MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F309.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F309.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 309 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 146 7.5 6.7 95 0.8 7.1 147 7 280.5 281.6 280.1 297.4 6.14 1 1000 156 7.1 6.6 97 0.5 6.9 142 8 280.3 281.3 280.0 297.0 6.12 2 950 576 4.3 4.1 99 0.2 4.2 142 11 281.5 282.4 279.7 296.4 5.40 3 900 1015 2.7 2.4 98 0.2 2.5 163 7 284.2 285.1 280.6 298.4 5.06 4 850 1478 2.6 1.9 95 0.7 2.2 259 16 288.9 289.8 282.8 303.6 5.16 5 800 1968 1.1 0.4 95 0.7 0.8 278 28 292.3 293.2 284.0 306.6 4.93 6 750 2485 -1.3 -1.5 99 0.2 -1.3 292 42 295.2 296.0 284.8 308.7 4.58 7 700 3033 -3.5 -3.7 98 0.2 -3.6 286 58 298.7 299.4 285.7 311.1 4.16 8 650 3617 -6.1 -6.5 97 0.5 -6.2 281 65 302.1 302.8 286.4 313.1 3.61 9 600 4239 -9.7 -10.2 96 0.5 -9.9 275 66 304.9 305.4 286.7 314.0 2.93 10 550 4906 -14.1 -14.5 97 0.3 -14.2 271 68 307.3 307.7 286.9 314.5 2.27 11 500 5623 -18.2 -18.2 100 0.0 -18.2 271 70 310.9 311.2 287.7 316.8 1.82 12 450 6403 -23.3 -23.3 100 0.0 -23.2 274 76 314.0 314.2 288.2 318.4 1.30 13 400 7256 -28.6 -28.7 99 0.1 -28.6 270 90 317.8 318.0 289.0 320.9 0.90 14 350 8198 -35.2 -38.0 75 2.8 -35.5 267 103 321.3 321.4 289.6 322.8 0.41 15 300 9264 -39.2 -46.4 47 7.1 -39.8 264 143 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.8 0.20 16 250 10490 -46.7 -60.9 18 14.2 -47.1 263 153 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.04 17 200 11948 -52.9 -70.9 9 18.1 -53.2 261 144 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 13782 -56.8 -79.4 4 22.6 -57.1 261 111 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16346 -56.9 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.3 262 48 417.8 417.8 307.4 417.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5466.97 m Freezing level: 776.75 mb = 2208.18 m = 7244.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 781.48 mb = 2155.41 m = 7071.48 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.29 % Est. max temperature: 15.72 C = 60.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.10 mb = 245.90 m = 806.74 ft T: 6.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 0.95 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 951.95 mb = 559.28 m = 1834.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.41 C = 47.13 F Cap Strength: 11.04 C Lifted Index: 12.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.68 C Showalter Index: 8.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.80 C Cross Totals Index: 20.08 C K Index: 22.45 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 125.62 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.10 mb = 609.45 m = 1999.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 941.10 mb = 652.46 m = 2140.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 931.10 mb = 739.17 m = 2425.06 ft B at Equ Level: 14.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 881.10 mb = 1186.82 m = 3893.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.3 at 47.1 knts Storm direction: 305.3 at 35.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.6 neg: 1.9 tot: 11.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 284.4 neg: -2.7 tot: 281.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.5 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 388.73 m/s