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: 57.95,-4.49 Latitude: 57.95 Longitude: -4.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -44 SFC 968 230 9.8 8.5 91 1.4 9.0 277 27 285.6 286.9 283.7 305.7 7.19 2 950 383 8.7 7.3 91 1.4 8.0 281 46 286.0 287.2 283.4 305.0 6.78 3 900 828 5.3 5.2 99 0.1 5.2 285 61 287.0 288.0 283.1 304.3 6.16 4 850 1293 2.6 2.1 97 0.4 2.4 290 69 288.8 289.7 282.9 303.8 5.24 5 800 1782 -0.0 -0.4 97 0.4 -0.2 290 68 291.1 291.9 283.2 304.6 4.65 6 750 2297 -2.5 -3.0 96 0.5 -2.7 293 64 293.8 294.6 283.7 305.8 4.08 7 700 2842 -5.3 -6.3 92 1.1 -5.7 292 64 296.7 297.3 284.1 306.9 3.40 8 650 3421 -8.1 -10.3 84 2.2 -8.9 295 64 299.8 300.3 284.5 308.0 2.68 9 600 4040 -11.4 -13.4 85 2.0 -12.1 296 58 302.9 303.3 285.3 310.0 2.27 10 550 4702 -15.1 -17.0 86 1.8 -15.6 295 56 306.2 306.5 286.1 312.1 1.84 11 500 5417 -19.4 -20.8 89 1.4 -19.8 298 50 309.4 309.6 286.8 314.1 1.45 12 450 6192 -24.5 -26.4 84 1.9 -24.8 296 39 312.5 312.7 287.3 315.8 0.98 13 400 7040 -30.2 -31.9 86 1.6 -30.4 291 29 315.7 315.8 288.1 318.0 0.66 14 350 7974 -38.1 -40.4 79 2.3 -38.3 294 23 317.3 317.4 288.2 318.5 0.32 15 300 9024 -39.3 -58.3 12 19.0 -40.2 266 44 329.9 330.0 291.7 330.1 0.05 16 250 10285 -36.1 -69.3 2 33.3 -37.7 258 54 352.4 352.4 297.2 352.5 0.01 17 200 11828 -38.2 -70.9 2 32.7 -39.8 250 56 372.3 372.3 301.0 372.4 0.01 18 150 13787 -42.8 -74.3 2 31.5 -44.1 243 46 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.01 19 100 16498 -46.7 -77.2 2 30.5 -48.0 238 30 437.5 437.5 309.6 437.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5461.42 m Freezing level: 800.63 mb = 1775.66 m = 5825.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 804.16 mb = 1739.96 m = 5708.48 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.09 % Est. max temperature: 14.42 C = 57.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.92 mb = 401.01 m = 1315.64 ft T: 8.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 1.88 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.86 mb = 774.66 m = 2541.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.02 C = 51.83 F Cap Strength: 5.09 C Lifted Index: 6.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.63 C Showalter Index: 6.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.98 C Cross Totals Index: 21.54 C K Index: 23.04 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.44 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.32 mb = 761.37 m = 2497.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 902.32 mb = 806.87 m = 2647.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 822.32 mb = 1559.98 m = 5118.00 ft B at Equ Level: 11.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 742.32 mb = 2378.29 m = 7802.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.6 at 58.0 knts Storm direction: 322.6 at 43.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 400.1 neg: -16.4 tot: 383.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 127.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 28.20 m/s