MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F300.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F300.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12.5 day GFS valid 12Z THU 14 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 146 9.0 6.8 86 2.2 7.9 184 4 282.0 283.1 280.9 299.1 6.19 1 1000 163 8.6 6.9 89 1.8 7.8 182 5 281.8 282.9 280.9 299.0 6.24 2 950 585 5.3 4.8 96 0.6 5.1 179 6 282.6 283.6 280.6 298.3 5.67 3 900 1026 4.5 3.2 91 1.3 3.8 277 7 286.1 287.1 281.8 301.2 5.33 4 850 1492 4.4 1.9 84 2.4 3.2 303 27 290.7 291.6 283.7 305.6 5.17 5 800 1985 2.3 -0.9 79 3.2 0.8 297 42 293.6 294.4 284.1 306.7 4.47 6 750 2503 -2.1 -2.7 96 0.5 -2.3 290 48 294.3 295.0 284.0 306.6 4.19 7 700 3048 -4.7 -4.9 99 0.2 -4.8 280 53 297.3 298.0 284.8 308.6 3.80 8 650 3630 -6.6 -7.6 93 1.0 -7.0 272 59 301.5 302.1 285.9 311.6 3.32 9 600 4252 -10.1 -11.5 89 1.4 -10.6 274 68 304.4 304.9 286.3 312.7 2.63 10 550 4917 -14.6 -15.2 96 0.5 -14.8 270 72 306.8 307.2 286.6 313.6 2.14 11 500 5634 -17.4 -17.8 97 0.3 -17.5 268 71 311.8 312.1 288.1 318.0 1.89 12 450 6418 -21.2 -21.3 99 0.2 -21.2 275 65 316.6 316.9 289.3 321.9 1.55 13 400 7278 -26.9 -27.1 98 0.2 -26.9 276 77 320.0 320.2 289.9 323.6 1.04 14 350 8225 -34.7 -35.1 96 0.4 -34.8 265 85 321.9 322.0 289.9 323.9 0.55 15 300 9285 -41.2 -43.9 75 2.7 -41.5 259 122 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.2 0.26 16 250 10509 -46.4 -61.9 16 15.5 -46.9 259 142 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.04 17 200 11968 -53.0 -70.7 10 17.7 -53.3 256 139 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 13804 -56.9 -79.8 4 22.9 -57.2 265 109 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.00 19 100 16359 -58.4 -85.4 2 27.0 -58.7 261 56 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5470.54 m Freezing level: 773.78 mb = 2256.40 m = 7402.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 787.07 mb = 2115.71 m = 6941.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.91 % Est. max temperature: 17.55 C = 63.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.69 mb = 424.87 m = 1393.91 ft T: 6.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.92 C/km ThetaE index: 0.76 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.42 mb = 1909.98 m = 6266.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.20 C = 68.37 F Cap Strength: 9.10 C Lifted Index: 12.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.20 C Showalter Index: 7.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.81 C Cross Totals Index: 19.36 C K Index: 23.55 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 147.50 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14683.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.52 mb = 710.47 m = 2330.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.0 at 48.6 knts Storm direction: 306.0 at 36.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 4.8 tot: 10.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.7 neg: -46.3 tot: 24.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 322.65 m/s