MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 12Z MON 11 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 1005 147 13.5 7.4 66 6.2 10.2 6 11 286.3 287.4 283.1 304.3 6.42 1 1000 186 14.3 7.0 61 7.3 10.3 3 17 287.5 288.6 283.5 305.2 6.27 2 950 617 11.4 5.6 68 5.8 8.3 359 29 288.7 289.8 283.7 305.8 6.00 3 900 1067 8.5 4.6 76 3.9 6.5 342 33 290.3 291.3 284.2 307.2 5.92 4 850 1537 5.2 3.1 87 2.1 4.2 324 32 291.6 292.6 284.5 307.8 5.65 5 800 2029 1.6 -0.2 88 1.7 0.7 313 33 292.8 293.6 284.0 306.5 4.72 6 750 2546 -2.0 -3.0 93 1.0 -2.4 310 31 294.4 295.1 284.0 306.5 4.10 7 700 3092 -4.2 -10.6 61 6.4 -6.5 305 28 297.9 298.3 283.5 305.3 2.44 8 650 3675 -6.0 -15.4 47 9.4 -9.1 303 23 302.2 302.5 284.5 307.8 1.77 9 600 4296 -10.7 -13.6 79 2.9 -11.6 298 27 303.8 304.2 285.6 310.8 2.23 10 550 4962 -13.6 -14.1 95 0.6 -13.7 278 21 308.0 308.4 287.2 315.4 2.33 11 500 5680 -18.3 -18.3 99 0.1 -18.3 274 23 310.8 311.1 287.6 316.7 1.80 12 450 6459 -23.7 -23.7 100 0.0 -23.7 293 25 313.4 313.6 287.9 317.6 1.25 13 400 7308 -30.6 -30.7 99 0.1 -30.6 300 32 315.3 315.4 288.1 317.9 0.74 14 350 8241 -37.8 -37.7 100 -0.0 -37.8 305 44 317.8 317.9 288.5 319.4 0.42 15 300 9283 -46.9 -47.4 94 0.6 -46.9 318 46 319.3 319.3 288.7 320.0 0.18 16 250 10470 -53.8 -64.4 26 10.6 -54.0 296 48 326.1 326.1 290.6 326.2 0.03 17 200 11891 -54.8 -71.0 12 16.2 -55.1 276 46 346.0 346.0 295.7 346.1 0.01 18 150 13735 -54.0 -81.8 2 27.9 -54.4 267 48 377.1 377.1 301.8 377.1 0.00 19 100 16329 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 268 34 418.4 418.4 307.5 418.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5494.26 m Freezing level: 778.20 mb = 2254.30 m = 7395.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 788.58 mb = 2144.17 m = 7034.60 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.19 % Est. max temperature: 18.71 C = 65.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.69 mb = 922.98 m = 3028.12 ft T: 9.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 2.51 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.57 mb = 1724.59 m = 5658.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.30 C = 66.74 F Cap Strength: 5.81 C Lifted Index: 6.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.02 C Showalter Index: 5.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.46 C Cross Totals Index: 21.40 C K Index: 20.21 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 125.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11743.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.11 mb = 1316.20 m = 4318.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.6 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 339.6 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.1 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -158.0 tot: -158.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -52.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: -8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 62.20 m/s