MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 9.3 6.0 80 3.3 7.6 341 11 282.9 283.9 281.0 299.2 5.90 2 950 526 7.4 3.7 77 3.7 5.6 326 25 284.7 285.6 281.1 299.4 5.25 3 900 969 4.7 1.0 77 3.7 2.9 310 36 286.3 287.1 281.0 299.2 4.55 4 850 1433 2.0 -4.2 64 6.2 -0.6 305 40 288.2 288.8 280.3 297.7 3.28 5 800 1919 -0.9 -8.4 57 7.5 -3.7 302 39 290.2 290.6 280.3 297.7 2.54 6 750 2431 -4.0 -12.5 51 8.5 -6.8 299 39 292.3 292.6 280.5 298.2 1.95 7 700 2972 -7.6 -16.6 48 9.0 -10.2 298 40 294.1 294.3 280.7 298.6 1.48 8 650 3544 -11.8 -20.4 49 8.6 -14.0 300 40 295.6 295.8 281.0 299.2 1.16 9 600 4151 -16.7 -23.1 57 6.5 -18.0 303 39 296.8 297.0 281.3 300.0 0.99 10 550 4798 -22.1 -25.4 74 3.3 -22.7 304 39 297.9 298.1 281.6 300.7 0.88 11 500 5490 -27.6 -29.8 82 2.2 -27.9 306 41 299.4 299.5 282.0 301.5 0.65 12 450 6243 -29.7 -46.6 18 16.9 -31.0 300 55 305.9 306.0 284.0 306.4 0.13 13 400 7083 -29.7 -64.8 2 35.0 -31.5 296 72 316.3 316.3 287.5 316.4 0.02 14 350 8025 -35.4 -64.2 4 28.8 -36.6 293 83 321.0 321.0 289.0 321.0 0.02 15 300 9081 -42.7 -66.3 6 23.6 -43.4 294 84 325.2 325.2 290.3 325.2 0.02 16 250 10292 -49.0 -67.2 10 18.2 -49.4 295 83 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.3 0.02 17 200 11752 -48.6 -78.6 2 30.0 -49.1 295 90 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.00 18 150 13636 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.1 292 76 381.2 381.2 302.5 381.2 0.00 19 100 16239 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.5 288 51 421.4 421.4 307.9 421.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5388.56 m Freezing level: 816.02 mb = 1763.50 m = 5785.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 858.74 mb = 1349.94 m = 4428.89 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.11 % Est. max temperature: 14.80 C = 58.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.15 mb = 559.50 m = 1835.62 ft T: 7.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.93 C/km ThetaE index: 1.74 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.83 mb = 1443.98 m = 4737.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.63 C = 58.34 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: 1.87 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.21 C Showalter Index: 2.98 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 52.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.54 C Cross Totals Index: 23.35 C K Index: 16.28 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.74 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.80 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14433.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.14 mb = 1031.40 m = 3383.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.1 at 38.3 knts Storm direction: 334.1 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 5.5 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.9 neg: -20.0 tot: 15.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 61.18 m/s