MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 51.96,-1.52 Latitude: 51.96 Longitude: -1.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 141 11.5 6.7 72 4.8 8.9 8 2 283.7 284.8 281.6 300.6 6.09 1 1000 236 13.4 6.4 62 7.1 9.6 11 4 286.6 287.6 282.8 303.5 6.02 2 950 667 12.1 4.3 59 7.9 8.0 27 6 289.5 290.5 283.4 305.1 5.46 3 900 1118 9.2 0.6 55 8.6 5.0 37 2 291.0 291.7 282.9 303.8 4.43 4 850 1589 6.8 -6.1 39 12.9 1.4 264 5 293.3 293.8 282.1 301.8 2.84 5 800 2085 5.3 -16.1 20 21.4 -1.9 259 9 296.8 297.0 281.8 301.0 1.36 6 750 2610 4.0 -25.4 10 29.4 -4.2 259 11 300.9 301.0 282.6 303.0 0.64 7 700 3168 2.0 -29.7 7 31.7 -6.0 255 15 304.7 304.8 283.9 306.3 0.47 8 650 3762 -0.3 -27.3 11 27.0 -7.5 251 20 308.6 308.7 285.6 310.7 0.63 9 600 4400 -2.5 -23.1 19 20.6 -8.6 251 24 313.2 313.4 287.6 316.5 0.99 10 550 5084 -6.7 -23.9 24 17.2 -11.5 252 29 316.2 316.3 288.6 319.6 1.01 11 500 5821 -12.0 -31.0 19 19.1 -16.1 252 36 318.5 318.6 288.9 320.5 0.57 12 450 6616 -18.3 -19.8 88 1.5 -18.7 251 42 320.2 320.6 290.6 326.2 1.76 13 400 7495 -19.8 -19.9 100 0.0 -19.8 275 54 329.2 329.6 293.3 336.1 1.98 14 350 8472 -27.0 -28.2 90 1.1 -27.3 273 59 332.3 332.5 293.4 336.2 1.07 15 300 9563 -35.9 -38.2 79 2.3 -36.2 267 68 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.5 0.47 16 250 10802 -46.4 -50.0 66 3.7 -46.6 268 73 337.1 337.2 293.7 337.8 0.16 17 200 12240 -58.9 -59.9 88 1.0 -58.9 269 70 339.5 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.06 18 150 14040 -57.9 -77.4 7 19.5 -58.2 275 57 370.3 370.3 300.7 370.4 0.01 19 100 16601 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 276 38 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5584.84 m Freezing level: 657.41 mb = 3674.36 m = 12054.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 829.16 mb = 1792.19 m = 5879.83 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.57 % Est. max temperature: 20.55 C = 69.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.72 mb = 749.17 m = 2457.87 ft T: 11.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 4.05 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 621.88 mb = 4114.58 m = 13499.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.97 C = 102.15 F Cap Strength: 13.75 C Lifted Index: 14.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.12 C Showalter Index: 15.80 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 24.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.79 C Cross Totals Index: 5.84 C K Index: -18.99 Risk: None Sweat Index: 45.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14171.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.58 mb = 1525.56 m = 5005.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.0 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 285.0 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.3 neg: -11.4 tot: 23.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 52.26 m/s