MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z WED 6 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 1002 147 11.0 5.7 70 5.2 8.3 319 10 284.0 284.9 281.3 300.0 5.75 1 1000 165 10.7 5.1 69 5.5 7.8 315 14 283.8 284.8 281.0 299.2 5.51 2 950 590 7.1 3.7 79 3.4 5.4 304 22 284.4 285.3 280.9 299.1 5.25 3 900 1033 4.6 2.3 85 2.3 3.5 285 29 286.2 287.1 281.5 300.5 5.03 4 850 1496 1.5 -0.5 87 2.0 0.6 284 28 287.7 288.5 281.4 300.1 4.35 5 800 1982 -1.4 -2.9 90 1.5 -2.1 286 27 289.6 290.3 281.7 300.8 3.85 6 750 2493 -4.5 -5.3 94 0.8 -4.8 283 26 291.7 292.3 282.1 301.8 3.44 7 700 3034 -7.7 -8.1 96 0.5 -7.8 280 29 294.0 294.5 282.5 302.8 2.95 8 650 3607 -11.1 -11.5 97 0.4 -11.3 280 31 296.4 296.8 282.9 303.8 2.43 9 600 4217 -14.8 -16.6 86 1.8 -15.3 281 36 299.0 299.3 283.2 304.4 1.74 10 550 4872 -17.6 -38.3 15 20.7 -20.5 278 46 303.2 303.3 283.0 304.1 0.25 11 500 5577 -23.0 -40.9 18 17.9 -25.1 279 51 305.0 305.0 283.7 305.7 0.21 12 450 6340 -28.9 -44.2 21 15.3 -30.2 277 59 306.9 307.0 284.4 307.5 0.17 13 400 7170 -35.6 -51.2 19 15.6 -36.4 279 64 308.8 308.8 284.9 309.1 0.09 14 350 8084 -43.0 -60.0 14 16.9 -43.5 279 69 310.7 310.7 285.7 310.9 0.03 15 300 9107 -49.5 -64.9 15 15.5 -49.8 282 78 315.6 315.6 287.3 315.7 0.02 16 250 10288 -52.3 -68.5 13 16.2 -52.5 281 85 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.4 0.02 17 200 11744 -48.9 -78.8 2 29.9 -49.4 283 83 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.4 0.00 18 150 13626 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 283 72 381.9 381.9 302.5 381.9 0.00 19 100 16239 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.9 283 46 422.7 422.7 308.0 422.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5412.25 m Freezing level: 824.65 mb = 1742.38 m = 5716.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 838.76 mb = 1602.67 m = 5258.05 ft Precipitable water: 0.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.15 % Est. max temperature: 14.67 C = 58.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.73 mb = 801.71 m = 2630.26 ft T: 5.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 0.90 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.65 mb = 1357.47 m = 4453.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.30 C = 57.74 F Cap Strength: 5.94 C Lifted Index: 6.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.10 C Showalter Index: 5.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.49 C Cross Totals Index: 22.54 C K Index: 23.54 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 106.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12755.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.83 mb = 1043.10 m = 3422.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.2 at 34.4 knts Storm direction: 312.2 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 3.9 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.3 neg: -8.3 tot: 20.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 50.42 m/s