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: 27.65,-80.61 Latitude: 27.65 Longitude: -80.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -164 SFC 980 11 25.6 24.2 92 1.3 24.6 328 49 300.4 304.0 298.4 358.6 19.81 2 950 288 23.5 22.8 96 0.7 23.0 339 80 301.1 304.5 298.0 356.2 18.74 3 900 761 20.9 20.9 100 0.0 20.9 347 91 303.0 306.2 297.7 354.9 17.50 4 850 1255 18.2 18.0 99 0.2 18.1 354 94 305.2 308.1 296.9 351.4 15.45 5 800 1774 15.5 14.0 91 1.4 14.5 356 92 307.6 310.0 295.7 346.0 12.69 6 750 2322 13.3 11.1 86 2.2 11.9 358 93 311.0 313.1 295.5 345.1 11.12 7 700 2902 10.3 8.8 91 1.5 9.4 356 89 313.9 315.9 295.7 345.7 10.25 8 650 3517 7.1 6.5 96 0.6 6.8 356 85 317.0 318.8 295.8 346.6 9.40 9 600 4173 3.1 3.1 100 0.1 3.1 356 85 319.7 321.3 295.6 345.2 7.99 10 550 4876 0.3 0.1 98 0.2 0.2 357 83 324.5 325.9 296.0 347.4 7.03 11 500 5638 -2.5 -3.0 96 0.5 -2.8 3 84 330.0 331.2 296.7 350.4 6.13 12 450 6470 -6.1 -6.8 95 0.7 -6.4 8 85 335.6 336.7 297.3 353.2 5.14 13 400 7385 -10.5 -11.1 95 0.6 -10.8 8 83 341.4 342.2 297.9 355.9 4.11 14 350 8403 -16.1 -16.4 97 0.3 -16.2 8 81 347.1 347.8 298.4 358.2 3.04 15 300 9547 -23.2 -23.2 100 0.0 -23.2 9 80 352.7 353.1 298.7 360.1 1.96 16 250 10856 -32.3 -32.3 100 -0.0 -32.3 15 77 358.0 358.2 299.1 362.0 1.01 17 200 12387 -44.8 -44.8 100 -0.0 -44.8 23 71 361.9 361.9 299.4 363.4 0.35 18 150 14243 -60.2 -60.3 99 0.1 -60.2 39 64 366.3 366.4 299.9 366.7 0.08 19 100 16670 -74.0 -75.9 75 1.9 -74.0 94 17 384.8 384.8 303.0 384.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.70 m Freezing level: 544.20 mb = 4964.57 m = 16287.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 546.73 mb = 4923.90 m = 16154.32 ft Precipitable water: 2.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.27 % Est. max temperature: 31.26 C = 88.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.36 mb = 174.47 m = 572.39 ft T: 24.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.68 C/km ThetaE index: 13.56 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.95 mb = 578.67 m = 1898.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.40 C = 81.33 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.84 C Showalter Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.69 C Cross Totals Index: 20.49 C K Index: 37.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 487.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 386.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.61 mb = 534.45 m = 1753.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 908.61 mb = 677.47 m = 2222.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 408.61 mb = 7219.92 m = 23687.12 ft B at Equ Level: 385.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 218.61 mb = 11776.70 m = 38636.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 355.2 at 86.6 knts Storm direction: 25.2 at 65.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 10.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 927.7 neg: -61.2 tot: 866.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 288.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.19 Bulk Rich Number: 3.94 Bulk Shear: 98.04 m/s