MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 24.9,-86.29 Latitude: 24.90 Longitude: -86.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 1 29.2 24.0 73 5.2 25.4 59 11 301.1 304.5 298.0 356.5 18.83 1 1000 136 27.8 22.5 73 5.3 23.9 60 12 301.0 304.1 297.1 352.1 17.40 2 950 589 23.5 21.6 89 1.9 22.1 62 12 301.0 304.2 297.1 351.9 17.31 3 900 1060 20.3 18.2 88 2.0 18.8 71 9 302.4 305.1 295.7 346.1 14.78 4 850 1553 18.3 12.3 68 6.0 14.4 72 6 305.3 307.3 293.6 337.2 10.63 5 800 2071 16.4 4.1 44 12.3 9.3 81 3 308.6 309.8 291.2 328.3 6.41 6 750 2617 13.4 -0.7 38 14.1 5.9 118 2 311.2 312.1 290.7 326.4 4.85 7 700 3194 10.3 -5.9 32 16.2 2.5 161 2 313.9 314.5 290.3 325.1 3.52 8 650 3806 6.5 -6.0 41 12.4 0.5 203 1 316.3 317.0 291.3 328.4 3.77 9 600 4458 2.4 -7.0 50 9.4 -2.0 311 2 319.0 319.7 292.0 331.2 3.77 10 550 5157 -1.1 -13.4 39 12.3 -6.0 315 5 322.8 323.3 292.0 331.2 2.48 11 500 5911 -5.3 -21.6 27 16.3 -10.6 331 5 326.6 326.8 292.1 331.4 1.36 12 450 6731 -9.8 -31.1 16 21.3 -15.1 12 7 330.9 331.0 292.6 333.2 0.63 13 400 7629 -15.9 -34.2 19 18.3 -19.7 338 5 334.3 334.4 293.4 336.3 0.53 14 350 8620 -23.2 -34.7 34 11.5 -25.3 305 6 337.5 337.7 294.3 339.7 0.57 15 300 9729 -31.9 -40.5 42 8.6 -33.0 347 9 340.5 340.5 294.8 341.9 0.37 16 250 10991 -41.1 -51.6 31 10.5 -41.8 17 17 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.5 0.13 17 200 12464 -54.0 -61.3 40 7.3 -54.1 8 26 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.05 18 150 14252 -66.4 -70.3 58 3.9 -66.5 336 11 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.02 19 100 16657 -72.7 -82.6 21 9.9 -72.7 2 7 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.06 m Freezing level: 565.01 mb = 4947.11 m = 16230.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.07 mb = 3931.65 m = 12898.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.04 % Est. max temperature: 32.57 C = 90.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.65 mb = 665.98 m = 2184.95 ft T: 22.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 31.40 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.05 mb = 1001.72 m = 3286.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.39 C = 86.69 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.77 C Showalter Index: 2.68 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.18 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.59 C Cross Totals Index: 17.60 C K Index: 19.72 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1171.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.20 mb = 866.76 m = 2843.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.20 mb = 2558.85 m = 8395.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.20 mb = 13652.36 m = 44790.67 ft B at Equ Level: 1156.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.20 mb = 16355.98 m = 53660.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 50.4 at 4.8 knts Storm direction: 80.4 at 3.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 175.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: -0.3 tot: 3.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 168.70 Bulk Shear: 6.95 m/s