MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F279.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F279.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 279 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 27.20,-80.41 Latitude: 27.20 Longitude: -80.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -92 SFC 989 9 25.8 23.9 89 1.9 24.5 326 43 300.0 303.5 298.0 356.5 19.26 2 950 360 23.2 22.2 94 1.1 22.5 337 72 300.8 304.1 297.4 353.6 17.99 3 900 831 20.3 20.3 100 0.0 20.3 346 80 302.4 305.5 297.1 352.3 16.85 4 850 1325 18.2 17.6 97 0.5 17.8 356 82 305.2 308.0 296.7 350.2 15.08 5 800 1844 16.0 14.5 91 1.5 15.0 357 81 308.2 310.7 296.2 347.9 13.12 6 750 2392 13.6 11.7 88 1.9 12.4 0 82 311.3 313.5 296.0 346.9 11.61 7 700 2972 10.5 8.7 89 1.7 9.3 4 81 314.1 316.0 295.7 345.6 10.17 8 650 3587 7.0 5.9 92 1.2 6.3 7 80 316.9 318.7 295.6 345.2 9.00 9 600 4242 3.4 2.9 97 0.5 3.1 7 77 320.0 321.6 295.6 345.3 7.89 10 550 4946 0.6 0.1 96 0.5 0.3 7 71 324.8 326.2 296.1 347.7 7.03 11 500 5708 -2.5 -3.1 96 0.6 -2.8 4 67 330.0 331.3 296.7 350.5 6.12 12 450 6539 -6.4 -7.0 96 0.5 -6.7 3 65 335.1 336.2 297.1 352.4 5.05 13 400 7453 -11.2 -11.7 96 0.5 -11.5 5 66 340.4 341.2 297.5 354.1 3.90 14 350 8466 -17.2 -17.4 99 0.1 -17.3 8 66 345.6 346.1 297.8 355.7 2.80 15 300 9605 -24.9 -24.9 100 0.0 -24.9 7 62 350.3 350.7 298.0 356.7 1.69 16 250 10904 -34.8 -34.8 100 -0.0 -34.8 3 57 354.4 354.6 298.2 357.6 0.80 17 200 12421 -47.1 -47.1 100 -0.0 -47.1 18 59 358.2 358.2 298.5 359.3 0.27 18 150 14260 -62.2 -62.3 98 0.2 -62.2 37 69 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.2 0.06 19 100 16651 -76.9 -78.7 75 1.8 -76.9 76 22 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.66 m Freezing level: 540.17 mb = 5095.65 m = 16717.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 544.96 mb = 5019.25 m = 16467.14 ft Precipitable water: 2.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.78 % Est. max temperature: 31.69 C = 89.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.96 mb = 249.73 m = 819.31 ft T: 24.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.72 C/km ThetaE index: 11.24 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.92 mb = 640.35 m = 2100.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.62 C = 81.72 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Showalter Index: 0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.61 C Cross Totals Index: 20.06 C K Index: 36.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 442.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 231.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.81 mb = 575.36 m = 1887.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 911.81 mb = 717.56 m = 2354.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 421.81 mb = 7041.03 m = 23100.21 ft B at Equ Level: 231.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 231.81 mb = 11417.54 m = 37458.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 359.7 at 76.0 knts Storm direction: 29.7 at 57.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 910.2 neg: -3.2 tot: 907.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 302.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 11.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.21 Bulk Rich Number: 1.67 Bulk Shear: 139.18 m/s