MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F306.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F306.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 306 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 1000 146 7.8 7.0 95 0.8 7.4 149 6 280.9 282.0 280.6 298.2 6.30 1 1000 149 7.5 7.0 97 0.5 7.3 148 7 280.7 281.8 280.4 298.0 6.30 2 950 569 4.7 4.5 99 0.2 4.6 152 9 281.9 282.9 280.1 297.3 5.55 3 900 1009 3.9 3.2 95 0.7 3.6 244 6 285.6 286.5 281.6 300.6 5.36 4 850 1475 3.9 2.6 92 1.3 3.2 280 27 290.2 291.1 283.7 305.8 5.43 5 800 1965 0.6 0.5 99 0.1 0.5 282 39 291.8 292.7 283.8 306.2 4.97 6 750 2482 -1.3 -1.4 99 0.1 -1.3 285 45 295.2 296.0 284.8 308.7 4.60 7 700 3030 -3.5 -3.8 98 0.3 -3.7 281 52 298.6 299.3 285.7 310.9 4.12 8 650 3613 -6.3 -6.8 97 0.5 -6.5 278 60 301.8 302.5 286.3 312.7 3.54 9 600 4236 -9.7 -10.2 96 0.5 -9.9 274 61 304.8 305.4 286.7 313.9 2.92 10 550 4902 -13.7 -14.1 97 0.4 -13.8 277 64 307.8 308.2 287.2 315.3 2.34 11 500 5620 -18.3 -18.4 99 0.1 -18.3 279 70 310.7 311.1 287.6 316.6 1.80 12 450 6399 -23.4 -23.4 100 0.0 -23.4 275 76 313.9 314.1 288.2 318.2 1.29 13 400 7252 -28.6 -28.7 100 0.0 -28.6 273 89 317.8 318.0 289.0 320.9 0.90 14 350 8196 -35.0 -37.1 80 2.2 -35.2 264 105 321.6 321.7 289.8 323.2 0.45 15 300 9263 -38.8 -45.7 48 6.9 -39.4 265 141 330.7 330.7 292.1 331.5 0.21 16 250 10493 -46.1 -61.9 15 15.9 -46.6 262 149 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.7 0.04 17 200 11955 -51.8 -72.0 7 20.2 -52.2 260 139 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 13789 -58.4 -78.9 5 20.5 -58.6 261 112 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.01 19 100 16342 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 258 50 418.4 418.4 307.5 418.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5471.84 m Freezing level: 784.18 mb = 2128.68 m = 6983.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 785.41 mb = 2112.52 m = 6930.74 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.06 % Est. max temperature: 17.03 C = 62.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.58 mb = 242.76 m = 796.44 ft T: 6.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 0.92 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 953.32 mb = 540.54 m = 1773.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.72 C = 47.69 F Cap Strength: 10.57 C Lifted Index: 11.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.87 C Showalter Index: 6.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.05 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.15 C Cross Totals Index: 20.90 C K Index: 24.48 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.29 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15415.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.17 mb = 627.84 m = 2059.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.4 at 46.6 knts Storm direction: 307.4 at 35.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 10.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 268.1 neg: -1.5 tot: 266.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 351.30 m/s