MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 12Z MON 11 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 138 SFC 999 147 12.0 8.6 80 3.4 10.1 347 12 285.2 286.4 283.3 304.8 7.03 2 950 567 9.4 7.1 86 2.3 8.1 340 28 286.7 287.9 283.5 305.3 6.65 3 900 1013 6.4 4.9 90 1.4 5.6 328 37 288.1 289.2 283.5 305.2 6.06 4 850 1479 3.0 2.6 97 0.4 2.8 320 38 289.3 290.3 283.3 304.8 5.43 5 800 1969 0.3 -0.0 98 0.3 0.1 315 35 291.4 292.3 283.5 305.3 4.78 6 750 2484 -2.7 -3.1 97 0.4 -2.9 307 31 293.7 294.4 283.7 305.6 4.07 7 700 3028 -5.0 -6.8 87 1.8 -5.7 301 31 297.0 297.6 284.1 306.8 3.28 8 650 3608 -8.1 -9.6 89 1.4 -8.7 306 33 299.8 300.3 284.8 308.5 2.85 9 600 4225 -12.0 -13.9 85 1.9 -12.6 310 38 302.3 302.7 284.9 309.1 2.17 10 550 4886 -16.2 -18.4 83 2.2 -16.8 318 45 304.8 305.1 285.3 310.1 1.63 11 500 5598 -20.1 -28.6 47 8.5 -21.7 321 54 308.6 308.7 285.7 311.0 0.72 12 450 6370 -25.3 -41.7 20 16.4 -27.1 319 50 311.5 311.5 286.1 312.3 0.22 13 400 7216 -30.8 -55.2 7 24.4 -32.3 311 49 314.9 314.9 287.1 315.1 0.05 14 350 8150 -37.6 -58.2 10 20.5 -38.5 308 47 318.0 318.0 288.2 318.2 0.04 15 300 9194 -45.5 -60.4 17 14.8 -46.0 307 47 321.2 321.2 289.2 321.3 0.04 16 250 10387 -53.4 -64.4 25 11.0 -53.6 300 54 326.7 326.7 290.8 326.8 0.03 17 200 11813 -54.9 -70.1 13 15.2 -55.1 297 55 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 13661 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.3 -52.2 283 56 380.9 380.9 302.4 381.0 0.00 19 100 16275 -55.1 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.6 272 34 421.4 421.4 307.9 421.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5459.48 m Freezing level: 795.73 mb = 2012.55 m = 6602.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 797.71 mb = 1991.45 m = 6533.56 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.53 % Est. max temperature: 16.13 C = 61.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.55 mb = 570.48 m = 1871.62 ft T: 9.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 0.51 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.73 mb = 1060.93 m = 3480.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.98 C = 58.96 F Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lifted Index: 5.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.58 C Showalter Index: 5.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.11 C Cross Totals Index: 22.68 C K Index: 23.89 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 162.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11711.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.98 mb = 876.64 m = 2876.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.6 at 37.6 knts Storm direction: 346.6 at 28.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.1 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.2 neg: -72.7 tot: -51.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -17.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 54.31 m/s