MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F291.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F291.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 291 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 96 SFC 994 147 10.3 6.2 75 4.2 8.2 278 12 284.0 285.0 281.6 300.6 5.98 2 950 522 8.0 4.3 77 3.7 6.1 276 25 285.3 286.3 281.6 300.7 5.47 3 900 965 4.2 2.4 88 1.8 3.4 270 32 285.9 286.7 281.4 300.2 5.06 4 850 1428 0.8 -1.0 88 1.8 0.0 262 38 287.0 287.7 280.9 299.0 4.19 5 800 1912 -2.2 -5.0 81 2.8 -3.3 263 40 288.8 289.4 280.6 298.3 3.29 6 750 2422 -5.5 -8.7 78 3.2 -6.6 266 43 290.6 291.1 280.7 298.4 2.64 7 700 2960 -8.8 -12.1 77 3.2 -9.9 268 44 292.7 293.1 281.0 299.2 2.16 8 650 3530 -12.8 -15.0 83 2.2 -13.4 272 48 294.5 294.9 281.4 300.2 1.83 9 600 4136 -16.3 -21.0 67 4.7 -17.4 275 57 297.3 297.5 281.8 301.0 1.19 10 550 4787 -18.4 -37.1 18 18.7 -21.0 273 77 302.2 302.3 282.7 303.2 0.29 11 500 5495 -20.5 -50.8 5 30.3 -23.4 272 99 308.1 308.1 284.7 308.3 0.07 12 450 6268 -25.0 -49.0 9 24.0 -27.1 270 112 311.8 311.9 286.1 312.2 0.10 13 400 7117 -28.5 -56.4 5 27.9 -30.4 272 121 318.0 318.0 288.1 318.2 0.05 14 350 8068 -31.3 -60.4 4 29.1 -33.0 273 140 326.5 326.5 290.7 326.7 0.03 15 300 9150 -35.0 -59.0 7 23.9 -36.4 275 164 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.04 16 250 10406 -40.6 -68.7 3 28.1 -41.6 269 161 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.7 0.01 17 200 11894 -49.5 -73.3 5 23.8 -50.0 269 150 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.01 18 150 13748 -55.9 -79.7 4 23.7 -56.3 270 119 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00 19 100 16343 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.6 274 47 423.3 423.3 308.1 423.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5399.30 m Freezing level: 836.44 mb = 1559.19 m = 5115.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 849.70 mb = 1430.58 m = 4693.44 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.91 % Est. max temperature: 13.57 C = 56.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.11 mb = 669.13 m = 2195.27 ft T: 6.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.60 C/km ThetaE index: 2.31 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.38 mb = 1107.05 m = 3632.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.57 C = 54.63 F Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lifted Index: 8.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 25.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.32 C Showalter Index: 9.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.32 C Cross Totals Index: 19.53 C K Index: 17.12 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14182.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.79 mb = 985.20 m = 3232.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.6 at 56.2 knts Storm direction: 300.6 at 42.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 4.7 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 200.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 169.77 m/s