MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F288.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F288.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 day GFS valid 6Z 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 72 SFC 991 147 12.9 7.6 70 5.3 10.0 281 16 286.8 288.0 283.5 305.3 6.60 2 950 501 10.1 4.8 69 5.4 7.3 280 30 287.5 288.4 282.8 303.5 5.66 3 900 948 5.9 2.8 81 3.0 4.4 278 37 287.6 288.5 282.3 302.4 5.21 4 850 1413 2.2 -0.6 82 2.8 0.9 273 43 288.4 289.2 281.7 300.8 4.29 5 800 1900 -0.8 -3.7 81 2.9 -2.0 274 49 290.3 290.9 281.7 300.8 3.62 6 750 2412 -4.0 -6.4 84 2.3 -5.0 279 51 292.2 292.8 282.0 301.5 3.16 7 700 2953 -7.6 -9.5 86 1.9 -8.3 285 52 294.1 294.5 282.2 302.0 2.65 8 650 3526 -11.5 -13.9 83 2.4 -12.3 286 55 295.9 296.3 282.2 302.1 2.01 9 600 4134 -15.4 -19.2 72 3.9 -16.3 284 62 298.3 298.6 282.5 302.7 1.39 10 550 4789 -16.7 -34.0 21 17.3 -19.6 280 81 304.3 304.3 283.6 305.6 0.39 11 500 5502 -19.0 -52.5 3 33.5 -22.2 275 98 309.9 309.9 285.4 310.1 0.06 12 450 6278 -23.6 -49.7 7 26.1 -26.0 271 113 313.6 313.6 286.7 313.9 0.09 13 400 7131 -28.3 -48.2 13 20.0 -30.0 273 125 318.2 318.3 288.3 318.7 0.12 14 350 8080 -32.1 -55.4 8 23.3 -33.6 274 138 325.4 325.5 290.5 325.7 0.06 15 300 9158 -36.0 -57.6 9 21.6 -37.2 274 161 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.05 16 250 10410 -41.2 -68.6 4 27.5 -42.1 269 161 344.9 344.9 295.5 344.9 0.01 17 200 11896 -49.7 -73.3 5 23.6 -50.2 268 151 354.0 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.01 18 150 13748 -55.1 -80.0 3 25.0 -55.5 270 118 375.2 375.2 301.5 375.2 0.00 19 100 16331 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.6 268 51 421.4 421.4 307.9 421.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5429.87 m Freezing level: 813.83 mb = 1765.14 m = 5791.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 834.66 mb = 1559.08 m = 5115.02 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.33 % Est. max temperature: 14.86 C = 58.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.32 mb = 817.54 m = 2682.17 ft T: 7.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.48 C/km ThetaE index: 4.58 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.77 mb = 1244.47 m = 4082.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.24 C = 57.63 F Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lifted Index: 7.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Showalter Index: 9.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.19 C Cross Totals Index: 18.38 C K Index: 18.62 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.91 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.55 mb = 1153.32 m = 3783.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.55 mb = 1483.49 m = 4867.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 632.55 mb = 3732.47 m = 12245.49 ft B at Equ Level: 9.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 592.55 mb = 4228.21 m = 13871.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.6 at 61.0 knts Storm direction: 308.6 at 45.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 5.2 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 259.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 259.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 167.82 m/s