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: 27.54,-79.50 Latitude: 27.54 Longitude: -79.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -557 1 950 -99 SFC 940 -0 28.4 25.5 85 2.9 26.2 173 25 307.0 311.1 301.4 374.8 22.38 3 900 381 24.6 22.7 90 1.8 23.2 182 32 306.8 310.5 299.9 366.2 19.67 4 850 881 21.2 20.5 96 0.6 20.7 184 34 308.3 311.7 299.4 363.4 18.18 5 800 1406 18.6 18.0 96 0.6 18.2 186 34 311.0 314.1 299.0 361.5 16.50 6 750 1960 16.3 15.6 96 0.7 15.8 187 34 314.3 317.2 298.9 361.0 15.08 7 700 2547 14.0 13.3 95 0.7 13.5 187 30 318.0 320.7 299.0 361.5 13.84 8 650 3171 11.6 10.4 92 1.2 10.8 181 28 322.1 324.5 299.0 361.3 12.27 9 600 3840 8.9 7.4 90 1.5 7.9 180 29 326.4 328.6 299.0 361.7 10.85 10 550 4559 6.3 4.2 86 2.1 5.0 181 28 331.6 333.5 299.3 363.0 9.47 11 500 5337 2.5 0.8 88 1.7 1.4 181 29 336.1 337.7 299.4 363.6 8.13 12 450 6185 -1.2 -3.6 84 2.4 -2.6 182 29 341.7 343.0 299.5 364.4 6.53 13 400 7119 -5.3 -9.0 75 3.7 -7.2 181 28 348.1 349.1 299.7 365.5 4.85 14 350 8160 -9.3 -18.0 49 8.6 -12.9 179 28 356.2 356.8 299.9 366.3 2.66 15 300 9336 -16.3 -30.7 28 14.4 -20.3 184 27 362.4 362.6 299.9 366.4 0.98 16 250 10683 -25.4 -43.4 17 18.0 -28.4 180 26 368.3 368.3 300.5 369.7 0.33 17 200 12263 -37.4 -57.9 10 20.5 -38.9 168 19 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.9 0.08 18 150 14180 -53.1 -69.7 12 16.6 -53.5 169 19 378.6 378.6 302.1 378.7 0.02 19 100 16675 -71.9 -77.9 40 6.0 -71.9 170 11 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5894.59 m Freezing level: 466.57 mb = 5904.24 m = 19370.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 482.10 mb = 5630.63 m = 18472.99 ft Precipitable water: 2.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.88 % Est. max temperature: 33.02 C = 91.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.79 mb = 363.15 m = 1191.43 ft T: 24.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.14 C/km ThetaE index: 13.73 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.11 mb = 757.38 m = 2484.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.35 C = 84.82 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: 0.08 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C Showalter Index: 1.08 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 36.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.68 C Cross Totals Index: 18.06 C K Index: 38.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 72.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.99 mb = 687.82 m = 2256.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 853.99 mb = 840.27 m = 2756.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 563.99 mb = 4351.29 m = 14275.73 ft B at Equ Level: 71.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 383.99 mb = 7437.36 m = 24400.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 182.8 at 30.3 knts Storm direction: 212.8 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 20.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.1 neg: -20.2 tot: 33.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 108.08 Bulk Shear: 0.67 m/s