MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 22.72,-82.26 Latitude: 22.72 Longitude: -82.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 37 27.6 23.1 77 4.5 24.3 173 1 299.9 303.1 297.1 352.2 17.88 1 1000 125 27.8 22.5 73 5.3 23.9 176 1 300.9 304.1 297.1 352.0 17.36 2 950 579 25.1 20.3 75 4.8 21.6 253 1 302.6 305.6 296.6 349.9 15.98 3 900 1053 21.7 17.7 78 4.0 18.9 323 1 303.9 306.5 295.8 346.3 14.28 4 850 1547 18.6 14.6 78 4.0 15.9 276 0 305.6 307.9 295.0 342.8 12.41 5 800 2066 16.1 9.6 66 6.5 12.0 222 3 308.3 310.1 293.6 337.0 9.45 6 750 2613 13.1 5.3 59 7.8 8.5 230 6 310.8 312.2 292.7 333.9 7.48 7 700 3190 9.5 2.4 61 7.1 5.5 236 8 313.0 314.3 292.6 333.4 6.51 8 650 3800 5.3 -0.1 68 5.4 2.4 235 10 315.0 316.1 292.7 333.5 5.86 9 600 4450 1.1 -1.7 82 2.7 -0.4 229 9 317.3 318.4 293.2 335.4 5.66 10 550 5145 -2.8 -5.7 81 2.9 -4.2 214 7 320.7 321.6 293.2 335.5 4.55 11 500 5896 -6.7 -9.9 78 3.2 -8.1 170 6 324.9 325.6 293.6 336.9 3.61 12 450 6712 -10.9 -17.3 59 6.5 -13.2 139 5 329.6 330.0 293.6 337.2 2.19 13 400 7609 -16.1 -25.2 45 9.1 -18.6 120 4 334.0 334.3 293.9 338.5 1.23 14 350 8600 -23.1 -29.3 57 6.2 -24.5 24 4 337.6 337.8 294.6 341.2 0.97 15 300 9710 -31.3 -35.0 70 3.7 -31.9 34 10 341.3 341.4 295.2 343.8 0.65 16 250 10974 -41.7 -45.0 70 3.4 -41.9 11 18 344.1 344.2 295.6 345.2 0.28 17 200 12445 -53.9 -55.9 78 2.0 -54.0 18 22 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.8 0.10 18 150 14228 -68.8 -70.3 82 1.4 -68.9 16 19 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.02 19 100 16623 -72.1 -82.4 20 10.2 -72.2 76 4 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.05 m Freezing level: 586.46 mb = 4638.34 m = 15217.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.49 mb = 4362.72 m = 14313.21 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.59 % Est. max temperature: 32.99 C = 91.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.87 mb = 608.23 m = 1995.49 ft T: 24.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 18.82 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.12 mb = 1515.65 m = 4972.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.24 C = 91.82 F Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lifted Index: -3.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.28 C Cross Totals Index: 21.31 C K Index: 32.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1109.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.72 mb = 1103.75 m = 3621.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.72 mb = 2615.68 m = 8581.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.72 mb = 13462.42 m = 44167.52 ft B at Equ Level: 1109.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.4 at 5.4 knts Storm direction: 254.4 at 4.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: -1.8 tot: 3.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 426.52 Bulk Shear: 2.60 m/s