MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 6 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 1002 146 12.6 6.7 68 5.8 9.4 296 11 285.5 286.6 282.5 302.8 6.15 1 1000 162 12.3 6.0 65 6.3 9.0 293 15 285.5 286.5 282.1 302.0 5.87 2 950 590 8.7 3.9 72 4.8 6.3 291 22 286.0 286.9 281.8 301.0 5.33 3 900 1034 4.9 2.5 85 2.3 3.7 287 22 286.5 287.4 281.7 300.9 5.10 4 850 1497 1.2 0.7 97 0.4 1.0 283 22 287.4 288.2 281.7 300.9 4.74 5 800 1983 -1.7 -2.7 93 1.0 -2.1 280 24 289.3 290.0 281.6 300.7 3.91 6 750 2494 -4.5 -5.9 90 1.4 -5.1 278 26 291.7 292.3 281.9 301.3 3.28 7 700 3034 -7.6 -8.1 96 0.5 -7.8 275 30 294.0 294.6 282.5 302.8 2.95 8 650 3608 -11.1 -11.3 98 0.2 -11.2 275 33 296.4 296.9 283.0 304.0 2.48 9 600 4217 -15.1 -18.0 79 2.9 -15.9 274 39 298.6 298.9 282.8 303.5 1.55 10 550 4872 -17.7 -39.2 13 21.5 -20.6 274 47 303.1 303.1 283.0 303.9 0.23 11 500 5578 -22.8 -36.7 27 13.9 -24.6 278 55 305.3 305.3 284.0 306.4 0.33 12 450 6341 -28.9 -43.8 22 14.9 -30.2 280 59 306.9 307.0 284.4 307.6 0.18 13 400 7171 -35.5 -54.2 13 18.7 -36.5 280 64 308.8 308.8 284.9 309.0 0.06 14 350 8086 -42.6 -58.4 16 15.8 -43.2 283 67 311.2 311.3 285.8 311.4 0.04 15 300 9110 -49.3 -64.0 16 14.7 -49.6 285 81 315.9 315.9 287.4 316.0 0.02 16 250 10290 -53.0 -68.3 14 15.2 -53.2 282 82 327.2 327.2 290.9 327.3 0.02 17 200 11739 -50.0 -78.1 2 28.1 -50.5 286 83 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.6 0.00 18 150 13619 -50.5 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.1 283 71 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.00 19 100 16241 -53.8 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.4 287 44 423.7 423.7 308.2 423.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5415.26 m Freezing level: 829.81 mb = 1693.47 m = 5555.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 834.59 mb = 1643.96 m = 5393.50 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.90 % Est. max temperature: 14.33 C = 57.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.29 mb = 877.80 m = 2879.89 ft T: 6.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 2.11 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.02 mb = 1271.57 m = 4171.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.96 C = 57.13 F Cap Strength: 4.61 C Lifted Index: 5.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: 5.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.94 C Cross Totals Index: 23.51 C K Index: 24.15 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 107.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12411.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.48 mb = 1156.84 m = 3795.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.1 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 308.1 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 50.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 37.33 m/s