MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 5 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 148 7.8 3.7 75 4.1 5.8 344 11 280.8 281.7 278.9 294.6 4.98 1 1000 154 8.1 3.3 72 4.8 5.8 339 14 281.2 282.1 278.9 294.6 4.84 2 950 577 7.8 2.8 71 5.0 5.3 310 29 285.1 285.9 280.8 298.9 4.91 3 900 1022 5.7 2.3 78 3.5 4.1 291 34 287.4 288.3 282.0 301.6 5.00 4 850 1487 2.3 0.0 85 2.2 1.2 285 33 288.5 289.3 281.9 301.4 4.50 5 800 1974 -0.9 -3.2 85 2.3 -1.9 281 33 290.2 290.9 281.8 301.2 3.78 6 750 2486 -4.1 -6.4 84 2.3 -5.0 276 32 292.2 292.7 282.0 301.5 3.16 7 700 3027 -7.6 -9.2 88 1.6 -8.1 274 30 294.1 294.6 282.3 302.3 2.73 8 650 3600 -11.1 -13.2 84 2.1 -11.8 273 28 296.4 296.8 282.5 302.9 2.12 9 600 4211 -14.5 -20.4 61 5.9 -15.9 277 33 299.4 299.6 282.7 303.4 1.26 10 550 4865 -18.5 -31.5 31 13.0 -20.7 284 43 302.1 302.2 282.9 303.8 0.50 11 500 5569 -22.7 -44.4 12 21.7 -24.9 284 50 305.4 305.4 283.7 305.9 0.15 12 450 6333 -28.5 -45.6 18 17.2 -29.9 282 57 307.5 307.5 284.5 308.0 0.14 13 400 7165 -35.2 -53.6 14 18.3 -36.2 281 63 309.2 309.2 285.1 309.5 0.07 14 350 8081 -42.5 -60.2 13 17.7 -43.0 279 67 311.4 311.5 285.9 311.6 0.03 15 300 9103 -50.2 -66.2 13 16.0 -50.5 283 71 314.5 314.5 286.9 314.6 0.02 16 250 10282 -53.1 -68.6 14 15.4 -53.4 280 88 327.1 327.1 290.9 327.1 0.01 17 200 11733 -48.9 -78.8 2 29.9 -49.4 280 89 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.4 0.00 18 150 13616 -50.8 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.4 282 76 382.5 382.5 302.6 382.6 0.00 19 100 16230 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.5 283 51 421.5 421.5 307.9 421.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5415.14 m Freezing level: 814.23 mb = 1835.22 m = 6020.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 830.44 mb = 1673.77 m = 5491.31 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.93 % Est. max temperature: 15.40 C = 59.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.24 mb = 661.99 m = 2171.85 ft T: 7.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 0.46 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.95 mb = 1707.63 m = 5602.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.19 C = 61.15 F Cap Strength: 5.66 C Lifted Index: 7.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.73 C Showalter Index: 5.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.96 C Cross Totals Index: 22.72 C K Index: 23.37 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 116.69 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.92 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13748.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.15 mb = 1157.12 m = 3796.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.2 at 35.6 knts Storm direction: 313.2 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.8 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -64.0 tot: -64.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -21.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: -4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 58.77 m/s