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: 27.92,-79.08 Latitude: 27.92 Longitude: -79.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -261 SFC 971 -1 26.9 25.5 92 1.5 25.9 120 83 302.6 306.6 299.9 366.7 21.55 2 950 194 24.4 23.2 93 1.2 23.5 128 107 301.9 305.5 298.4 358.7 19.18 3 900 666 21.1 20.9 99 0.2 20.9 134 120 303.2 306.5 297.7 355.3 17.53 4 850 1161 18.4 18.4 100 0.0 18.4 140 122 305.4 308.4 297.3 352.8 15.83 5 800 1680 15.6 15.1 97 0.5 15.3 143 120 307.8 310.3 296.4 348.8 13.59 6 750 2228 13.4 12.1 92 1.3 12.5 145 121 311.1 313.3 296.1 347.5 11.88 7 700 2808 10.9 9.5 91 1.4 10.0 144 116 314.6 316.7 296.2 348.0 10.73 8 650 3425 7.9 6.5 91 1.4 7.1 145 113 317.9 319.7 296.1 347.6 9.41 9 600 4084 4.8 4.3 97 0.4 4.5 148 109 321.7 323.4 296.5 349.7 8.75 10 550 4792 2.1 1.7 97 0.4 1.8 149 105 326.6 328.1 297.1 352.3 7.88 11 500 5560 -0.7 -1.1 97 0.4 -1.0 148 101 332.2 333.6 297.9 355.9 7.06 12 450 6398 -4.3 -4.8 96 0.5 -4.6 148 99 337.8 339.1 298.4 358.4 5.96 13 400 7319 -8.9 -9.6 94 0.7 -9.2 146 100 343.5 344.4 298.7 359.8 4.62 14 350 8342 -14.4 -15.2 94 0.8 -14.7 147 99 349.3 350.1 299.0 361.6 3.35 15 300 9493 -21.5 -21.9 96 0.4 -21.6 150 96 355.1 355.6 299.4 363.5 2.21 16 250 10811 -30.7 -31.3 94 0.6 -30.9 154 92 360.4 360.6 299.6 364.8 1.12 17 200 12354 -43.0 -43.9 91 0.9 -43.1 155 89 364.7 364.8 299.9 366.3 0.39 18 150 14225 -58.8 -60.2 84 1.4 -58.9 160 75 368.7 368.7 300.4 369.1 0.08 19 100 16666 -69.6 -76.6 36 6.9 -69.7 127 20 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.87 m Freezing level: 512.51 mb = 5367.78 m = 17610.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 517.36 mb = 5284.96 m = 17338.90 ft Precipitable water: 2.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.14 % Est. max temperature: 31.05 C = 87.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.99 mb = 184.33 m = 604.76 ft T: 24.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.23 C/km ThetaE index: 19.20 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.33 mb = 557.03 m = 1827.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.26 C = 81.08 F Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lifted Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: 1.28 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 38.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.10 C Cross Totals Index: 19.06 C K Index: 36.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 566.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 258.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.21 mb = 548.61 m = 1799.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.21 mb = 596.68 m = 1957.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 477.21 mb = 5931.02 m = 19458.48 ft B at Equ Level: 257.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 287.21 mb = 9808.51 m = 32179.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 143.4 at 112.0 knts Storm direction: 173.4 at 84.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 10.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1220.7 neg: -80.4 tot: 1140.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 380.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 9.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.92 Bulk Rich Number: 2.33 Bulk Shear: 110.95 m/s