MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F285.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F285.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 285 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 28.04,-79.97 Latitude: 28.04 Longitude: -79.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -559 1 950 -101 SFC 939 -1 27.9 25.5 87 2.4 26.1 148 29 306.5 310.7 301.3 374.1 22.35 3 900 378 24.2 23.0 93 1.2 23.3 158 37 306.4 310.2 299.9 366.6 19.97 4 850 878 21.1 20.7 97 0.4 20.8 160 36 308.3 311.7 299.4 363.9 18.35 5 800 1404 18.8 18.1 96 0.7 18.4 162 34 311.2 314.4 299.1 362.1 16.58 6 750 1959 16.8 15.6 93 1.1 16.0 164 33 314.8 317.7 299.0 361.6 15.06 7 700 2547 14.6 13.1 91 1.5 13.6 161 31 318.7 321.3 299.0 361.7 13.64 8 650 3173 11.8 10.5 92 1.3 10.9 152 30 322.3 324.7 299.1 361.9 12.38 9 600 3841 8.9 7.6 91 1.4 8.0 158 29 326.4 328.6 299.1 362.1 10.97 10 550 4560 5.6 4.4 92 1.2 4.9 158 29 330.8 332.7 299.2 362.7 9.63 11 500 5337 2.1 0.8 91 1.3 1.3 153 30 335.6 337.3 299.3 363.1 8.14 12 450 6183 -1.7 -3.4 88 1.7 -2.6 153 32 341.1 342.5 299.5 364.2 6.66 13 400 7115 -5.7 -8.6 80 2.9 -7.1 156 30 347.6 348.7 299.8 365.6 5.02 14 350 8155 -9.5 -17.1 54 7.6 -12.7 158 29 356.0 356.6 300.0 366.8 2.87 15 300 9332 -16.0 -28.2 34 12.2 -19.7 160 29 362.8 363.1 300.2 367.8 1.25 16 250 10680 -25.4 -40.7 23 15.2 -28.2 159 26 368.2 368.3 300.6 370.1 0.44 17 200 12258 -37.8 -53.7 17 15.9 -39.1 149 19 372.9 373.0 301.2 373.5 0.13 18 150 14174 -53.3 -67.3 17 14.0 -53.7 149 19 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.5 0.03 19 100 16661 -73.2 -77.3 54 4.0 -73.2 152 13 386.3 386.3 303.2 386.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5895.53 m Freezing level: 472.32 mb = 5805.33 m = 19046.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 483.33 mb = 5609.22 m = 18402.72 ft Precipitable water: 2.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.50 % Est. max temperature: 33.29 C = 91.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.61 mb = 303.60 m = 996.04 ft T: 24.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.48 C/km ThetaE index: 12.52 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.55 mb = 689.40 m = 2261.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.97 C = 84.14 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Showalter Index: 0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 37.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.00 C Cross Totals Index: 18.58 C K Index: 38.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 350.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 79.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.22 mb = 632.46 m = 2074.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.22 mb = 783.92 m = 2571.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 449.22 mb = 6196.92 m = 20330.85 ft B at Equ Level: 78.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 359.22 mb = 7952.54 m = 26090.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 157.6 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 187.6 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 9.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.9 neg: -23.5 tot: 29.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 72.47 Bulk Shear: 1.09 m/s