MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 52.45,0.60 Latitude: 52.45 Longitude: 0.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 25 19.6 16.4 82 3.1 17.5 261 16 291.9 294.0 290.3 325.0 11.70 1 1000 109 19.0 16.0 83 3.0 17.1 263 24 292.1 294.2 290.2 324.8 11.50 2 950 548 15.1 14.7 97 0.4 14.8 265 32 292.5 294.5 290.0 324.0 11.11 3 900 1004 12.5 11.9 96 0.6 12.1 269 35 294.3 296.1 289.5 322.3 9.75 4 850 1483 10.5 9.0 91 1.4 9.6 265 36 297.1 298.7 289.3 321.9 8.52 5 800 1987 8.6 5.7 82 2.9 6.9 263 42 300.3 301.6 289.2 321.6 7.20 6 750 2519 6.1 2.0 75 4.1 3.9 262 48 303.2 304.3 289.0 321.1 5.91 7 700 3082 4.4 -4.4 53 8.7 0.3 262 56 307.3 308.0 288.6 319.6 3.95 8 650 3683 1.3 -7.6 51 9.0 -2.6 258 60 310.5 311.1 289.0 321.0 3.31 9 600 4322 -2.0 -16.0 33 14.0 -7.0 257 63 313.8 314.1 288.7 319.8 1.83 10 550 5010 -4.8 -29.6 12 24.9 -11.1 257 65 318.4 318.5 288.9 320.5 0.60 11 500 5754 -7.9 -21.8 32 13.9 -12.2 257 68 323.4 323.7 291.2 328.1 1.33 12 450 6567 -12.1 -23.0 40 10.9 -15.3 260 72 328.0 328.3 292.4 332.7 1.33 13 400 7459 -17.2 -24.4 53 7.3 -19.1 265 76 332.7 332.9 293.7 337.4 1.32 14 350 8446 -24.1 -30.4 56 6.3 -25.4 265 84 336.3 336.4 294.2 339.5 0.87 15 300 9552 -32.2 -38.7 52 6.5 -33.1 266 84 340.0 340.1 294.7 341.7 0.45 16 250 10812 -41.9 -48.2 50 6.3 -42.3 271 91 343.8 343.9 295.4 344.6 0.19 17 200 12286 -52.6 -63.1 27 10.5 -52.8 273 90 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.7 0.04 18 150 14110 -60.2 -74.4 14 14.2 -60.3 268 61 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16646 -55.6 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 250 39 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.08 m Freezing level: 629.92 mb = 3939.42 m = 12924.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.53 mb = 3134.20 m = 10282.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.82 % Est. max temperature: 24.24 C = 75.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.29 mb = 420.01 m = 1377.96 ft T: 16.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.58 C/km ThetaE index: 5.43 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.35 mb = 678.95 m = 2227.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.69 C = 69.25 F Cap Strength: 4.53 C Lifted Index: 6.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.29 C Showalter Index: 7.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.34 C Cross Totals Index: 16.90 C K Index: 18.65 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.43 mb = 633.22 m = 2077.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 915.43 mb = 860.77 m = 2824.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 855.43 mb = 1429.74 m = 4690.68 ft B at Equ Level: 8.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 795.43 mb = 2034.04 m = 6673.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.9 at 51.4 knts Storm direction: 289.9 at 38.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 3.6 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 168.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 84.29 m/s