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: 61.86,-1.66 Latitude: 61.86 Longitude: -1.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -59 SFC 993 -0 12.8 10.1 84 2.7 11.2 12 23 286.5 287.9 284.7 308.3 7.82 2 950 370 9.1 7.8 92 1.3 8.3 14 28 286.4 287.6 283.8 305.9 6.99 3 900 815 6.0 4.4 89 1.6 5.2 17 29 287.7 288.8 283.1 304.3 5.84 4 850 1282 3.2 2.3 94 0.9 2.7 19 27 289.5 290.4 283.2 304.7 5.31 5 800 1771 0.3 0.1 99 0.1 0.2 17 25 291.4 292.3 283.5 305.4 4.83 6 750 2287 -1.8 -2.0 98 0.2 -1.9 19 21 294.6 295.4 284.4 307.6 4.40 7 700 2834 -4.1 -4.6 97 0.4 -4.3 29 17 297.9 298.6 285.1 309.6 3.89 8 650 3416 -7.0 -7.5 96 0.5 -7.2 45 15 301.1 301.7 285.8 311.3 3.36 9 600 4036 -10.5 -11.0 96 0.5 -10.7 57 14 304.0 304.5 286.2 312.5 2.75 10 550 4701 -14.4 -14.8 97 0.4 -14.6 70 13 307.0 307.4 286.7 314.0 2.20 11 500 5418 -18.3 -18.5 99 0.2 -18.3 78 13 310.7 311.1 287.6 316.6 1.78 12 450 6197 -23.2 -23.2 100 0.0 -23.2 58 13 314.1 314.3 288.2 318.5 1.31 13 400 7048 -30.0 -30.0 100 0.0 -30.0 87 13 316.0 316.2 288.3 318.8 0.79 14 350 7983 -37.9 -37.9 100 -0.0 -37.9 81 15 317.6 317.7 288.5 319.1 0.42 15 300 9025 -46.5 -46.5 100 -0.0 -46.5 110 34 319.8 319.9 288.9 320.6 0.20 16 250 10233 -43.8 -67.0 6 23.2 -44.6 150 6 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.02 17 200 11750 -40.4 -72.5 2 32.1 -41.6 177 15 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.01 18 150 13708 -41.2 -73.1 2 31.9 -42.8 205 20 399.0 399.0 305.1 399.1 0.01 19 100 16443 -44.4 -75.5 2 31.1 -46.0 208 20 441.9 441.9 310.1 442.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5476.80 m Freezing level: 793.50 mb = 1837.90 m = 6029.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 795.36 mb = 1817.25 m = 5962.02 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.50 % Est. max temperature: 16.02 C = 60.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.34 mb = 340.32 m = 1116.51 ft T: 9.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 4.07 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.33 mb = 712.25 m = 2336.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.70 C = 56.66 F Cap Strength: 4.93 C Lifted Index: 6.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.05 C Showalter Index: 7.48 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.46 C Cross Totals Index: 20.56 C K Index: 23.33 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 93.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.96 mb = 643.47 m = 2111.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.96 mb = 1148.77 m = 3768.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 783.96 mb = 1932.73 m = 6340.90 ft B at Equ Level: 8.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 743.96 mb = 2351.04 m = 7713.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 33.8 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 63.8 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -0.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.7 neg: -20.6 tot: 9.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.61 Bulk Shear: 14.80 m/s