MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F270.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F270.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 270 hour GFS valid 12Z WED 13 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 119 SFC 997 147 15.5 7.8 60 7.7 11.2 4 15 288.9 290.1 284.5 307.8 6.67 2 950 554 14.2 6.0 58 8.2 9.7 358 35 291.6 292.7 285.1 309.3 6.18 3 900 1009 12.1 3.7 57 8.4 7.7 343 45 294.0 295.0 285.4 310.1 5.56 4 850 1485 8.1 2.0 65 6.1 5.1 332 45 294.7 295.6 285.3 309.9 5.21 5 800 1982 4.2 0.3 76 3.8 2.3 319 41 295.6 296.5 285.3 310.0 4.90 6 750 2503 0.2 -1.7 87 1.9 -0.7 305 42 296.8 297.6 285.4 310.1 4.50 7 700 3053 -3.9 -5.5 89 1.6 -4.6 294 43 298.2 298.8 284.9 309.1 3.62 8 650 3634 -5.5 -18.2 36 12.7 -9.3 284 36 302.8 303.1 284.3 307.3 1.40 9 600 4261 -7.2 -32.7 11 25.4 -12.5 278 34 307.7 307.8 285.0 309.1 0.41 10 550 4933 -11.7 -23.2 38 11.5 -14.7 279 41 310.2 310.4 286.6 313.8 1.08 11 500 5655 -17.2 -22.1 65 4.9 -18.4 277 43 312.1 312.3 287.6 316.4 1.30 12 450 6435 -23.6 -25.6 83 2.0 -24.0 272 46 313.6 313.8 287.8 317.2 1.06 13 400 7284 -30.3 -33.2 76 2.9 -30.7 259 51 315.6 315.7 288.0 317.7 0.58 14 350 8223 -34.5 -50.0 19 15.5 -35.6 254 84 322.2 322.2 289.6 322.6 0.11 15 300 9295 -36.8 -51.3 21 14.5 -37.8 256 131 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.11 16 250 10534 -44.0 -60.8 14 16.9 -44.6 253 138 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.9 0.04 17 200 12011 -50.5 -71.1 7 20.5 -51.0 250 140 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 13849 -57.5 -79.4 5 21.8 -57.8 258 91 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.00 19 100 16377 -58.2 -85.6 2 27.4 -58.6 261 61 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5535.93 m Freezing level: 747.68 mb = 2528.81 m = 8296.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 761.43 mb = 2381.07 m = 7811.83 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.92 % Est. max temperature: 21.31 C = 70.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.94 mb = 1121.31 m = 3678.80 ft T: 11.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.11 C/km ThetaE index: 2.85 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.52 mb = 2119.07 m = 6952.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.50 C = 72.51 F Cap Strength: 5.62 C Lifted Index: 5.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.59 C Showalter Index: 5.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.34 C Cross Totals Index: 19.22 C K Index: 25.76 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11330.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.58 mb = 1615.06 m = 5298.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.1 at 39.8 knts Storm direction: 331.1 at 29.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 6.8 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -285.8 tot: -285.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -95.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: -11.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 155.39 m/s