MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 5 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 147 7.4 3.0 74 4.4 5.4 352 12 280.6 281.4 278.4 293.7 4.75 1 1000 152 7.7 2.6 70 5.1 5.3 346 15 280.9 281.7 278.4 293.7 4.62 2 950 574 7.9 1.9 66 6.0 5.0 313 30 285.2 286.0 280.6 298.2 4.62 3 900 1019 5.9 1.6 74 4.2 3.8 296 33 287.5 288.4 281.8 301.2 4.79 4 850 1485 2.9 -0.6 78 3.5 1.3 286 30 289.2 290.0 282.0 301.6 4.31 5 800 1973 -0.2 -3.6 78 3.4 -1.6 279 29 290.9 291.6 282.0 301.6 3.67 6 750 2486 -3.9 -6.0 85 2.1 -4.8 276 28 292.3 292.9 282.1 301.9 3.25 7 700 3027 -7.5 -9.9 83 2.4 -8.3 275 26 294.2 294.7 282.2 302.0 2.58 8 650 3601 -10.8 -15.6 68 4.8 -12.2 277 28 296.7 297.0 282.3 302.1 1.75 9 600 4213 -13.3 -28.1 28 14.8 -16.3 283 37 300.7 300.8 282.5 302.8 0.63 10 550 4869 -17.6 -34.6 21 17.0 -20.3 287 46 303.2 303.3 283.2 304.5 0.37 11 500 5576 -22.2 -45.3 10 23.1 -24.6 285 49 306.0 306.0 284.0 306.4 0.13 12 450 6341 -28.2 -50.6 10 22.5 -29.8 283 53 307.9 307.9 284.6 308.2 0.08 13 400 7174 -35.1 -56.6 9 21.5 -36.1 283 59 309.4 309.4 285.1 309.6 0.05 14 350 8089 -42.6 -59.7 14 17.1 -43.1 283 65 311.3 311.3 285.8 311.4 0.03 15 300 9112 -50.0 -62.5 22 12.5 -50.3 284 71 314.9 314.9 287.1 315.0 0.03 16 250 10290 -53.4 -68.0 15 14.6 -53.6 280 87 326.7 326.7 290.8 326.8 0.02 17 200 11742 -48.5 -78.5 2 30.0 -49.1 283 89 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.00 18 150 13624 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -52.0 286 74 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 19 100 16232 -55.1 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.6 284 51 421.3 421.3 307.9 421.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5424.28 m Freezing level: 803.34 mb = 1940.56 m = 6366.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 827.66 mb = 1699.32 m = 5575.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.43 % Est. max temperature: 16.08 C = 60.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.12 mb = 704.27 m = 2310.56 ft T: 7.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 0.01 C Layer 1000.0- 950.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.46 mb = 1998.50 m = 6556.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.89 C = 64.19 F Cap Strength: 7.04 C Lifted Index: 8.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.24 C Showalter Index: 5.60 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.13 C Cross Totals Index: 21.63 C K Index: 22.16 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 108.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14105.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.98 mb = 1248.88 m = 4097.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.8 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 315.8 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: -82.6 tot: -80.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -26.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: -5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 58.94 m/s