MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 1004 146 10.5 7.4 81 3.1 8.9 247 8 283.4 284.5 281.8 301.2 6.44 1 1000 176 10.2 6.5 78 3.7 8.3 242 11 283.4 284.4 281.4 300.2 6.07 2 950 600 6.8 4.1 83 2.7 5.5 252 15 284.1 285.1 281.0 299.2 5.40 3 900 1042 3.5 2.1 91 1.3 2.8 258 17 285.1 285.9 280.9 299.0 4.96 4 850 1503 0.4 -0.4 95 0.7 0.0 263 18 286.5 287.3 280.9 299.0 4.38 5 800 1987 -2.8 -3.4 96 0.6 -3.1 270 19 288.1 288.8 280.8 298.8 3.70 6 750 2496 -5.9 -6.9 93 1.0 -6.3 275 22 290.1 290.7 280.9 299.0 3.03 7 700 3032 -9.0 -14.2 66 5.2 -10.6 274 26 292.5 292.8 280.4 298.0 1.82 8 650 3604 -10.7 -31.6 16 20.9 -14.6 267 36 296.9 297.0 280.6 298.3 0.42 9 600 4216 -13.9 -30.3 24 16.4 -16.9 264 42 300.1 300.2 282.1 301.8 0.51 10 550 4871 -18.2 -29.4 37 11.2 -20.2 267 50 302.5 302.6 283.2 304.5 0.61 11 500 5575 -23.5 -33.9 38 10.4 -25.0 270 56 304.4 304.5 283.7 305.9 0.43 12 450 6336 -29.5 -39.9 36 10.5 -30.5 272 61 306.2 306.3 284.2 307.1 0.26 13 400 7165 -35.8 -48.4 26 12.6 -36.5 274 63 308.5 308.5 284.9 308.9 0.12 14 350 8080 -42.3 -57.2 18 14.9 -42.8 278 67 311.7 311.7 286.0 311.9 0.05 15 300 9107 -48.7 -64.3 15 15.6 -49.0 277 75 316.8 316.8 287.7 316.9 0.02 16 250 10289 -53.4 -68.5 14 15.1 -53.7 281 76 326.6 326.6 290.7 326.7 0.02 17 200 11737 -49.4 -78.1 2 28.8 -49.9 283 82 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.6 0.00 18 150 13617 -51.0 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.6 279 68 382.2 382.2 302.6 382.2 0.00 19 100 16233 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 287 46 422.4 422.4 308.0 422.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5399.28 m Freezing level: 844.18 mb = 1559.60 m = 5116.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 849.68 mb = 1506.34 m = 4942.01 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.00 % Est. max temperature: 13.57 C = 56.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.75 mb = 532.90 m = 1748.34 ft T: 7.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 2.37 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.86 mb = 1025.08 m = 3363.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.18 C = 53.92 F Cap Strength: 5.33 C Lifted Index: 5.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.69 C Showalter Index: 6.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.87 C Cross Totals Index: 23.13 C K Index: 18.30 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 91.36 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.18 mb = 914.21 m = 2999.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.18 mb = 1798.01 m = 5898.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 769.18 mb = 2296.72 m = 7535.07 ft B at Equ Level: 7.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 709.18 mb = 2930.98 m = 9615.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.5 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 297.5 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 69.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 61.84 m/s