MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 57.71,-5.19 Latitude: 57.71 Longitude: -5.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 973 304 9.3 8.0 91 1.4 8.6 276 19 284.7 285.9 283.0 303.9 6.90 2 950 503 7.9 6.7 92 1.2 7.3 278 30 285.2 286.4 282.7 303.3 6.49 3 900 947 4.7 4.1 96 0.6 4.4 284 38 286.4 287.4 282.4 302.5 5.72 4 850 1411 2.1 -0.6 83 2.7 0.9 287 40 288.3 289.1 281.6 300.7 4.31 5 800 1898 -1.0 -4.0 80 3.0 -2.3 287 42 290.1 290.7 281.5 300.4 3.54 6 750 2410 -3.9 -7.2 78 3.3 -5.2 286 43 292.3 292.9 281.8 301.1 2.95 7 700 2952 -6.9 -11.5 70 4.5 -8.5 285 42 294.8 295.2 282.0 301.7 2.27 8 650 3527 -9.4 -21.7 36 12.4 -12.5 289 44 298.4 298.5 282.0 301.7 1.03 9 600 4142 -12.6 -28.5 25 15.9 -15.8 292 46 301.5 301.6 282.8 303.6 0.61 10 550 4800 -17.0 -31.4 28 14.4 -19.6 293 46 303.9 304.0 283.6 305.6 0.50 11 500 5507 -22.1 -35.1 30 13.1 -23.9 292 45 306.1 306.2 284.4 307.5 0.39 12 450 6273 -28.2 -38.8 36 10.6 -29.3 287 40 307.8 307.9 284.9 308.8 0.30 13 400 7106 -34.4 -47.9 24 13.5 -35.3 292 36 310.3 310.3 285.6 310.8 0.13 14 350 8027 -40.2 -54.9 19 14.7 -40.8 291 36 314.6 314.6 287.0 314.8 0.06 15 300 9071 -42.7 -59.2 15 16.6 -43.3 281 37 325.2 325.2 290.4 325.4 0.04 16 250 10308 -40.1 -71.6 2 31.5 -41.2 263 46 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.5 0.01 17 200 11828 -41.1 -73.0 2 31.9 -42.3 258 54 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.7 0.01 18 150 13771 -43.5 -74.8 2 31.3 -44.7 253 52 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.01 19 100 16485 -45.5 -76.3 2 30.8 -47.0 240 27 439.8 439.8 309.8 439.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5430.06 m Freezing level: 816.54 mb = 1736.97 m = 5698.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 835.80 mb = 1546.49 m = 5073.74 ft Precipitable water: 0.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.37 % Est. max temperature: 13.85 C = 56.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.82 mb = 478.78 m = 1570.78 ft T: 8.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 3.52 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.54 mb = 924.03 m = 3031.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.94 C = 51.68 F Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lifted Index: 4.97 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Showalter Index: 6.38 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.17 C Cross Totals Index: 21.51 C K Index: 19.09 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 124.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14703.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.69 mb = 877.34 m = 2878.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.4 at 41.9 knts Storm direction: 318.4 at 31.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.2 neg: -4.3 tot: 142.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 24.25 m/s