MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F342.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F342.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 342 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 16 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 102 SFC 995 146 8.7 6.5 86 2.1 7.6 75 9 282.3 283.3 281.0 299.2 6.13 2 950 526 7.2 4.5 83 2.7 5.9 51 20 284.5 285.5 281.4 300.1 5.57 3 900 970 6.6 4.5 86 2.1 5.5 29 40 288.3 289.3 283.4 304.9 5.86 4 850 1439 5.2 3.7 90 1.5 4.4 11 41 291.5 292.6 284.7 308.4 5.85 5 800 1932 2.0 1.7 97 0.4 1.8 360 43 293.3 294.3 284.9 309.0 5.40 6 750 2451 -0.2 -0.6 97 0.4 -0.4 350 44 296.4 297.3 285.6 310.8 4.90 7 700 3001 -2.9 -3.5 96 0.6 -3.2 341 40 299.2 300.0 286.0 311.9 4.21 8 650 3586 -5.8 -6.5 95 0.6 -6.1 333 34 302.4 303.0 286.6 313.5 3.63 9 600 4209 -9.5 -10.1 95 0.6 -9.7 337 31 305.1 305.7 286.9 314.3 2.95 10 550 4876 -13.8 -14.1 98 0.3 -13.9 341 28 307.7 308.2 287.2 315.2 2.34 11 500 5593 -18.8 -18.8 100 0.0 -18.8 344 27 310.1 310.5 287.3 315.8 1.73 12 450 6369 -24.6 -24.7 99 0.1 -24.6 342 32 312.4 312.6 287.5 316.2 1.15 13 400 7215 -31.6 -31.6 100 0.0 -31.6 344 38 314.0 314.1 287.5 316.3 0.68 14 350 8143 -39.9 -39.9 100 -0.0 -39.9 345 39 315.0 315.1 287.5 316.2 0.34 15 300 9174 -49.5 -49.6 100 0.0 -49.6 342 49 315.5 315.5 287.4 316.0 0.14 16 250 10344 -55.5 -60.3 55 4.8 -55.5 330 54 323.6 323.6 289.9 323.8 0.05 17 200 11810 -43.4 -74.8 2 31.3 -44.4 298 61 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 18 150 13743 -45.8 -76.5 2 30.7 -46.9 293 70 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.01 19 100 16366 -58.9 -84.7 2 25.8 -59.3 310 47 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5491.21 m Freezing level: 754.07 mb = 2409.14 m = 7903.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 758.77 mb = 2357.90 m = 7735.81 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.93 % Est. max temperature: 18.14 C = 64.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.86 mb = 414.70 m = 1360.56 ft T: 7.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 812.11 mb = 1809.93 m = 5938.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.30 C = 66.74 F Cap Strength: 8.48 C Lifted Index: 9.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.72 C Showalter Index: 4.58 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.94 C Cross Totals Index: 22.43 C K Index: 26.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13669.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.49 mb = 884.11 m = 2900.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 353.0 at 33.4 knts Storm direction: 23.0 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 6.9 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -293.4 tot: -293.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -97.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: -11.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 115.26 m/s