MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F318.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F318.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 318 hour GFS valid 6Z FRI 15 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 137 SFC 999 146 7.8 6.8 93 1.0 7.3 143 4 281.0 282.1 280.5 298.1 6.21 2 950 558 5.0 4.1 94 0.9 4.6 123 8 282.3 283.2 280.1 297.3 5.40 3 900 998 3.5 2.7 94 0.8 3.1 114 6 285.1 286.0 281.2 299.7 5.17 4 850 1462 2.4 1.9 97 0.5 2.1 286 7 288.6 289.5 282.7 303.4 5.16 5 800 1951 0.6 0.5 99 0.1 0.5 270 20 291.8 292.7 283.8 306.1 4.95 6 750 2468 -1.1 -1.3 99 0.2 -1.2 267 27 295.4 296.2 284.9 309.1 4.64 7 700 3016 -3.8 -4.3 97 0.5 -4.0 273 41 298.2 299.0 285.4 310.1 3.97 8 650 3598 -6.6 -7.2 96 0.6 -6.8 270 47 301.5 302.1 286.0 312.0 3.43 9 600 4221 -9.6 -10.2 95 0.6 -9.9 269 50 305.0 305.5 286.8 314.1 2.92 10 550 4888 -13.0 -13.4 97 0.4 -13.2 270 61 308.7 309.1 287.6 316.5 2.47 11 500 5609 -17.4 -17.4 99 0.1 -17.4 275 72 311.9 312.2 288.2 318.2 1.94 12 450 6390 -22.9 -22.9 99 0.1 -22.9 272 82 314.5 314.7 288.4 319.0 1.34 13 400 7242 -29.0 -29.0 100 0.0 -29.0 269 92 317.3 317.5 288.8 320.3 0.87 14 350 8185 -34.9 -34.9 100 0.0 -34.9 268 110 321.7 321.8 289.9 323.7 0.56 15 300 9248 -39.8 -51.4 28 11.6 -40.5 267 140 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.7 0.11 16 250 10474 -46.7 -60.2 20 13.5 -47.1 264 158 336.7 336.7 293.6 336.9 0.05 17 200 11930 -53.8 -70.3 12 16.4 -54.1 264 157 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.01 18 150 13756 -56.6 -79.2 4 22.6 -56.9 267 113 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.01 19 100 16335 -56.8 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.2 264 45 418.1 418.1 307.5 418.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5471.72 m Freezing level: 781.92 mb = 2137.63 m = 7013.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 784.44 mb = 2108.04 m = 6916.07 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.49 % Est. max temperature: 15.45 C = 59.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.91 mb = 270.29 m = 886.78 ft T: 6.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 0.85 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.59 mb = 920.88 m = 3021.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.39 C = 52.50 F Cap Strength: 11.47 C Lifted Index: 12.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.69 C Showalter Index: 9.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.74 C Cross Totals Index: 19.27 C K Index: 21.18 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 108.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15249.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.52 mb = 691.78 m = 2269.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.6 at 38.7 knts Storm direction: 300.6 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 1.4 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 210.5 neg: -39.5 tot: 170.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 256.88 m/s