MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 1003 146 11.0 6.8 75 4.2 8.8 297 9 283.9 285.0 281.8 301.1 6.19 1 1000 170 10.8 6.1 72 4.7 8.3 295 12 284.0 285.0 281.5 300.4 5.90 2 950 595 7.2 4.2 81 3.1 5.7 289 18 284.5 285.5 281.2 299.7 5.43 3 900 1038 3.8 2.3 90 1.5 3.1 274 20 285.4 286.3 281.1 299.6 5.02 4 850 1500 0.8 0.4 97 0.4 0.6 269 21 286.9 287.8 281.4 300.1 4.63 5 800 1984 -2.3 -2.7 98 0.3 -2.5 278 23 288.6 289.3 281.3 300.0 3.92 6 750 2494 -5.7 -6.0 97 0.4 -5.8 280 30 290.4 291.0 281.3 299.9 3.25 7 700 3032 -8.5 -12.8 71 4.4 -9.9 278 38 293.1 293.5 281.0 299.2 2.03 8 650 3604 -11.2 -22.6 38 11.4 -13.9 278 42 296.3 296.5 281.0 299.4 0.96 9 600 4215 -13.8 -35.7 14 21.9 -17.3 276 45 300.1 300.2 281.8 301.1 0.30 10 550 4871 -17.7 -33.0 25 15.3 -20.2 277 49 303.1 303.2 283.2 304.6 0.43 11 500 5576 -23.2 -33.6 38 10.4 -24.7 277 55 304.7 304.8 283.9 306.2 0.45 12 450 6337 -29.5 -39.5 37 10.0 -30.5 278 60 306.1 306.2 284.2 307.1 0.27 13 400 7166 -36.0 -47.6 29 11.6 -36.7 279 63 308.2 308.2 284.8 308.7 0.13 14 350 8079 -43.0 -54.7 27 11.7 -43.5 279 68 310.7 310.7 285.7 311.0 0.07 15 300 9101 -49.9 -61.4 25 11.5 -50.2 280 76 315.0 315.0 287.1 315.1 0.03 16 250 10284 -52.0 -68.5 12 16.5 -52.3 280 81 328.8 328.8 291.4 328.8 0.02 17 200 11739 -49.3 -78.2 2 28.9 -49.8 285 84 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.7 0.00 18 150 13620 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 283 72 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 19 100 16236 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.2 285 43 424.2 424.2 308.2 424.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5405.79 m Freezing level: 837.77 mb = 1618.19 m = 5308.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 840.25 mb = 1591.94 m = 5222.83 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.68 % Est. max temperature: 13.94 C = 57.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.96 mb = 673.60 m = 2209.95 ft T: 6.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 1.54 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.77 mb = 1102.89 m = 3618.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.73 C = 54.91 F Cap Strength: 5.56 C Lifted Index: 5.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.99 C Showalter Index: 5.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.99 C Cross Totals Index: 23.63 C K Index: 20.02 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 100.79 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12797.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.88 mb = 975.41 m = 3200.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.5 at 36.5 knts Storm direction: 307.5 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 3.5 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 101.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 64.69 m/s