MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 57.83,-5.12 Latitude: 57.83 Longitude: -5.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 978 280 9.6 8.2 91 1.4 8.9 281 15 284.6 285.8 283.0 303.9 6.98 2 950 521 8.0 6.6 91 1.4 7.2 285 28 285.3 286.4 282.7 303.2 6.43 3 900 965 5.0 3.1 88 1.9 4.1 288 34 286.7 287.6 282.1 301.7 5.33 4 850 1430 2.1 -0.1 85 2.2 1.1 287 36 288.4 289.2 281.8 301.2 4.48 5 800 1917 -1.2 -2.8 88 1.7 -1.9 285 37 289.9 290.6 281.8 301.2 3.88 6 750 2428 -4.3 -5.9 88 1.6 -5.0 282 37 291.9 292.5 282.0 301.5 3.27 7 700 2969 -7.5 -10.9 76 3.5 -8.7 286 35 294.2 294.6 281.9 301.4 2.37 8 650 3546 -7.8 -28.8 17 21.1 -12.3 293 42 300.2 300.3 282.2 302.0 0.54 9 600 4164 -11.6 -27.0 27 15.3 -15.0 294 43 302.7 302.8 283.4 305.0 0.70 10 550 4824 -16.5 -30.7 28 14.2 -19.0 295 45 304.6 304.7 284.0 306.4 0.54 11 500 5533 -21.8 -35.2 29 13.4 -23.7 297 47 306.4 306.5 284.5 307.8 0.38 12 450 6299 -27.8 -39.1 33 11.3 -29.0 298 46 308.3 308.4 285.1 309.3 0.29 13 400 7134 -34.1 -44.7 33 10.6 -34.9 300 46 310.6 310.7 285.8 311.3 0.18 14 350 8054 -41.3 -50.5 36 9.2 -41.8 301 44 313.0 313.0 286.5 313.4 0.11 15 300 9084 -47.2 -55.8 37 8.6 -47.5 297 39 318.8 318.9 288.5 319.1 0.07 16 250 10289 -46.0 -65.4 9 19.4 -46.6 278 38 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.8 0.02 17 200 11789 -42.2 -73.9 2 31.6 -43.3 270 48 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.01 18 150 13736 -41.9 -73.6 2 31.7 -43.4 270 38 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.01 19 100 16454 -47.0 -77.4 2 30.4 -48.3 253 26 436.9 436.9 309.6 436.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5437.43 m Freezing level: 817.68 mb = 1744.36 m = 5722.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 831.04 mb = 1610.86 m = 5284.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.65 % Est. max temperature: 14.07 C = 57.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.19 mb = 458.86 m = 1505.44 ft T: 8.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 2.79 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.82 mb = 1048.71 m = 3440.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.02 C = 53.63 F Cap Strength: 5.03 C Lifted Index: 5.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.48 C Showalter Index: 6.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.94 C Cross Totals Index: 21.75 C K Index: 20.43 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 119.70 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14816.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.78 mb = 921.97 m = 3024.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.2 at 39.6 knts Storm direction: 321.2 at 29.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.5 neg: -9.1 tot: 113.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 26.92 m/s