MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F285.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F285.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 285 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 61 SFC 990 147 15.5 7.5 59 8.0 11.0 291 18 289.5 290.6 284.7 308.2 6.59 2 950 494 12.4 4.7 60 7.6 8.3 288 32 289.7 290.7 283.7 305.9 5.65 3 900 944 8.0 3.2 72 4.8 5.6 286 37 289.8 290.7 283.4 305.1 5.36 4 850 1413 3.8 1.4 84 2.5 2.7 284 39 290.2 291.0 283.2 304.4 4.97 5 800 1902 0.4 -2.6 80 3.1 -0.9 282 44 291.6 292.3 282.7 303.1 3.94 6 750 2417 -2.8 -5.4 82 2.6 -3.9 286 49 293.5 294.1 282.8 303.5 3.40 7 700 2960 -6.5 -8.1 88 1.7 -7.1 291 52 295.3 295.8 283.1 304.2 2.95 8 650 3536 -9.7 -15.3 64 5.5 -11.4 290 60 297.9 298.3 282.8 303.5 1.79 9 600 4149 -13.2 -23.4 42 10.2 -15.6 291 69 300.8 301.0 283.0 303.9 0.96 10 550 4809 -15.1 -40.4 10 25.3 -18.7 289 83 306.2 306.2 284.1 306.9 0.20 11 500 5526 -17.7 -50.2 4 32.5 -21.2 282 96 311.4 311.4 285.9 311.7 0.08 12 450 6305 -23.3 -50.3 7 27.0 -25.8 276 107 314.0 314.0 286.9 314.3 0.09 13 400 7158 -28.1 -47.3 14 19.3 -29.8 275 118 318.5 318.6 288.4 319.0 0.13 14 350 8107 -32.4 -50.2 15 17.9 -33.7 276 136 325.1 325.1 290.4 325.5 0.11 15 300 9185 -36.3 -56.8 10 20.6 -37.5 273 155 334.2 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.06 16 250 10434 -41.7 -66.9 5 25.2 -42.6 269 159 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.02 17 200 11919 -49.6 -73.7 4 24.1 -50.1 267 148 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.2 0.01 18 150 13770 -55.7 -79.9 3 24.2 -56.1 271 115 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.1 0.00 19 100 16338 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.9 259 46 424.8 424.8 308.3 424.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5464.41 m Freezing level: 793.18 mb = 1972.48 m = 6471.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 812.84 mb = 1773.61 m = 5818.86 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.48 % Est. max temperature: 16.46 C = 61.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.25 mb = 1144.71 m = 3755.57 ft T: 6.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.39 C/km ThetaE index: 5.08 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.65 mb = 1511.50 m = 4958.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.47 C = 61.65 F Cap Strength: 4.16 C Lifted Index: 7.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Showalter Index: 8.19 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.57 C Cross Totals Index: 19.11 C K Index: 21.27 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.10 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.97 mb = 1422.32 m = 4666.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.97 mb = 1962.57 m = 6438.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 663.97 mb = 3370.71 m = 11058.63 ft B at Equ Level: 11.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 603.97 mb = 4098.78 m = 13447.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.1 at 61.3 knts Storm direction: 316.1 at 45.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 4.2 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 239.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 239.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 152.98 m/s