MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 6Z 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 1003 147 10.5 8.0 85 2.5 9.2 256 9 283.4 284.5 282.1 302.0 6.73 1 1000 173 10.4 7.4 82 3.0 8.8 257 12 283.6 284.7 282.0 301.5 6.48 2 950 598 7.3 5.1 86 2.2 6.2 262 18 284.6 285.6 281.7 300.9 5.82 3 900 1041 4.1 3.0 92 1.2 3.6 268 19 285.8 286.7 281.6 300.6 5.26 4 850 1504 1.0 0.4 96 0.5 0.7 275 20 287.1 288.0 281.5 300.4 4.64 5 800 1989 -1.9 -2.5 95 0.7 -2.1 271 22 289.2 289.9 281.6 300.6 3.96 6 750 2499 -5.1 -5.3 99 0.2 -5.2 269 26 291.0 291.6 281.8 301.0 3.43 7 700 3039 -7.6 -8.9 91 1.3 -8.1 270 35 294.1 294.6 282.4 302.4 2.79 8 650 3612 -11.2 -14.8 75 3.6 -12.3 270 41 296.3 296.6 282.2 302.0 1.87 9 600 4222 -14.3 -42.2 7 27.9 -18.0 260 40 299.5 299.6 281.4 300.1 0.16 10 550 4876 -18.4 -40.4 13 22.0 -21.2 263 44 302.3 302.3 282.6 303.0 0.21 11 500 5580 -23.8 -40.0 21 16.2 -25.6 267 50 304.0 304.1 283.4 304.9 0.24 12 450 6340 -29.2 -48.8 13 19.6 -30.7 273 57 306.5 306.6 284.1 306.9 0.10 13 400 7170 -35.7 -52.9 15 17.2 -36.5 277 62 308.6 308.7 284.9 308.9 0.07 14 350 8085 -42.2 -57.5 17 15.3 -42.8 280 68 311.8 311.8 286.0 311.9 0.05 15 300 9113 -48.8 -61.5 21 12.8 -49.1 282 80 316.6 316.6 287.7 316.7 0.03 16 250 10294 -53.5 -67.7 16 14.2 -53.7 282 76 326.5 326.5 290.7 326.6 0.02 17 200 11739 -49.8 -77.6 2 27.8 -50.3 286 82 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.00 18 150 13618 -51.0 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.5 279 66 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.3 0.00 19 100 16235 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 292 45 422.3 422.3 308.0 422.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5406.30 m Freezing level: 833.04 mb = 1668.31 m = 5473.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 837.41 mb = 1623.15 m = 5325.22 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.99 % Est. max temperature: 14.17 C = 57.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.62 mb = 454.61 m = 1491.49 ft T: 8.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 1.59 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.42 mb = 973.89 m = 3195.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.72 C = 54.89 F Cap Strength: 4.13 C Lifted Index: 4.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.23 C Showalter Index: 4.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.73 C Cross Totals Index: 24.21 C K Index: 23.92 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 96.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.14 mb = 851.00 m = 2791.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.14 mb = 1445.49 m = 4742.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 826.14 mb = 1731.59 m = 5681.00 ft B at Equ Level: 8.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 716.14 mb = 2860.42 m = 9384.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.0 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 297.0 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 89.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 46.13 m/s