MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 58.32,1.59 Latitude: 58.32 Longitude: 1.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -101 SFC 988 -0 14.4 12.6 89 1.8 13.3 262 44 288.5 290.1 286.9 314.6 9.31 2 950 331 10.9 10.3 96 0.6 10.6 267 62 288.3 289.7 285.9 311.6 8.33 3 900 780 8.2 8.2 100 0.0 8.2 274 64 290.0 291.3 285.8 311.5 7.59 4 850 1251 5.9 5.8 99 0.1 5.8 277 61 292.3 293.5 286.0 311.9 6.81 5 800 1747 4.0 3.4 96 0.6 3.7 275 54 295.4 296.5 286.5 313.2 6.10 6 750 2269 0.7 0.5 98 0.2 0.5 275 53 297.3 298.3 286.4 312.9 5.28 7 700 2820 -2.1 -3.0 93 0.9 -2.6 269 51 300.2 301.0 286.5 313.3 4.37 8 650 3407 -5.2 -7.1 87 1.9 -6.0 274 49 303.1 303.7 286.6 313.7 3.45 9 600 4031 -9.6 -12.4 80 2.8 -10.6 277 47 305.0 305.5 286.3 312.8 2.46 10 550 4697 -14.3 -17.1 79 2.8 -15.2 279 48 307.1 307.4 286.4 312.9 1.81 11 500 5412 -19.4 -21.2 86 1.8 -19.8 272 48 309.3 309.6 286.7 314.0 1.41 12 450 6186 -25.6 -26.5 93 0.8 -25.8 268 48 311.0 311.2 286.8 314.3 0.98 13 400 7027 -32.7 -32.7 100 0.0 -32.7 268 52 312.5 312.6 286.9 314.6 0.61 14 350 7953 -38.8 -42.5 68 3.7 -39.1 266 56 316.5 316.5 287.9 317.4 0.26 15 300 9013 -36.1 -61.6 5 25.5 -37.4 264 50 334.5 334.5 292.9 334.6 0.03 16 250 10284 -35.5 -68.9 2 33.4 -37.1 256 50 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.01 17 200 11828 -38.1 -70.8 2 32.7 -39.7 250 50 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.5 0.01 18 150 13792 -42.2 -73.8 2 31.6 -43.6 235 48 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.01 19 100 16506 -46.5 -77.1 2 30.5 -47.9 216 19 437.8 437.8 309.7 437.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5512.65 m Freezing level: 737.89 mb = 2402.44 m = 7881.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 741.19 mb = 2363.33 m = 7753.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.38 % Est. max temperature: 18.87 C = 65.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.67 mb = 219.73 m = 720.90 ft T: 12.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 3.10 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.88 mb = 508.90 m = 1669.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.80 C = 58.65 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: 1.52 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.98 C Showalter Index: 1.70 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 50.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.31 C Cross Totals Index: 25.22 C K Index: 30.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.34 mb = 513.78 m = 1685.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 924.34 mb = 558.62 m = 1832.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 844.34 mb = 1305.78 m = 4284.01 ft B at Equ Level: 12.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 764.34 mb = 2115.68 m = 6941.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.7 at 52.4 knts Storm direction: 303.7 at 39.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 17.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 223.8 neg: -85.6 tot: 138.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.51 Bulk Shear: 8.60 m/s