MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 6Z SUN 2 NOV 25 Station: 54.53,-11.97 Latitude: 54.53 Longitude: -11.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -212 SFC 975 -0 7.6 6.6 93 1.1 7.1 346 47 282.9 283.9 281.4 300.2 6.26 2 950 210 4.5 3.8 95 0.7 4.1 349 62 281.7 282.6 279.7 296.3 5.28 3 900 647 0.9 0.9 100 0.0 0.9 351 68 282.5 283.2 279.1 295.1 4.54 4 850 1104 -1.8 -2.0 98 0.2 -1.9 360 68 284.3 284.9 279.2 295.3 3.88 5 800 1585 -4.4 -4.8 97 0.4 -4.6 7 60 286.5 287.1 279.6 296.1 3.34 6 750 2090 -7.3 -7.8 96 0.5 -7.4 4 54 288.7 289.2 280.0 297.0 2.84 7 700 2625 -9.8 -10.4 95 0.6 -9.9 358 41 291.7 292.1 280.9 299.1 2.48 8 650 3196 -11.6 -12.1 96 0.5 -11.8 354 28 295.8 296.2 282.5 302.9 2.32 9 600 3805 -15.2 -15.4 98 0.2 -15.3 352 19 298.5 298.8 283.2 304.4 1.91 10 550 4457 -19.7 -19.7 100 0.0 -19.7 335 16 300.7 301.0 283.5 305.4 1.46 11 500 5157 -24.7 -24.7 100 0.0 -24.8 329 17 302.9 303.1 283.9 306.2 1.03 12 450 5915 -30.6 -30.6 100 0.0 -30.6 339 18 304.7 304.9 284.2 307.0 0.66 13 400 6741 -36.4 -36.4 100 0.0 -36.4 341 13 307.7 307.7 285.0 309.1 0.42 14 350 7653 -43.1 -43.4 97 0.3 -43.2 346 15 310.6 310.6 285.8 311.4 0.23 15 300 8681 -46.2 -59.7 20 13.5 -46.6 311 16 320.3 320.3 288.9 320.5 0.04 16 250 9882 -49.3 -57.5 38 8.2 -49.6 291 11 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.06 17 200 11351 -47.7 -78.0 2 30.2 -48.4 287 18 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.00 18 150 13249 -49.1 -79.0 2 29.9 -49.8 290 13 385.5 385.5 303.1 385.5 0.01 19 100 15880 -53.8 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.4 291 19 423.8 423.8 308.2 423.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5368.86 m Freezing level: 882.97 mb = 802.85 m = 2634.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 883.86 mb = 791.90 m = 2598.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.58 % Est. max temperature: 10.13 C = 50.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.76 mb = 134.33 m = 440.70 ft T: 5.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 5.05 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.88 mb = 452.74 m = 1485.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.91 C = 44.45 F Cap Strength: 6.15 C Lifted Index: 6.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.94 C Showalter Index: 7.58 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.95 C Cross Totals Index: 22.74 C K Index: 20.33 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.30 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.75 mb = 480.27 m = 1575.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 913.75 mb = 524.44 m = 1720.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 803.75 mb = 1547.52 m = 5077.10 ft B at Equ Level: 15.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 723.75 mb = 2366.68 m = 7764.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 354.0 at 37.3 knts Storm direction: 24.0 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 5.1 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -16.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 315.3 neg: -136.2 tot: 179.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 73.17 m/s