MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F282.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F282.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 282 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 25.87,-80.59 Latitude: 25.87 Longitude: -80.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 6 29.4 22.5 67 6.9 24.3 263 23 302.5 305.7 297.5 354.0 17.41 1 1000 8 29.3 22.4 66 6.9 24.2 264 23 302.4 305.6 297.4 353.5 17.26 2 950 463 24.9 20.9 78 4.0 22.1 270 43 302.5 305.5 297.0 351.6 16.59 3 900 936 20.9 19.1 90 1.7 19.6 276 47 303.0 305.9 296.5 349.5 15.70 4 850 1430 18.2 16.1 88 2.1 16.8 291 46 305.2 307.8 295.8 346.2 13.71 5 800 1949 15.7 13.2 85 2.5 14.1 293 46 307.9 310.2 295.3 344.3 12.03 6 750 2496 13.0 10.4 84 2.6 11.3 292 47 310.7 312.7 295.1 343.2 10.64 7 700 3074 9.9 7.6 86 2.3 8.5 292 48 313.4 315.2 295.0 342.6 9.41 8 650 3687 6.2 5.0 92 1.2 5.5 293 49 315.9 317.6 294.9 342.4 8.43 9 600 4340 2.6 2.1 96 0.5 2.3 292 49 319.2 320.6 295.0 342.9 7.45 10 550 5041 -0.6 -1.0 98 0.3 -0.8 292 49 323.3 324.6 295.4 344.5 6.51 11 500 5799 -4.1 -4.5 97 0.4 -4.3 295 46 328.1 329.2 295.8 346.3 5.49 12 450 6625 -7.9 -8.7 94 0.8 -8.3 296 42 333.3 334.2 296.3 348.3 4.39 13 400 7534 -12.6 -14.1 89 1.4 -13.2 291 37 338.6 339.2 296.6 349.9 3.22 14 350 8541 -19.1 -19.4 98 0.3 -19.2 286 32 343.0 343.5 297.0 351.5 2.35 15 300 9670 -27.1 -27.9 93 0.8 -27.3 298 28 347.1 347.4 297.1 352.0 1.28 16 250 10958 -36.9 -36.8 100 -0.0 -36.8 314 28 351.3 351.4 297.4 353.8 0.65 17 200 12459 -49.5 -49.5 100 0.0 -49.5 298 20 354.4 354.4 297.7 355.2 0.21 18 150 14279 -64.8 -65.0 97 0.2 -64.8 328 20 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.7 0.04 19 100 16654 -77.7 -79.8 71 2.1 -77.7 119 14 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.90 m Freezing level: 559.69 mb = 4904.93 m = 16092.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 562.89 mb = 4854.21 m = 15925.68 ft Precipitable water: 2.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.07 % Est. max temperature: 32.08 C = 89.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.45 mb = 883.40 m = 2898.24 ft T: 21.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 11.65 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.22 mb = 1187.33 m = 3895.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.00 C = 87.80 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.17 C Showalter Index: 0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.30 C Cross Totals Index: 20.24 C K Index: 36.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 288.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.80 mb = 995.97 m = 3267.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.80 mb = 1646.20 m = 5400.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 348.80 mb = 8565.99 m = 28103.30 ft B at Equ Level: 288.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.80 mb = 13531.88 m = 44395.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.1 at 46.3 knts Storm direction: 319.1 at 34.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 275.6 neg: -1.2 tot: 274.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 5.89 Bulk Shear: 48.95 m/s