MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 26.54,-80.65 Latitude: 26.54 Longitude: -80.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 8 27.8 23.3 76 4.5 24.5 347 5 299.9 303.2 297.3 352.8 18.04 1 1000 111 27.9 21.1 67 6.8 23.0 355 8 301.0 304.0 296.2 348.0 15.98 2 950 565 24.9 19.1 70 5.8 20.8 333 4 302.5 305.2 295.8 346.2 14.78 3 900 1038 21.1 17.4 80 3.6 18.5 263 4 303.2 305.8 295.5 344.9 14.06 4 850 1531 17.3 15.6 90 1.7 16.2 237 7 304.3 306.7 295.2 343.7 13.24 5 800 2047 14.3 13.0 92 1.3 13.4 230 10 306.4 308.6 294.8 341.9 11.83 6 750 2591 11.4 10.0 91 1.4 10.5 240 13 308.9 310.9 294.4 340.4 10.34 7 700 3166 8.3 7.4 94 0.9 7.8 247 16 311.7 313.4 294.4 340.2 9.26 8 650 3776 4.9 4.3 96 0.6 4.5 252 19 314.5 316.0 294.2 339.6 8.03 9 600 4426 1.6 1.0 96 0.6 1.3 256 21 317.9 319.3 294.3 339.8 6.86 10 550 5124 -1.8 -2.5 95 0.6 -2.1 268 20 321.9 323.1 294.5 340.8 5.81 11 500 5878 -5.3 -7.5 85 2.1 -6.3 260 20 326.5 327.4 294.6 341.1 4.37 12 450 6698 -10.1 -12.4 84 2.2 -11.1 262 18 330.5 331.2 294.7 341.8 3.29 13 400 7597 -15.9 -17.4 88 1.5 -16.4 278 19 334.3 334.8 295.0 342.9 2.44 14 350 8590 -22.7 -22.7 100 0.1 -22.7 282 23 338.2 338.6 295.4 344.6 1.76 15 300 9702 -31.1 -31.1 100 0.0 -31.1 285 30 341.6 341.8 295.6 345.2 0.95 16 250 10967 -41.5 -41.8 97 0.3 -41.5 307 31 344.4 344.5 295.7 345.9 0.39 17 200 12435 -54.3 -56.4 78 2.0 -54.4 313 33 346.7 346.8 296.0 347.1 0.09 18 150 14227 -67.2 -69.7 70 2.6 -67.2 290 18 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.02 19 100 16622 -72.2 -82.6 19 10.4 -72.2 270 11 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.08 m Freezing level: 576.77 mb = 4750.28 m = 15584.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.61 mb = 4675.72 m = 15340.10 ft Precipitable water: 2.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.91 % Est. max temperature: 31.89 C = 89.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.51 mb = 587.84 m = 1928.59 ft T: 24.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 13.22 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.01 mb = 1449.74 m = 4756.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.97 C = 89.54 F Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lifted Index: -1.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: -0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.64 C Cross Totals Index: 20.95 C K Index: 37.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 473.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.49 mb = 1187.60 m = 3896.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.49 mb = 1738.72 m = 5704.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.49 mb = 12130.39 m = 39797.38 ft B at Equ Level: 473.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.49 mb = 15095.93 m = 49526.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.3 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 286.3 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.0 neg: -7.1 tot: 37.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 14.97 Bulk Shear: 31.65 m/s