MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: -37.77,144.91 Latitude: -37.77 Longitude: 144.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 994 147 8.9 6.0 82 3.0 7.4 336 11 282.5 283.6 280.8 298.8 5.88 2 950 524 7.0 3.7 80 3.3 5.4 322 24 284.3 285.2 280.9 299.0 5.26 3 900 966 4.0 1.4 83 2.7 2.8 308 34 285.7 286.5 280.8 298.9 4.69 4 850 1429 2.0 -4.7 61 6.7 -0.7 307 42 288.2 288.8 280.2 297.4 3.16 5 800 1916 -0.9 -11.8 44 10.9 -4.6 307 45 290.2 290.5 279.6 296.0 1.94 6 750 2428 -4.0 -14.5 44 10.5 -7.3 305 45 292.2 292.5 280.1 297.2 1.65 7 700 2968 -7.6 -15.8 52 8.1 -10.1 305 45 294.0 294.3 280.8 298.9 1.60 8 650 3540 -12.0 -18.6 58 6.6 -13.7 306 43 295.4 295.6 281.1 299.6 1.35 9 600 4146 -17.1 -21.9 66 4.8 -18.1 306 42 296.3 296.5 281.3 299.8 1.10 10 550 4792 -22.4 -25.4 77 3.0 -22.9 306 43 297.5 297.7 281.5 300.4 0.88 11 500 5486 -26.0 -33.1 51 7.1 -26.9 308 52 301.4 301.5 282.6 303.0 0.47 12 450 6249 -25.2 -59.3 3 34.0 -27.5 307 75 311.5 311.5 285.9 311.6 0.03 13 400 7098 -29.7 -60.7 3 31.0 -31.5 304 88 316.3 316.4 287.6 316.5 0.03 14 350 8033 -37.7 -60.3 8 22.7 -38.6 302 87 318.0 318.0 288.1 318.1 0.03 15 300 9079 -44.5 -62.6 11 18.2 -45.0 299 89 322.7 322.7 289.6 322.8 0.03 16 250 10286 -49.1 -66.8 11 17.7 -49.4 295 90 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.2 0.02 17 200 11748 -48.8 -76.8 2 28.0 -49.4 296 90 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.4 0.01 18 150 13631 -50.4 -80.0 2 29.6 -51.0 294 78 383.3 383.3 302.8 383.3 0.00 19 100 16235 -54.8 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.4 293 48 421.8 421.8 307.9 421.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5385.69 m Freezing level: 815.60 mb = 1764.01 m = 5787.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 860.55 mb = 1329.31 m = 4361.19 ft Precipitable water: 0.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.28 % Est. max temperature: 14.83 C = 58.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.30 mb = 521.31 m = 1710.32 ft T: 7.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.28 C/km ThetaE index: 2.98 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.39 mb = 1425.57 m = 4677.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.60 C = 58.28 F Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lifted Index: 3.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.42 C Showalter Index: 4.83 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.96 C Cross Totals Index: 21.24 C K Index: 15.10 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.06 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15084.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.68 mb = 959.88 m = 3149.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.2 at 43.3 knts Storm direction: 337.2 at 32.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 6.3 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.7 neg: -8.9 tot: 96.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 84.53 m/s