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: 28.64,-79.49 Latitude: 28.64 Longitude: -79.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -186 SFC 979 -0 27.3 25.6 90 1.8 26.0 111 77 302.3 306.3 299.9 366.3 21.54 2 950 268 24.1 23.0 94 1.1 23.3 120 105 301.7 305.1 298.2 357.5 18.93 3 900 741 20.9 20.8 99 0.1 20.9 126 114 303.1 306.3 297.7 354.8 17.44 4 850 1235 18.3 18.3 100 0.0 18.4 131 117 305.3 308.3 297.2 352.6 15.78 5 800 1754 15.7 15.5 99 0.2 15.6 137 120 307.9 310.5 296.7 350.3 14.02 6 750 2302 13.3 13.1 99 0.2 13.1 142 117 311.0 313.4 296.6 350.0 12.74 7 700 2883 11.3 10.7 96 0.6 10.9 144 107 315.0 317.2 296.9 351.2 11.64 8 650 3501 8.6 8.1 97 0.4 8.3 140 103 318.7 320.7 297.0 351.9 10.53 9 600 4161 4.8 4.6 98 0.2 4.7 136 110 321.7 323.5 296.7 350.3 8.92 10 550 4868 1.3 1.0 98 0.2 1.1 135 113 325.6 327.1 296.7 350.1 7.52 11 500 5632 -2.1 -2.5 97 0.4 -2.4 136 112 330.4 331.7 297.0 351.7 6.36 12 450 6464 -6.2 -6.7 96 0.5 -6.5 136 112 335.4 336.5 297.3 353.0 5.14 13 400 7378 -10.8 -11.8 92 1.0 -11.3 136 111 340.9 341.7 297.6 354.6 3.88 14 350 8395 -16.4 -17.0 95 0.6 -16.7 137 107 346.6 347.2 298.1 357.1 2.88 15 300 9538 -23.6 -23.6 100 0.0 -23.7 139 100 352.1 352.5 298.5 359.2 1.89 16 250 10846 -32.5 -32.5 100 -0.0 -32.5 140 91 357.7 357.9 299.0 361.7 1.00 17 200 12380 -44.2 -44.2 100 -0.0 -44.2 150 83 362.7 362.8 299.5 364.3 0.38 18 150 14238 -60.8 -60.9 98 0.1 -60.8 147 74 365.3 365.3 299.8 365.6 0.07 19 100 16664 -73.5 -77.4 55 3.9 -73.5 133 14 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.28 m Freezing level: 531.49 mb = 5150.84 m = 16898.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 533.89 mb = 5106.35 m = 16752.91 ft Precipitable water: 2.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.71 % Est. max temperature: 31.41 C = 88.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.17 mb = 220.18 m = 722.36 ft T: 24.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.89 C/km ThetaE index: 16.30 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.55 mb = 562.24 m = 1844.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.58 C = 81.65 F Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lifted Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.25 C Showalter Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.46 C Cross Totals Index: 20.45 C K Index: 38.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 567.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 374.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.40 mb = 554.20 m = 1818.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 914.40 mb = 601.84 m = 1974.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 344.40 mb = 8514.11 m = 27933.10 ft B at Equ Level: 373.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.40 mb = 12904.54 m = 42337.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 135.1 at 110.9 knts Storm direction: 165.1 at 83.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1337.4 neg: -65.7 tot: 1271.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 423.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.8 stream: 11.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.64 Bulk Shear: 141.75 m/s