MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 18Z 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 11.7 7.8 77 3.9 9.6 349 8 284.5 285.6 282.5 302.9 6.63 1 1000 183 12.0 7.4 73 4.6 9.5 351 13 285.2 286.3 282.7 303.2 6.46 2 950 611 9.5 5.5 76 4.0 7.4 351 27 286.8 287.8 282.8 303.6 5.95 3 900 1058 7.4 5.1 85 2.3 6.2 333 33 289.2 290.2 284.0 306.6 6.13 4 850 1527 4.4 4.1 98 0.3 4.2 323 33 290.8 291.8 284.6 308.1 6.05 5 800 2019 1.6 1.4 99 0.1 1.5 318 31 292.8 293.8 284.7 308.2 5.31 6 750 2536 -1.5 -1.6 99 0.2 -1.6 313 29 295.0 295.8 284.7 308.3 4.52 7 700 3084 -4.1 -4.3 98 0.2 -4.2 300 33 297.9 298.7 285.2 309.8 3.97 8 650 3665 -7.3 -7.8 96 0.5 -7.5 292 33 300.7 301.3 285.6 310.7 3.27 9 600 4285 -10.5 -11.2 95 0.7 -10.8 291 29 303.9 304.4 286.2 312.4 2.71 10 550 4950 -14.7 -15.5 93 0.8 -15.0 297 30 306.6 307.0 286.5 313.3 2.08 11 500 5665 -19.9 -20.8 92 0.9 -20.1 305 30 308.8 309.1 286.6 313.6 1.46 12 450 6437 -25.8 -26.6 93 0.8 -25.9 307 40 310.8 311.0 286.8 314.1 0.97 13 400 7279 -31.9 -43.8 30 11.9 -33.0 306 37 313.5 313.5 286.8 314.2 0.20 14 350 8208 -39.1 -51.5 26 12.4 -39.8 292 38 316.0 316.0 287.5 316.4 0.09 15 300 9248 -46.2 -59.3 21 13.0 -46.6 290 39 320.2 320.2 288.9 320.4 0.04 16 250 10438 -53.2 -64.2 25 11.0 -53.4 284 40 327.0 327.0 290.9 327.1 0.03 17 200 11869 -53.9 -72.8 8 19.0 -54.2 266 45 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.01 18 150 13724 -53.0 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 258 45 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16324 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 262 38 420.1 420.1 307.7 420.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5481.21 m Freezing level: 774.30 mb = 2284.85 m = 7496.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 775.64 mb = 2266.90 m = 7437.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.94 % Est. max temperature: 17.84 C = 64.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.33 mb = 634.25 m = 2080.86 ft T: 9.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 1004.4- -0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.46 mb = 1551.41 m = 5089.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.08 C = 64.54 F Cap Strength: 5.78 C Lifted Index: 6.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.03 C Showalter Index: 3.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.29 C Cross Totals Index: 23.98 C K Index: 28.18 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11406.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.57 mb = 1062.43 m = 3485.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.4 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 339.4 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 4.4 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -90.0 tot: -90.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -30.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: -6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 53.49 m/s