MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 1004 147 12.7 7.4 70 5.3 9.8 6 12 285.5 286.6 282.8 303.4 6.43 1 1000 184 13.0 7.1 67 6.0 9.8 5 18 286.2 287.3 283.0 303.9 6.31 2 950 613 10.9 5.6 70 5.2 8.1 358 32 288.2 289.3 283.5 305.2 6.01 3 900 1063 9.0 4.7 74 4.3 6.8 334 31 290.8 291.9 284.5 307.9 5.97 4 850 1534 5.8 2.0 76 3.8 3.9 317 28 292.2 293.1 284.3 307.3 5.20 5 800 2027 1.6 -0.9 84 2.5 0.5 313 27 292.9 293.7 283.8 306.0 4.49 6 750 2544 -2.1 -3.7 88 1.7 -2.8 312 26 294.3 295.0 283.7 305.8 3.86 7 700 3089 -4.8 -6.5 88 1.6 -5.5 297 28 297.1 297.7 284.3 307.2 3.37 8 650 3670 -7.2 -7.7 96 0.5 -7.4 282 29 300.8 301.4 285.6 310.8 3.29 9 600 4291 -10.0 -10.7 94 0.8 -10.2 286 27 304.6 305.1 286.5 313.4 2.81 10 550 4957 -14.1 -14.8 94 0.7 -14.3 296 27 307.4 307.8 286.9 314.5 2.21 11 500 5674 -19.2 -19.7 96 0.4 -19.3 302 29 309.6 309.9 287.1 314.9 1.61 12 450 6448 -25.3 -30.0 65 4.7 -26.1 297 34 311.4 311.6 286.7 313.8 0.70 13 400 7293 -31.0 -35.7 64 4.6 -31.6 298 45 314.6 314.7 287.5 316.3 0.46 14 350 8224 -39.1 -39.4 97 0.3 -39.2 304 45 316.0 316.0 287.8 317.3 0.36 15 300 9262 -46.7 -55.3 37 8.7 -47.0 300 40 319.6 319.6 288.7 319.8 0.07 16 250 10450 -53.6 -64.4 26 10.8 -53.8 292 45 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.4 0.03 17 200 11879 -53.8 -71.7 9 17.9 -54.1 272 43 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.01 18 150 13730 -53.4 -82.1 2 28.7 -53.9 264 48 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16325 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 267 35 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5489.79 m Freezing level: 778.01 mb = 2254.12 m = 7395.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 792.56 mb = 2101.75 m = 6895.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.39 % Est. max temperature: 19.31 C = 66.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.47 mb = 812.78 m = 2666.56 ft T: 10.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 2.14 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.59 mb = 1770.95 m = 5810.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.75 C = 67.55 F Cap Strength: 5.61 C Lifted Index: 6.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.59 C Showalter Index: 4.84 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.02 C Cross Totals Index: 21.21 C K Index: 25.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 108.69 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12400.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.30 mb = 1245.35 m = 4085.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.7 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 337.7 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -135.2 tot: -135.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -45.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: -8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 71.87 m/s