MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 2 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 1008 148 8.2 5.7 84 2.5 6.9 184 1 280.7 281.7 279.7 296.4 5.71 1 1000 214 9.4 5.3 75 4.2 7.3 145 2 282.6 283.5 280.4 298.0 5.57 2 950 639 8.6 3.4 70 5.1 6.0 113 8 285.9 286.8 281.5 300.4 5.15 3 900 1085 6.8 -0.1 61 7.0 3.6 101 6 288.6 289.3 281.6 300.6 4.20 4 850 1552 4.0 -3.8 57 7.7 0.7 59 4 290.3 290.9 281.4 300.3 3.40 5 800 2042 1.4 -10.6 40 12.0 -3.0 80 2 292.6 293.0 280.9 299.0 2.12 6 750 2559 -1.3 -15.2 34 13.9 -5.8 132 3 295.2 295.5 281.3 300.0 1.56 7 700 3105 -4.9 -18.9 33 14.0 -8.9 149 4 297.0 297.3 281.7 300.9 1.23 8 650 3682 -9.4 -21.9 35 12.5 -12.6 157 3 298.3 298.5 282.0 301.5 1.02 9 600 4295 -14.0 -27.0 32 13.0 -16.7 184 2 299.9 300.0 282.3 302.2 0.70 10 550 4949 -18.6 -32.1 29 13.6 -20.8 180 4 302.1 302.1 282.8 303.6 0.47 11 500 5654 -22.3 -43.1 13 20.7 -24.6 166 9 305.8 305.8 284.0 306.4 0.17 12 450 6419 -28.7 -45.6 18 16.9 -30.1 157 12 307.2 307.2 284.4 307.7 0.14 13 400 7249 -35.6 -51.3 19 15.6 -36.5 182 17 308.7 308.7 284.9 309.0 0.09 14 350 8164 -42.9 -55.8 23 12.9 -43.4 174 14 310.8 310.9 285.7 311.1 0.06 15 300 9183 -50.7 -67.8 11 17.1 -51.0 186 32 313.9 313.9 286.7 314.0 0.01 16 250 10356 -55.0 -70.4 13 15.3 -55.2 204 46 324.3 324.3 290.0 324.3 0.01 17 200 11779 -55.8 -77.5 5 21.7 -56.1 216 41 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.00 18 150 13612 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 240 46 377.0 377.0 301.8 377.1 0.00 19 100 16197 -55.1 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.6 263 33 421.2 421.2 307.9 421.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5440.78 m Freezing level: 774.06 mb = 2310.19 m = 7579.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 840.86 mb = 1639.47 m = 5378.76 ft Precipitable water: 0.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.15 % Est. max temperature: 17.54 C = 63.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.87 mb = 458.71 m = 1504.92 ft T: 8.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 1.62 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.52 mb = 2178.14 m = 7146.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.82 C = 69.48 F Cap Strength: 4.85 C Lifted Index: 6.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.73 C Showalter Index: 6.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.33 C Cross Totals Index: 18.59 C K Index: 8.60 Risk: None Sweat Index: 16.69 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12456.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.62 mb = 1216.53 m = 3991.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 143.5 at 4.5 knts Storm direction: 173.5 at 3.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: -11.1 tot: -7.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 54.27 Bulk Shear: 0.43 m/s