MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F303.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F303.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 303 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 1001 147 8.2 7.0 92 1.2 7.6 152 5 281.3 282.3 280.7 298.5 6.29 1 1000 154 8.0 7.2 95 0.8 7.6 148 5 281.1 282.2 280.7 298.6 6.37 2 950 575 5.0 4.8 99 0.1 4.9 150 8 282.2 283.2 280.4 298.0 5.70 3 900 1016 4.3 3.0 91 1.3 3.7 269 4 285.9 286.8 281.7 300.8 5.27 4 850 1482 5.1 1.6 78 3.5 3.4 287 26 291.5 292.4 283.8 306.1 5.06 5 800 1975 2.2 -0.6 81 2.9 0.9 289 39 293.5 294.4 284.1 306.9 4.57 6 750 2493 -1.6 -2.2 96 0.6 -1.9 292 47 294.9 295.7 284.4 307.7 4.35 7 700 3040 -4.3 -4.8 96 0.5 -4.6 286 58 297.7 298.4 285.0 309.1 3.81 8 650 3623 -6.3 -7.0 95 0.7 -6.6 278 62 301.8 302.5 286.2 312.4 3.47 9 600 4244 -10.1 -10.6 96 0.5 -10.2 275 68 304.5 305.0 286.5 313.3 2.84 10 550 4910 -14.2 -14.4 98 0.2 -14.2 274 71 307.3 307.7 286.9 314.5 2.28 11 500 5627 -18.4 -18.7 98 0.3 -18.5 273 73 310.5 310.9 287.5 316.2 1.74 12 450 6407 -22.3 -22.5 98 0.3 -22.3 278 68 315.3 315.5 288.7 319.9 1.39 13 400 7265 -27.3 -27.6 97 0.3 -27.3 275 83 319.5 319.7 289.6 323.0 0.99 14 350 8212 -34.6 -34.8 98 0.2 -34.7 268 97 322.1 322.2 290.0 324.1 0.57 15 300 9273 -40.4 -45.9 56 5.4 -40.8 261 129 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.2 0.21 16 250 10499 -46.1 -61.6 16 15.5 -46.6 260 146 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.04 17 200 11961 -52.1 -71.5 8 19.4 -52.4 259 139 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 13800 -57.7 -79.4 5 21.6 -58.0 263 110 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 19 100 16346 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 258 54 416.3 416.3 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5473.33 m Freezing level: 770.56 mb = 2280.34 m = 7481.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 783.68 mb = 2140.67 m = 7023.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.19 % Est. max temperature: 18.33 C = 64.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.49 mb = 290.73 m = 953.82 ft T: 6.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 0.60 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 950.78 mb = 568.41 m = 1864.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.13 C = 48.43 F Cap Strength: 9.78 C Lifted Index: 11.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.79 C Showalter Index: 6.38 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.57 C Cross Totals Index: 20.06 C K Index: 24.68 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15512.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.46 mb = 648.74 m = 2128.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.4 at 48.9 knts Storm direction: 308.4 at 36.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: 1.6 tot: 10.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 210.1 neg: -19.9 tot: 190.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 374.11 m/s