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,-5.62 Latitude: 57.83 Longitude: -5.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 95 11.7 9.4 86 2.3 10.4 284 19 284.8 286.1 283.5 305.4 7.41 1 1000 101 11.5 8.6 83 2.9 9.9 285 22 284.6 285.9 283.1 304.2 7.03 2 950 527 8.0 6.2 88 1.8 7.0 289 30 285.3 286.3 282.5 302.7 6.24 3 900 972 5.3 2.0 80 3.2 3.7 291 32 286.9 287.8 281.7 300.9 4.93 4 850 1436 2.4 -1.4 76 3.8 0.7 288 33 288.7 289.4 281.5 300.4 4.06 5 800 1923 -1.1 -3.8 82 2.6 -2.3 283 33 289.9 290.6 281.5 300.4 3.61 6 750 2435 -4.7 -6.4 88 1.7 -5.4 281 31 291.5 292.0 281.7 300.7 3.15 7 700 2975 -7.4 -12.9 65 5.5 -9.2 288 31 294.3 294.7 281.5 300.5 2.02 8 650 3551 -8.1 -28.7 17 20.6 -12.5 293 39 299.8 299.9 282.0 301.6 0.55 9 600 4168 -12.0 -26.1 30 14.2 -15.1 293 42 302.3 302.4 283.3 304.8 0.75 10 550 4828 -16.7 -29.6 32 12.9 -19.1 294 44 304.3 304.4 283.9 306.3 0.60 11 500 5536 -22.1 -34.0 33 11.9 -23.9 296 47 306.1 306.2 284.4 307.6 0.43 12 450 6301 -28.1 -38.1 38 10.1 -29.2 296 47 308.0 308.0 284.9 309.1 0.32 13 400 7135 -34.4 -44.2 36 9.8 -35.1 296 46 310.3 310.3 285.7 311.0 0.19 14 350 8055 -41.5 -50.4 37 8.9 -41.9 295 45 312.8 312.8 286.5 313.2 0.11 15 300 9083 -47.6 -56.1 37 8.5 -47.9 295 44 318.2 318.3 288.2 318.5 0.06 16 250 10290 -44.7 -67.0 6 22.4 -45.3 278 40 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.8 0.02 17 200 11795 -42.4 -74.0 2 31.6 -43.5 269 43 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.01 18 150 13735 -43.1 -74.5 2 31.4 -44.3 270 41 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.01 19 100 16453 -46.2 -76.8 2 30.6 -47.5 258 24 438.5 438.5 309.7 438.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5434.88 m Freezing level: 815.99 mb = 1767.63 m = 5799.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 837.90 mb = 1551.51 m = 5090.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.11 % Est. max temperature: 15.58 C = 60.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.20 mb = 386.95 m = 1269.49 ft T: 9.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 4.97 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.12 mb = 1015.86 m = 3332.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.01 C = 57.21 F Cap Strength: 4.73 C Lifted Index: 5.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.57 C Showalter Index: 6.58 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.55 C Cross Totals Index: 20.72 C K Index: 17.63 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 111.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.39 mb = 823.38 m = 2701.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.39 mb = 2009.12 m = 6591.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 721.39 mb = 2739.10 m = 8986.44 ft B at Equ Level: 12.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 681.39 mb = 3184.34 m = 10447.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.0 at 37.0 knts Storm direction: 321.0 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.1 neg: -19.0 tot: 56.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.83 Bulk Shear: 15.59 m/s