 350.6 15.29 5 800 1793 15.5 14.7 95 0.8 14.9 202 104 307.6 310.1 296.1 347.6 13.22 6 750 2340 12.7 12.3 97 0.5 12.4 201 103 310.4 312.7 296.0 347.2 12.04 7 700 2919 10.2 9.8 98 0.3 9.9 202 102 313.7 315.8 296.1 347.7 10.95 8 650 3535 7.1 6.8 98 0.3 6.9 204 99 317.0 318.9 296.0 347.2 9.60 9 600 4191 3.8 3.5 98 0.3 3.7 208 96 320.5 322.1 296.0 346.9 8.27 10 550 4896 0.9 0.6 98 0.2 0.7 212 96 325.1 326.6 296.4 349.0 7.32 11 500 5660 -1.8 -2.4 96 0.5 -2.1 214 95 330.8 332.1 297.1 352.3 6.45 12 450 6493 -5.8 -6.5 95 0.7 -6.1 213 92 336.0 337.1 297.5 354.0 5.26 13 400 7409 -10.5 -11.2 95 0.7 -10.8 212 90 341.3 342.1 297.8 355.6 4.07 14 350 8425 -16.4 -16.7 97 0.4 -16.5 211 88 346.7 347.3 298.2 357.5 2.96 15 300 9568 -23.5 -23.9 96 0.4 -23.7 213 85 352.2 352.6 298.5 359.2 1.85 16 250 10874 -33.0 -33.1 99 0.1 -33.0 218 81 357.0 357.2 298.8 360.8 0.94 17 200 12403 -45.3 -45.3 100 -0.0 -45.3 229 82 361.1 361.1 299.2 362.5 0.33 18 150 14252 -61.6 -61.7 98 0.1 -61.6 243 78 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.3 0.06 19 100 16657 -74.2 -79.6 43 5.4 -74.2 98 20 384.4 384.4 302.9 384.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.24 m Freezing level: 533.95 mb = 5141.09 m = 16866.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 537.41 mb = 5081.41 m = 16671.09 ft Precipitable water: 2.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.31 % Est. max temperature: 31.22 C = 88.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.93 mb = 207.39 m = 680.39 ft T: 24.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.38 C/km ThetaE index: 19.16 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.59 mb = 535.64 m = 1757.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.39 C = 81.30 F Cap Strength: -0.07 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.17 C Showalter Index: 0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 39.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.78 C Cross Totals Index: 19.68 C K Index: 37.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 570.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 395.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.80 mb = 543.07 m = 1781.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 919.80 mb = 590.38 m = 1936.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 379.80 mb = 7803.28 m = 25601.01 ft B at Equ Level: 394.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.80 mb = 13087.33 m = 42936.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.9 at 99.0 knts Storm direction: 233.9 at 74.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 828.0 neg: -24.8 tot: 803.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 267.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.08 Bulk Shear: 96.91 m/s