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: -37.98,145.05 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 10.3 6.7 78 3.6 8.4 338 11 282.7 283.8 281.1 299.6 6.09 1 1000 100 10.1 5.3 72 4.8 7.6 335 15 283.2 284.2 280.8 298.8 5.60 2 950 524 7.1 3.5 78 3.6 5.4 321 24 284.4 285.3 280.8 298.9 5.18 3 900 966 3.9 1.5 84 2.4 2.7 307 31 285.5 286.3 280.8 298.8 4.72 4 850 1429 1.7 -4.1 65 5.8 -0.7 304 42 287.9 288.5 280.2 297.5 3.31 5 800 1915 -1.4 -10.2 51 8.8 -4.5 307 45 289.7 290.1 279.6 296.2 2.20 6 750 2426 -4.7 -13.9 48 9.3 -7.6 304 46 291.5 291.8 279.9 296.8 1.73 7 700 2965 -8.2 -15.5 56 7.3 -10.4 305 46 293.4 293.7 280.6 298.4 1.63 8 650 3536 -12.3 -17.6 65 5.2 -13.7 309 45 295.0 295.3 281.1 299.6 1.48 9 600 4141 -17.3 -20.4 76 3.2 -18.0 310 43 296.1 296.4 281.4 300.1 1.26 10 550 4787 -22.6 -24.2 87 1.6 -22.9 311 43 297.2 297.4 281.5 300.3 0.98 11 500 5478 -27.6 -30.3 78 2.7 -28.0 314 50 299.4 299.5 281.9 301.4 0.62 12 450 6237 -26.0 -60.3 2 34.2 -28.2 313 76 310.5 310.5 285.5 310.6 0.03 13 400 7086 -29.3 -62.5 3 33.2 -31.2 307 90 316.9 316.9 287.8 316.9 0.02 14 350 8023 -37.2 -61.3 6 24.1 -38.2 304 89 318.6 318.6 288.3 318.7 0.03 15 300 9071 -44.1 -63.6 10 19.5 -44.6 299 90 323.3 323.3 289.8 323.4 0.02 16 250 10279 -49.2 -66.7 11 17.4 -49.6 294 89 332.9 332.9 292.5 333.0 0.02 17 200 11742 -47.8 -77.2 2 29.4 -48.4 298 90 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 18 150 13631 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 293 74 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 19 100 16233 -54.8 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.4 289 47 421.8 421.8 307.9 421.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5378.36 m Freezing level: 822.75 mb = 1693.64 m = 5556.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 860.73 mb = 1327.33 m = 4354.71 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.21 % Est. max temperature: 15.01 C = 59.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.80 mb = 482.38 m = 1582.61 ft T: 7.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.72 C/km ThetaE index: 2.69 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.21 mb = 1275.96 m = 4186.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.61 C = 58.31 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: 2.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.83 C Showalter Index: 3.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 52.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.28 C Cross Totals Index: 23.51 C K Index: 17.85 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.78 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.80 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14358.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.54 mb = 925.06 m = 3034.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.7 at 42.4 knts Storm direction: 339.7 at 31.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 6.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.6 neg: -6.2 tot: 127.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 85.00 m/s