MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F291.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F291.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 291 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 29.72,-81.54 Latitude: 29.72 Longitude: -81.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -67 SFC 991 16 26.2 24.4 90 1.8 24.9 40 25 300.1 303.8 298.4 358.2 19.77 2 950 386 23.8 22.7 94 1.1 23.0 55 68 301.3 304.7 298.0 356.2 18.60 3 900 859 20.8 20.7 100 0.1 20.8 62 79 302.9 306.1 297.5 354.3 17.34 4 850 1353 18.1 18.1 100 0.0 18.1 70 82 305.1 308.0 297.0 351.7 15.59 5 800 1872 15.7 14.9 95 0.8 15.1 76 83 307.8 310.4 296.3 348.4 13.43 6 750 2419 12.9 12.1 95 0.8 12.4 77 83 310.6 312.8 296.0 347.0 11.89 7 700 2998 10.2 9.5 96 0.7 9.7 74 81 313.7 315.8 296.0 347.0 10.73 8 650 3613 7.2 6.7 97 0.5 6.9 72 79 317.1 318.9 296.0 346.9 9.50 9 600 4269 4.0 3.8 98 0.2 3.9 73 80 320.8 322.4 296.1 347.6 8.41 10 550 4973 0.5 0.4 99 0.1 0.5 78 82 324.7 326.1 296.2 348.2 7.21 11 500 5734 -2.8 -3.1 98 0.3 -3.0 80 82 329.6 330.9 296.6 350.0 6.11 12 450 6563 -7.0 -7.4 96 0.5 -7.2 82 84 334.5 335.5 296.9 351.1 4.87 13 400 7474 -12.0 -12.4 97 0.4 -12.2 85 84 339.4 340.2 297.1 352.4 3.69 14 350 8484 -17.6 -17.8 99 0.1 -17.7 86 81 345.0 345.5 297.7 354.8 2.70 15 300 9622 -24.5 -24.9 97 0.3 -24.6 88 75 350.8 351.2 298.1 357.3 1.70 16 250 10925 -33.9 -34.0 99 0.1 -33.9 90 68 355.6 355.8 298.5 359.1 0.86 17 200 12445 -46.9 -46.9 100 0.0 -46.9 90 58 358.6 358.6 298.7 359.7 0.28 18 150 14281 -63.6 -63.8 98 0.2 -63.7 93 48 360.4 360.5 298.8 360.7 0.05 19 100 16690 -72.3 -78.5 38 6.3 -72.3 107 15 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.45 m Freezing level: 542.19 mb = 5092.33 m = 16706.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 542.93 mb = 5076.66 m = 16655.50 ft Precipitable water: 2.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.01 % Est. max temperature: 31.67 C = 89.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.53 mb = 243.10 m = 797.56 ft T: 24.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.73 C/km ThetaE index: 11.26 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.31 mb = 663.66 m = 2177.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.31 C = 82.96 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -1.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.99 C Showalter Index: -0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.93 C Cross Totals Index: 20.93 C K Index: 38.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 463.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 473.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.58 mb = 585.58 m = 1921.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 913.58 mb = 727.83 m = 2387.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 323.58 mb = 9063.94 m = 29736.96 ft B at Equ Level: 472.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.58 mb = 14541.38 m = 47707.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 72.6 at 78.9 knts Storm direction: 102.6 at 59.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 11.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 11.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1007.7 neg: -52.2 tot: 955.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 318.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.7 stream: 12.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.96 Bulk Rich Number: 2.96 Bulk Shear: 159.87 m/s