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: 28.13,-79.63 Latitude: 28.13 Longitude: -79.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -366 SFC 960 -1 26.9 25.6 92 1.4 25.9 143 75 303.6 307.7 300.4 369.2 21.95 2 950 90 25.2 23.9 92 1.3 24.3 150 94 302.8 306.5 299.1 362.3 20.04 3 900 563 21.8 21.4 98 0.4 21.5 158 106 304.0 307.3 298.2 357.9 18.09 4 850 1059 19.2 19.1 99 0.1 19.2 164 108 306.3 309.4 298.0 356.2 16.59 5 800 1580 17.0 16.8 98 0.3 16.8 169 106 309.3 312.2 297.8 355.4 15.18 6 750 2130 14.9 14.5 98 0.4 14.7 173 102 312.7 315.4 297.9 355.9 14.01 7 700 2713 12.8 12.4 97 0.5 12.5 176 94 316.7 319.2 298.2 357.4 13.00 8 650 3335 10.3 9.9 97 0.4 10.0 173 86 320.6 322.9 298.4 358.5 11.90 9 600 3999 7.3 6.9 97 0.4 7.1 169 85 324.6 326.7 298.4 358.5 10.50 10 550 4712 3.9 3.6 98 0.3 3.7 165 85 328.7 330.6 298.4 358.5 9.06 11 500 5483 0.2 -0.3 97 0.4 -0.1 162 86 333.3 334.8 298.4 358.6 7.55 12 450 6323 -3.6 -4.3 95 0.7 -4.0 162 87 338.7 340.0 298.7 360.1 6.20 13 400 7247 -8.2 -9.4 91 1.2 -8.8 163 86 344.4 345.4 298.9 361.1 4.72 14 350 8274 -13.4 -15.2 86 1.9 -14.2 162 84 350.7 351.5 299.3 363.0 3.34 15 300 9431 -20.2 -22.1 85 1.9 -20.9 163 81 356.9 357.3 299.7 365.1 2.17 16 250 10757 -29.5 -31.5 82 2.0 -30.0 166 75 362.2 362.4 299.9 366.6 1.09 17 200 12310 -41.6 -43.6 80 2.1 -41.8 170 67 366.9 367.0 300.3 368.6 0.40 18 150 14194 -56.8 -59.5 71 2.7 -56.9 164 44 372.3 372.3 301.0 372.6 0.08 19 100 16662 -72.8 -77.4 49 4.6 -72.8 144 14 387.1 387.1 303.3 387.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.81 m Freezing level: 497.66 mb = 5522.50 m = 18118.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 501.28 mb = 5462.59 m = 17921.65 ft Precipitable water: 2.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.37 % Est. max temperature: 31.94 C = 89.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.34 mb = 169.77 m = 556.99 ft T: 24.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.56 C/km ThetaE index: 13.72 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.98 mb = 553.89 m = 1817.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.25 C = 81.05 F Cap Strength: -0.01 C Lifted Index: -0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Showalter Index: 1.04 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 37.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.05 C Cross Totals Index: 18.92 C K Index: 37.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 531.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 57.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.79 mb = 555.73 m = 1823.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 895.79 mb = 604.07 m = 1981.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 495.79 mb = 5550.70 m = 18210.74 ft B at Equ Level: 57.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 375.79 mb = 7726.93 m = 25350.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 166.5 at 93.7 knts Storm direction: 196.5 at 70.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 1.1 tot: 10.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1012.2 neg: -61.3 tot: 950.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 317.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.1 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 0.83 Bulk Shear: 70.03 m/s