MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: -37.98,145.05 Latitude: -37.98 Longitude: 145.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 32 12.9 6.5 65 6.4 9.5 307 16 285.4 286.4 282.3 302.3 6.02 1 1000 95 13.0 5.3 60 7.7 8.9 309 22 286.1 287.1 282.1 301.8 5.58 2 950 523 9.5 4.0 69 5.5 6.7 316 31 286.8 287.7 282.2 302.0 5.37 3 900 969 5.5 3.1 84 2.4 4.3 321 33 287.2 288.1 282.3 302.2 5.30 4 850 1433 1.8 1.5 98 0.3 1.6 324 37 288.0 288.9 282.3 302.3 5.00 5 800 1920 -0.8 -0.9 99 0.1 -0.9 331 46 290.3 291.1 282.7 303.2 4.46 6 750 2433 -3.8 -4.1 98 0.2 -4.0 342 52 292.4 293.1 282.8 303.4 3.77 7 700 2973 -7.7 -7.8 99 0.1 -7.7 339 56 294.0 294.5 282.6 303.0 3.03 8 650 3548 -10.0 -10.2 98 0.2 -10.1 329 57 297.7 298.2 283.7 305.9 2.70 9 600 4161 -13.9 -14.8 93 0.9 -14.2 327 63 300.0 300.4 283.9 306.3 2.01 10 550 4815 -18.9 -19.5 95 0.6 -19.1 331 67 301.6 301.9 283.9 306.3 1.48 11 500 5518 -23.4 -26.9 73 3.5 -24.1 338 73 304.5 304.7 284.3 307.3 0.85 12 450 6286 -24.8 -49.6 8 24.7 -27.1 330 86 312.0 312.0 286.2 312.4 0.09 13 400 7134 -30.4 -62.2 3 31.9 -32.0 324 87 315.5 315.5 287.3 315.6 0.02 14 350 8068 -37.9 -63.2 5 25.3 -38.8 320 79 317.7 317.7 288.0 317.8 0.02 15 300 9113 -44.1 -68.4 5 24.3 -44.7 313 84 323.1 323.2 289.8 323.2 0.01 16 250 10321 -49.5 -67.1 11 17.5 -49.9 306 83 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.5 0.02 17 200 11775 -50.2 -75.6 3 25.4 -50.6 305 91 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 13649 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 298 72 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.4 0.00 19 100 16234 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 292 58 420.7 420.7 307.8 420.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5423.73 m Freezing level: 815.66 mb = 1767.37 m = 5798.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 817.46 mb = 1746.52 m = 5729.98 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.42 % Est. max temperature: 15.35 C = 59.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.09 mb = 831.56 m = 2728.20 ft T: 6.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 0.46 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.06 mb = 1299.68 m = 4263.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.23 C = 59.42 F Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lifted Index: 4.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.61 C Showalter Index: 3.99 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 50.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.19 C Cross Totals Index: 24.87 C K Index: 26.53 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.99 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12468.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.82 mb = 1162.12 m = 3812.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 331.4 at 53.7 knts Storm direction: 1.4 at 40.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 288.7 neg: -4.1 tot: 284.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 124.21 m/s