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: 26.89,-78.7 Latitude: 26.89 Longitude: -78.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -475 1 950 -18 SFC 948 -1 27.7 26.2 91 1.5 26.6 286 10 305.5 309.8 301.5 375.3 23.16 3 900 460 23.4 22.9 97 0.5 23.0 324 10 305.6 309.3 299.7 365.4 19.89 4 850 959 20.8 20.3 97 0.4 20.5 320 7 307.9 311.3 299.1 362.2 17.95 5 800 1483 18.7 17.8 95 0.9 18.1 318 7 311.1 314.2 298.9 360.9 16.27 6 750 2038 16.5 15.2 92 1.4 15.6 298 8 314.5 317.3 298.7 359.9 14.61 7 700 2624 13.9 12.6 92 1.3 13.0 280 9 317.8 320.4 298.6 359.4 13.23 8 650 3248 11.4 9.8 90 1.6 10.3 271 8 321.8 324.1 298.6 359.4 11.76 9 600 3915 8.3 6.7 90 1.6 7.3 270 5 325.7 327.8 298.5 359.3 10.36 10 550 4632 5.0 3.5 90 1.5 4.1 294 6 330.0 331.8 298.7 359.8 9.01 11 500 5407 1.3 -0.1 91 1.3 0.5 305 8 334.6 336.1 298.8 360.4 7.65 12 450 6251 -2.6 -4.2 89 1.6 -3.5 308 9 340.0 341.3 299.0 361.5 6.24 13 400 7179 -6.7 -9.6 80 2.9 -8.1 301 9 346.3 347.3 299.2 362.9 4.63 14 350 8214 -11.3 -17.2 62 5.9 -13.7 283 8 353.5 354.2 299.5 364.1 2.83 15 300 9382 -18.2 -26.7 47 8.5 -20.8 266 8 359.7 360.1 299.7 365.4 1.43 16 250 10718 -28.1 -38.8 35 10.7 -30.0 234 9 364.2 364.3 299.9 366.4 0.53 17 200 12278 -40.4 -49.6 36 9.3 -41.2 228 6 368.9 368.9 300.5 369.8 0.21 18 150 14174 -55.2 -63.4 35 8.2 -55.4 189 5 375.0 375.0 301.5 375.3 0.05 19 100 16647 -72.5 -78.0 44 5.4 -72.6 101 15 387.6 387.6 303.4 387.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5881.62 m Freezing level: 483.66 mb = 5682.41 m = 18642.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 493.87 mb = 5505.44 m = 18062.23 ft Precipitable water: 2.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.22 % Est. max temperature: 33.37 C = 92.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.95 mb = 189.89 m = 622.98 ft T: 25.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.53 C/km ThetaE index: 16.00 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.41 mb = 543.80 m = 1784.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 20.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.22 C = 82.80 F Cap Strength: -0.11 C Lifted Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.89 C Showalter Index: 0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 38.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.50 C Cross Totals Index: 19.07 C K Index: 38.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 192.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.99 mb = 567.45 m = 1861.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.99 mb = 616.67 m = 2023.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 393.99 mb = 7296.53 m = 23938.45 ft B at Equ Level: 191.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 243.99 mb = 10887.58 m = 35719.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.5 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 327.5 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -17.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: -5.8 tot: 2.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 189.75 Bulk Shear: 1.02 m/s