MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 12Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 60.28,-4.91 Latitude: 60.28 Longitude: -4.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -88 SFC 990 0 12.4 11.1 92 1.3 11.6 57 28 286.4 287.9 285.2 309.8 8.39 2 950 341 9.1 9.0 99 0.1 9.0 60 35 286.5 287.8 284.4 307.7 7.60 3 900 787 6.5 6.4 99 0.2 6.5 71 35 288.2 289.4 284.2 307.1 6.69 4 850 1255 4.4 4.4 100 0.0 4.4 85 30 290.8 291.9 284.7 308.5 6.18 5 800 1747 1.7 1.7 100 0.0 1.7 94 23 293.0 293.9 284.8 308.6 5.40 6 750 2265 -1.3 -1.4 99 0.1 -1.4 99 20 295.1 296.0 284.8 308.6 4.59 7 700 2812 -3.8 -4.0 98 0.2 -3.9 103 19 298.3 299.0 285.5 310.4 4.05 8 650 3395 -6.2 -6.4 98 0.3 -6.2 114 14 302.0 302.7 286.4 313.1 3.64 9 600 4019 -8.8 -9.6 94 0.8 -9.1 158 12 305.9 306.5 287.2 315.5 3.07 10 550 4688 -12.7 -14.4 87 1.7 -13.2 165 12 309.1 309.5 287.5 316.4 2.28 11 500 5409 -17.5 -19.4 86 1.8 -18.0 167 14 311.7 312.0 287.8 317.1 1.65 12 450 6189 -23.2 -24.8 87 1.6 -23.5 158 15 314.1 314.3 288.1 317.9 1.14 13 400 7039 -29.7 -30.0 97 0.3 -29.8 150 16 316.3 316.5 288.4 319.1 0.79 14 350 7976 -37.4 -37.4 100 -0.0 -37.4 142 17 318.3 318.4 288.7 319.8 0.44 15 300 9019 -46.2 -46.6 95 0.4 -46.2 150 20 320.2 320.3 289.0 320.9 0.19 16 250 10250 -38.5 -71.1 2 32.6 -39.8 210 29 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.01 17 200 11787 -38.7 -71.3 2 32.5 -40.2 220 34 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.5 0.01 18 150 13745 -42.0 -73.7 2 31.7 -43.5 225 39 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.7 0.01 19 100 16463 -45.8 -76.5 2 30.7 -47.2 219 28 439.3 439.3 309.8 439.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5496.11 m Freezing level: 772.02 mb = 2036.74 m = 6682.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 772.75 mb = 2024.99 m = 6643.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.62 % Est. max temperature: 17.21 C = 62.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.12 mb = 165.99 m = 544.58 ft T: 10.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 2.63 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 936.33 mb = 460.51 m = 1510.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.93 C = 55.27 F Cap Strength: 5.42 C Lifted Index: 6.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.33 C Showalter Index: 5.78 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.95 C Cross Totals Index: 21.93 C K Index: 26.13 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 125.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.74 mb = 483.32 m = 1585.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 928.74 mb = 527.64 m = 1731.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 868.74 mb = 1076.50 m = 3531.79 ft B at Equ Level: 12.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 748.74 mb = 2278.01 m = 7473.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 103.3 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 133.3 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 20.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.4 neg: -5.5 tot: 121.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 70.64 m/s