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: 28.64,-81.06 Latitude: 28.64 Longitude: -81.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -323 SFC 963 15 26.1 24.3 90 1.8 24.7 358 43 302.5 306.2 299.2 362.6 20.24 2 950 132 25.1 23.6 92 1.4 24.0 19 62 302.6 306.3 298.9 361.1 19.70 3 900 606 21.9 21.7 99 0.2 21.8 28 93 304.1 307.5 298.5 359.3 18.50 4 850 1103 19.6 19.6 100 0.0 19.6 36 96 306.7 309.9 298.4 358.2 17.13 5 800 1624 17.2 17.2 100 0.0 17.2 41 94 309.5 312.4 298.1 356.9 15.60 6 750 2175 14.6 14.5 99 0.1 14.6 43 93 312.4 315.1 297.8 355.5 13.99 7 700 2758 12.2 11.9 98 0.3 12.0 45 93 315.9 318.4 297.7 355.3 12.60 8 650 3378 9.5 9.4 99 0.2 9.4 46 92 319.8 322.0 297.9 356.0 11.44 9 600 4041 6.6 6.5 99 0.1 6.5 45 92 323.7 325.7 298.0 356.5 10.17 10 550 4751 2.9 2.9 100 0.0 2.8 39 93 327.5 329.2 297.8 355.6 8.59 11 500 5519 -0.6 -0.8 99 0.2 -0.7 42 88 332.3 333.7 298.0 356.5 7.24 12 450 6355 -4.3 -4.7 97 0.4 -4.5 45 83 337.8 339.1 298.4 358.5 6.02 13 400 7274 -8.9 -9.5 96 0.6 -9.2 46 83 343.4 344.4 298.7 359.9 4.67 14 350 8297 -14.3 -14.7 97 0.4 -14.5 47 81 349.5 350.2 299.1 362.3 3.50 15 300 9450 -21.5 -21.5 100 0.0 -21.5 49 74 355.1 355.6 299.4 363.8 2.29 16 250 10769 -30.4 -30.7 98 0.2 -30.5 51 64 360.8 361.1 299.8 365.5 1.19 17 200 12318 -42.0 -44.2 79 2.2 -42.2 54 51 366.2 366.3 300.2 367.8 0.38 18 150 14201 -56.7 -60.7 60 4.0 -56.8 59 33 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.7 0.07 19 100 16666 -73.1 -76.5 60 3.3 -73.2 121 11 386.4 386.4 303.3 386.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.31 m Freezing level: 509.12 mb = 5378.72 m = 17646.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 510.38 mb = 5353.34 m = 17563.25 ft Precipitable water: 2.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.74 % Est. max temperature: 32.28 C = 90.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.32 mb = 240.49 m = 789.01 ft T: 24.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.63 C/km ThetaE index: 7.31 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.17 mb = 594.82 m = 1951.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.64 C = 81.75 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.25 C Cross Totals Index: 20.23 C K Index: 39.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 515.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 185.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.50 mb = 572.22 m = 1877.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.50 mb = 717.95 m = 2355.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 408.50 mb = 7110.37 m = 23327.70 ft B at Equ Level: 184.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 258.50 mb = 10527.44 m = 34538.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 40.1 at 90.4 knts Storm direction: 70.1 at 67.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 12.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 12.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1191.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1191.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 397.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.3 stream: 13.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.34 Bulk Rich Number: 1.22 Bulk Shear: 152.53 m/s