MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F273.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F273.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 273 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 97 SFC 994 147 15.3 6.6 56 8.7 10.6 359 19 289.0 290.0 284.0 306.4 6.15 2 950 531 13.6 4.9 55 8.7 8.9 352 39 291.0 292.0 284.3 307.4 5.71 3 900 985 11.5 3.4 57 8.1 7.3 339 52 293.4 294.4 285.0 309.2 5.43 4 850 1460 8.3 2.8 68 5.5 5.5 327 56 294.9 295.9 285.7 311.0 5.53 5 800 1958 4.7 2.0 83 2.7 3.4 314 53 296.2 297.2 286.2 312.5 5.55 6 750 2481 0.9 0.1 95 0.7 0.5 307 50 297.5 298.4 286.3 312.8 5.15 7 700 3033 -2.5 -3.0 96 0.5 -2.7 301 47 299.7 300.5 286.4 313.0 4.39 8 650 3618 -4.6 -7.0 83 2.4 -5.6 289 42 303.8 304.4 286.9 314.5 3.48 9 600 4246 -7.8 -9.2 90 1.4 -8.4 285 44 307.1 307.7 287.8 317.1 3.17 10 550 4917 -12.4 -13.6 91 1.2 -12.8 284 47 309.4 309.8 287.8 317.2 2.43 11 500 5638 -17.2 -21.4 70 4.2 -18.3 287 46 312.1 312.3 287.6 316.7 1.39 12 450 6419 -23.4 -25.4 83 2.1 -23.8 284 48 313.8 314.0 287.9 317.5 1.07 13 400 7269 -29.1 -39.4 36 10.3 -30.3 262 61 317.2 317.2 288.2 318.3 0.31 14 350 8213 -34.2 -53.0 13 18.9 -35.4 260 88 322.7 322.7 289.7 323.0 0.08 15 300 9281 -38.3 -51.6 23 13.3 -39.2 260 122 331.3 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.11 16 250 10514 -45.2 -58.3 22 13.0 -45.7 256 144 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.06 17 200 11981 -51.3 -69.8 9 18.5 -51.7 255 150 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.02 18 150 13815 -57.0 -79.2 4 22.1 -57.3 260 113 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.9 0.01 19 100 16369 -60.5 -85.3 2 24.8 -60.7 265 62 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5541.44 m Freezing level: 737.11 mb = 2623.30 m = 8606.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 742.28 mb = 2563.86 m = 8411.52 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.22 % Est. max temperature: 21.38 C = 70.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.95 mb = 1248.04 m = 4094.58 ft T: 9.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 761.13 mb = 2361.73 m = 7748.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.56 C = 74.41 F Cap Strength: 5.81 C Lifted Index: 6.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.78 C Showalter Index: 4.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.54 C Cross Totals Index: 20.05 C K Index: 27.90 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11457.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.86 mb = 1667.00 m = 5469.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.2 at 46.7 knts Storm direction: 334.2 at 35.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 7.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -344.3 tot: -344.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -114.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: -12.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 163.86 m/s