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: 29.25,-78.62 Latitude: 29.25 Longitude: -78.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1000 0 28.1 25.2 84 2.9 26.0 113 47 301.2 305.0 299.1 362.2 20.63 1 1000 4 27.9 24.6 82 3.3 25.5 115 48 301.1 304.7 298.7 359.7 19.87 2 950 458 23.6 22.2 92 1.4 22.6 121 68 301.1 304.4 297.5 354.1 17.99 3 900 929 20.2 20.2 100 0.0 20.2 127 72 302.4 305.4 297.1 351.9 16.77 4 850 1422 17.5 17.5 100 0.0 17.5 136 75 304.5 307.2 296.4 349.0 14.93 5 800 1940 15.0 14.1 95 0.8 14.4 142 75 307.1 309.5 295.7 345.7 12.79 6 750 2485 12.4 11.6 95 0.8 11.9 141 73 310.1 312.2 295.6 345.2 11.53 7 700 3063 9.9 8.7 92 1.2 9.1 139 70 313.4 315.4 295.5 344.8 10.12 8 650 3677 6.9 5.6 91 1.3 6.1 139 69 316.7 318.4 295.4 344.4 8.79 9 600 4333 3.6 2.9 95 0.7 3.2 139 68 320.3 321.8 295.6 345.5 7.88 10 550 5036 0.1 -0.3 97 0.4 -0.1 137 67 324.2 325.6 295.8 346.5 6.84 11 500 5797 -3.2 -4.2 93 1.0 -3.7 137 66 329.2 330.3 296.2 347.9 5.63 12 450 6625 -7.6 -8.3 94 0.7 -7.9 139 65 333.7 334.6 296.4 349.2 4.54 13 400 7534 -12.8 -13.5 94 0.7 -13.0 138 64 338.4 339.1 296.7 350.3 3.38 14 350 8541 -19.0 -19.6 95 0.6 -19.2 135 66 343.2 343.7 297.0 351.6 2.32 15 300 9671 -26.9 -27.5 95 0.6 -27.1 135 64 347.5 347.8 297.2 352.5 1.34 16 250 10961 -36.4 -36.6 98 0.2 -36.4 141 55 352.0 352.1 297.6 354.6 0.67 17 200 12468 -48.7 -48.8 98 0.2 -48.7 155 48 355.7 355.7 298.0 356.6 0.23 18 150 14292 -64.2 -64.4 97 0.2 -64.2 170 46 359.5 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.04 19 100 16665 -78.2 -80.6 68 2.4 -78.3 95 13 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.73 m Freezing level: 548.25 mb = 5062.80 m = 16610.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 551.48 mb = 5014.35 m = 16451.08 ft Precipitable water: 2.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.47 % Est. max temperature: 31.34 C = 88.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.08 mb = 364.33 m = 1195.28 ft T: 24.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.79 C/km ThetaE index: 17.78 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.61 mb = 693.86 m = 2276.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.63 C = 83.54 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.01 C Showalter Index: 0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.67 C Cross Totals Index: 20.63 C K Index: 36.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 424.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 629.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.42 mb = 648.58 m = 2127.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 914.42 mb = 790.48 m = 2593.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.42 mb = 11395.37 m = 37385.92 ft B at Equ Level: 628.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.42 mb = 15876.28 m = 52086.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 135.9 at 69.3 knts Storm direction: 165.9 at 52.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 539.4 neg: -53.3 tot: 486.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 162.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.12 Bulk Rich Number: 9.61 Bulk Shear: 65.48 m/s