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: 27.29,-78.94 Latitude: 27.29 Longitude: -78.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -466 1 950 -9 SFC 949 -1 27.6 26.2 92 1.4 26.6 168 52 305.3 309.6 301.4 374.9 23.13 3 900 468 23.1 22.8 98 0.3 22.9 178 67 305.3 309.0 299.6 364.6 19.78 4 850 967 20.5 20.2 99 0.2 20.3 181 66 307.6 310.9 299.0 361.5 17.83 5 800 1490 18.3 17.6 96 0.6 17.8 183 65 310.6 313.7 298.7 359.7 16.06 6 750 2043 15.9 15.1 95 0.8 15.4 182 65 313.8 316.6 298.5 358.9 14.57 7 700 2628 13.3 12.7 96 0.7 12.9 182 65 317.3 319.8 298.5 358.9 13.27 8 650 3251 10.5 10.0 97 0.5 10.1 183 63 320.8 323.1 298.4 358.7 11.93 9 600 3917 7.5 6.7 95 0.8 7.1 182 62 324.8 326.9 298.4 358.4 10.36 10 550 4631 4.2 3.4 95 0.8 3.7 181 62 329.0 330.8 298.4 358.5 8.94 11 500 5404 1.0 -0.3 91 1.3 0.3 180 59 334.3 335.8 298.7 359.7 7.53 12 450 6248 -2.4 -4.3 87 1.9 -3.4 179 56 340.2 341.5 299.0 361.7 6.21 13 400 7177 -6.5 -9.9 77 3.4 -8.2 179 54 346.5 347.5 299.2 362.7 4.52 14 350 8212 -11.3 -17.3 61 6.0 -13.7 179 50 353.5 354.1 299.5 364.0 2.81 15 300 9380 -18.1 -26.1 50 8.0 -20.6 178 47 359.9 360.2 299.8 365.8 1.51 16 250 10717 -27.3 -37.1 39 9.7 -29.2 173 40 365.5 365.6 300.2 368.1 0.64 17 200 12285 -39.2 -50.1 30 10.9 -40.2 164 31 370.8 370.8 300.8 371.6 0.19 18 150 14191 -54.7 -64.5 29 9.8 -54.9 156 21 375.9 375.9 301.6 376.1 0.04 19 100 16665 -72.6 -75.9 60 3.4 -72.6 103 11 387.5 387.5 303.4 387.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5870.11 m Freezing level: 485.09 mb = 5655.95 m = 18556.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 496.56 mb = 5459.62 m = 17911.92 ft Precipitable water: 2.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.54 % Est. max temperature: 32.92 C = 91.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.14 mb = 168.10 m = 551.50 ft T: 25.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.43 C/km ThetaE index: 16.54 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.83 mb = 479.64 m = 1573.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 20.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.69 C = 81.84 F Cap Strength: -0.25 C Lifted Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.27 C Showalter Index: 0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 38.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.45 C Cross Totals Index: 19.20 C K Index: 39.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 433.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 257.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.39 mb = 542.31 m = 1779.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 887.39 mb = 591.29 m = 1939.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 417.39 mb = 6841.65 m = 22446.09 ft B at Equ Level: 257.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 247.39 mb = 10790.97 m = 35403.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 180.9 at 62.6 knts Storm direction: 210.9 at 47.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 203.5 neg: -8.0 tot: 195.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 30.55 Bulk Shear: 8.44 m/s