MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F276.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F276.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11.5 day GFS valid 18Z 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 70 SFC 991 147 15.1 6.4 56 8.7 10.4 354 21 289.0 290.1 284.0 306.4 6.09 2 950 504 13.4 5.0 57 8.4 8.9 346 42 290.8 291.8 284.3 307.3 5.77 3 900 957 11.1 4.4 63 6.7 7.6 333 54 293.0 294.0 285.2 309.8 5.83 4 850 1433 9.1 3.6 68 5.5 6.2 320 59 295.7 296.8 286.3 312.8 5.85 5 800 1933 5.5 2.3 80 3.1 3.8 313 58 297.0 298.0 286.6 313.7 5.67 6 750 2457 2.0 0.6 91 1.4 1.3 305 58 298.7 299.7 286.9 314.5 5.33 7 700 3011 -1.4 -2.2 94 0.8 -1.8 299 56 300.9 301.8 287.1 314.9 4.66 8 650 3598 -4.8 -6.3 89 1.5 -5.4 295 54 303.6 304.2 287.1 314.9 3.68 9 600 4225 -8.1 -10.1 86 2.0 -8.9 293 55 306.7 307.3 287.4 316.0 2.96 10 550 4895 -12.6 -14.0 89 1.5 -13.0 292 53 309.2 309.6 287.6 316.7 2.35 11 500 5616 -17.6 -18.3 95 0.6 -17.8 288 57 311.6 311.9 287.9 317.5 1.82 12 450 6396 -23.2 -24.6 89 1.3 -23.5 283 69 314.0 314.2 288.1 317.9 1.16 13 400 7247 -28.7 -46.7 16 18.0 -30.3 268 78 317.7 317.7 288.2 318.2 0.14 14 350 8193 -33.4 -53.1 12 19.7 -34.7 266 98 323.7 323.8 290.0 324.0 0.08 15 300 9265 -37.9 -51.0 24 13.1 -38.7 264 129 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.12 16 250 10504 -44.1 -60.7 14 16.6 -44.7 258 150 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.04 17 200 11976 -50.9 -69.7 9 18.8 -51.3 257 154 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.02 18 150 13808 -57.4 -79.0 5 21.6 -57.6 266 114 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.01 19 100 16356 -58.5 -85.7 2 27.2 -58.8 260 64 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5545.97 m Freezing level: 720.85 mb = 2780.16 m = 9121.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.20 mb = 2683.06 m = 8802.59 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.76 % Est. max temperature: 22.03 C = 71.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.18 mb = 1247.22 m = 4091.87 ft T: 9.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 748.05 mb = 2478.24 m = 8130.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.87 C = 76.77 F Cap Strength: 5.47 C Lifted Index: 5.92 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.67 C Showalter Index: 2.93 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.75 C Cross Totals Index: 21.24 C K Index: 29.61 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.92 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12197.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.51 mb = 1584.62 m = 5198.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.7 at 54.6 knts Storm direction: 333.7 at 40.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 8.1 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -282.4 tot: -282.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -94.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: -10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 189.88 m/s