MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F288.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F288.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 28.35,-81.49 Latitude: 28.35 Longitude: -81.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -181 SFC 976 34 24.7 23.2 92 1.5 23.6 322 47 299.9 303.3 297.6 354.5 18.64 2 950 271 23.1 22.3 95 0.8 22.5 334 80 300.6 304.0 297.4 353.8 18.10 3 900 742 20.7 20.6 99 0.1 20.6 343 93 302.8 306.0 297.4 353.7 17.17 4 850 1236 18.4 18.4 100 0.0 18.4 352 99 305.5 308.4 297.3 353.0 15.90 5 800 1756 15.9 15.9 100 0.0 15.9 360 101 308.1 310.8 297.0 351.6 14.37 6 750 2304 13.2 12.9 98 0.3 13.0 6 99 310.9 313.2 296.4 349.2 12.53 7 700 2884 10.8 10.2 96 0.6 10.4 12 97 314.5 316.7 296.5 349.5 11.26 8 650 3502 8.4 7.8 96 0.6 8.0 17 94 318.4 320.4 296.8 350.8 10.25 9 600 4163 5.4 5.1 98 0.3 5.2 18 87 322.4 324.2 297.1 352.0 9.22 10 550 4871 1.9 1.7 99 0.2 1.7 15 82 326.3 327.8 297.1 352.1 7.88 11 500 5636 -1.7 -2.1 97 0.4 -1.9 9 80 331.0 332.3 297.3 353.0 6.59 12 450 6469 -6.0 -6.5 96 0.6 -6.2 6 82 335.7 336.8 297.4 353.6 5.22 13 400 7382 -11.6 -12.2 95 0.6 -11.9 7 86 339.9 340.7 297.3 353.1 3.75 14 350 8395 -16.7 -17.1 97 0.3 -16.9 14 85 346.2 346.8 298.0 356.6 2.87 15 300 9538 -23.4 -23.4 100 0.0 -23.4 18 75 352.4 352.8 298.7 359.7 1.93 16 250 10848 -32.4 -32.4 100 -0.0 -32.4 20 64 358.0 358.2 299.1 362.0 1.01 17 200 12380 -44.9 -44.9 100 0.0 -44.9 22 57 361.7 361.8 299.3 363.2 0.35 18 150 14234 -60.8 -61.0 97 0.2 -60.8 21 48 365.3 365.3 299.8 365.6 0.07 19 100 16669 -73.0 -75.5 69 2.4 -73.0 93 11 386.6 386.6 303.3 386.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.93 m Freezing level: 523.97 mb = 5269.36 m = 17287.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 526.34 mb = 5224.00 m = 17138.89 ft Precipitable water: 2.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.71 % Est. max temperature: 31.44 C = 88.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.71 mb = 218.03 m = 715.31 ft T: 23.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.56 C/km ThetaE index: 5.31 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.16 mb = 644.22 m = 2113.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.11 C = 80.80 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: -0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.78 C Showalter Index: 0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.15 C Cross Totals Index: 20.14 C K Index: 37.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 499.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 100.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.03 mb = 569.08 m = 1867.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.03 mb = 809.24 m = 2654.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 473.03 mb = 6074.25 m = 19928.40 ft B at Equ Level: 99.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 303.03 mb = 9463.76 m = 31048.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 5.0 at 89.7 knts Storm direction: 35.0 at 67.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 13.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 13.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1723.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1723.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 574.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 18.6 stream: 16.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.99 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 286.78 m/s