MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 4 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 102 SFC 995 147 10.7 7.1 78 3.6 8.8 315 14 284.3 285.4 282.2 302.1 6.38 2 950 528 8.1 5.3 82 2.9 6.6 314 27 285.4 286.5 282.1 301.9 5.87 3 900 972 4.6 3.3 92 1.2 3.9 310 33 286.2 287.2 282.0 301.4 5.40 4 850 1436 1.7 0.8 94 0.9 1.3 312 36 287.9 288.7 282.0 301.5 4.77 5 800 1923 -0.7 -1.7 93 0.9 -1.2 324 40 290.4 291.1 282.4 302.6 4.23 6 750 2436 -3.6 -4.2 96 0.6 -3.9 329 43 292.6 293.3 282.8 303.6 3.72 7 700 2978 -6.8 -7.5 95 0.7 -7.1 326 47 294.9 295.5 283.1 304.2 3.11 8 650 3553 -10.4 -11.1 95 0.7 -10.6 325 53 297.2 297.7 283.4 304.9 2.53 9 600 4165 -13.9 -14.3 97 0.3 -14.0 333 54 300.0 300.4 284.0 306.5 2.11 10 550 4820 -18.1 -18.1 100 0.0 -18.1 338 62 302.6 302.9 284.5 307.9 1.67 11 500 5525 -23.5 -25.6 83 2.1 -23.9 336 73 304.4 304.6 284.4 307.5 0.95 12 450 6290 -26.8 -53.7 6 26.9 -28.7 333 87 309.6 309.6 285.2 309.8 0.06 13 400 7132 -31.2 -62.1 3 30.9 -32.7 327 90 314.4 314.5 286.9 314.5 0.02 14 350 8066 -37.7 -63.7 5 26.0 -38.7 322 82 317.9 317.9 288.1 318.0 0.02 15 300 9113 -43.6 -66.8 6 23.2 -44.2 311 84 324.0 324.0 290.0 324.0 0.02 16 250 10324 -49.0 -67.5 10 18.5 -49.4 307 84 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.3 0.02 17 200 11784 -49.2 -77.7 2 28.5 -49.8 301 88 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.00 18 150 13659 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 298 74 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16240 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.6 295 59 419.3 419.3 307.6 419.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5422.73 m Freezing level: 815.50 mb = 1771.61 m = 5812.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 823.98 mb = 1685.37 m = 5529.38 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.14 % Est. max temperature: 14.56 C = 58.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.85 mb = 599.18 m = 1965.79 ft T: 7.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 0.63 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.09 mb = 1007.50 m = 3305.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.75 C = 54.95 F Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lifted Index: 4.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.60 C Showalter Index: 4.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.18 C Cross Totals Index: 24.31 C K Index: 25.32 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.01 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12647.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.06 mb = 899.01 m = 2949.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 328.9 at 50.0 knts Storm direction: 358.9 at 37.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 4.2 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 248.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 248.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 109.75 m/s