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: 28.17,-79.31 Latitude: 28.17 Longitude: -79.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -227 SFC 975 -1 27.1 25.5 91 1.6 25.9 144 81 302.4 306.4 299.9 366.2 21.48 2 950 227 24.1 22.9 93 1.1 23.2 152 107 301.6 305.1 298.1 357.3 18.85 3 900 699 20.8 20.6 99 0.2 20.7 158 118 302.9 306.1 297.5 354.1 17.24 4 850 1193 18.4 18.3 100 0.0 18.4 165 120 305.4 308.3 297.2 352.6 15.78 5 800 1712 16.2 16.0 99 0.2 16.1 171 116 308.5 311.2 297.1 352.3 14.49 6 750 2260 14.0 13.4 96 0.6 13.6 174 113 311.7 314.2 297.0 351.5 12.96 7 700 2842 12.1 10.9 92 1.2 11.3 177 107 315.9 318.2 297.2 352.7 11.78 8 650 3461 9.3 8.4 94 0.9 8.7 174 101 319.5 321.5 297.4 353.4 10.71 9 600 4122 5.8 5.6 98 0.2 5.6 167 99 322.8 324.7 297.4 353.5 9.54 10 550 4831 2.4 2.2 99 0.2 2.3 166 98 326.9 328.5 297.4 353.8 8.20 11 500 5597 -1.2 -1.5 98 0.3 -1.4 165 99 331.6 332.9 297.6 354.5 6.87 12 450 6432 -5.3 -5.7 97 0.4 -5.5 164 99 336.6 337.7 297.8 355.7 5.57 13 400 7350 -10.1 -10.7 95 0.6 -10.4 164 98 341.8 342.7 298.1 356.7 4.22 14 350 8368 -15.7 -16.3 95 0.6 -16.0 165 96 347.6 348.2 298.4 358.7 3.06 15 300 9515 -22.8 -23.5 94 0.7 -23.1 164 93 353.2 353.6 298.8 360.5 1.92 16 250 10826 -32.4 -32.7 97 0.3 -32.5 165 89 357.8 358.0 299.0 361.7 0.98 17 200 12359 -44.7 -44.7 100 0.0 -44.7 175 83 362.0 362.1 299.4 363.6 0.36 18 150 14220 -59.3 -59.8 94 0.5 -59.3 180 56 367.9 367.9 300.2 368.3 0.08 19 100 16664 -72.0 -78.5 37 6.5 -72.0 124 16 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.67 m Freezing level: 516.84 mb = 5339.23 m = 17516.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 518.78 mb = 5300.79 m = 17390.83 ft Precipitable water: 2.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.76 % Est. max temperature: 31.52 C = 88.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.98 mb = 199.25 m = 653.69 ft T: 24.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.84 C/km ThetaE index: 14.68 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.23 mb = 552.37 m = 1812.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.18 C = 80.93 F Cap Strength: -0.02 C Lifted Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Showalter Index: 0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 39.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.56 C Cross Totals Index: 19.53 C K Index: 36.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 557.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 131.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.45 mb = 550.28 m = 1805.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 910.45 mb = 598.09 m = 1962.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 420.45 mb = 6961.18 m = 22838.23 ft B at Equ Level: 130.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 280.45 mb = 9999.07 m = 32804.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 167.3 at 105.9 knts Storm direction: 197.3 at 79.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1278.4 neg: -22.7 tot: 1255.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 418.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.2 stream: 11.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.18 Bulk Shear: 111.69 m/s