MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F282.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F282.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 282 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 14 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 67 SFC 991 147 14.6 9.6 72 4.9 11.7 317 16 288.5 289.8 285.3 309.9 7.60 2 950 500 12.0 8.0 76 4.0 9.8 311 32 289.4 290.7 285.1 309.5 7.10 3 900 950 8.0 6.7 92 1.3 7.3 306 39 289.8 291.0 285.0 309.2 6.85 4 850 1419 4.7 4.5 98 0.2 4.6 297 45 291.1 292.2 284.9 308.9 6.22 5 800 1912 2.3 0.6 89 1.7 1.5 291 52 293.6 294.5 284.6 308.2 5.01 6 750 2431 -0.8 -3.8 80 3.1 -2.1 295 56 295.8 296.4 284.2 307.2 3.84 7 700 2978 -4.4 -7.6 78 3.2 -5.7 297 61 297.6 298.2 284.2 306.9 3.08 8 650 3558 -7.7 -14.5 58 6.8 -9.9 297 70 300.2 300.6 283.9 306.2 1.91 9 600 4177 -10.5 -35.0 11 24.6 -14.9 296 78 304.0 304.1 283.4 305.1 0.32 10 550 4843 -13.2 -44.7 5 31.5 -17.5 293 78 308.4 308.4 284.9 308.9 0.13 11 500 5563 -16.6 -48.2 5 31.6 -20.4 285 82 312.8 312.8 286.4 313.1 0.10 12 450 6346 -22.3 -48.3 7 26.0 -24.9 278 94 315.3 315.3 287.3 315.7 0.11 13 400 7201 -28.0 -46.9 15 18.9 -29.8 277 104 318.6 318.6 288.5 319.1 0.14 14 350 8151 -31.9 -50.3 15 18.3 -33.4 276 123 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.1 0.11 15 300 9229 -36.9 -53.2 17 16.4 -37.9 273 142 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.09 16 250 10473 -43.1 -62.6 10 19.5 -43.8 267 155 342.0 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 17 200 11951 -50.6 -71.6 7 21.0 -51.0 264 153 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 13789 -57.5 -79.1 5 21.6 -57.7 271 117 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.01 19 100 16346 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -53.0 254 46 426.7 426.7 308.5 426.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5496.56 m Freezing level: 762.48 mb = 2301.06 m = 7549.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 779.23 mb = 2123.18 m = 6965.73 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.52 % Est. max temperature: 17.61 C = 63.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.74 mb = 769.04 m = 2523.06 ft T: 9.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.74 C/km ThetaE index: 4.77 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.79 mb = 1098.89 m = 3605.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.25 C = 61.25 F Cap Strength: 3.94 C Lifted Index: 6.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: 6.37 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.36 C Cross Totals Index: 21.13 C K Index: 22.63 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.89 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.87 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.56 mb = 999.46 m = 3279.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.56 mb = 1327.17 m = 4354.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 829.56 mb = 1616.85 m = 5304.57 ft B at Equ Level: 5.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 749.56 mb = 2435.23 m = 7989.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.6 at 62.6 knts Storm direction: 323.6 at 47.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 6.7 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 229.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 229.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 192.11 m/s