MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F345.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F345.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 345 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 60 SFC 990 146 9.5 7.7 89 1.8 8.5 60 12 283.5 284.6 282.1 301.9 6.67 2 950 486 9.7 6.3 79 3.4 7.9 38 28 287.0 288.1 283.3 304.7 6.30 3 900 934 7.7 5.6 86 2.1 6.6 34 46 289.4 290.5 284.4 307.4 6.33 4 850 1405 6.7 4.8 88 1.9 5.7 19 58 293.1 294.3 285.8 311.5 6.36 5 800 1901 3.9 3.0 94 0.9 3.4 6 59 295.3 296.3 286.2 312.6 5.94 6 750 2423 0.7 0.4 98 0.2 0.5 2 57 297.3 298.3 286.4 312.9 5.27 7 700 2974 -2.6 -3.1 97 0.5 -2.9 0 47 299.6 300.4 286.2 312.6 4.35 8 650 3559 -5.6 -6.2 96 0.6 -5.8 359 39 302.6 303.3 286.7 313.9 3.70 9 600 4182 -9.5 -10.1 95 0.6 -9.7 354 36 305.2 305.7 286.9 314.4 2.96 10 550 4850 -13.7 -14.3 95 0.6 -13.9 350 34 307.9 308.3 287.1 315.2 2.29 11 500 5568 -18.6 -20.4 86 1.8 -19.0 343 41 310.4 310.7 287.2 315.4 1.51 12 450 6343 -24.8 -26.8 84 1.9 -25.2 349 42 312.0 312.2 287.2 315.2 0.95 13 400 7188 -31.8 -32.7 92 0.9 -32.0 357 41 313.6 313.7 287.3 315.7 0.61 14 350 8115 -40.0 -40.3 98 0.2 -40.1 4 46 314.8 314.8 287.4 316.0 0.33 15 300 9145 -49.5 -49.5 100 0.0 -49.6 5 48 315.5 315.6 287.5 316.1 0.14 16 250 10316 -54.3 -61.4 41 7.2 -54.4 338 52 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.6 0.04 17 200 11783 -44.0 -75.2 2 31.2 -44.9 306 60 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 18 150 13713 -46.1 -76.7 2 30.6 -47.0 299 67 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.01 19 100 16340 -57.4 -84.9 2 27.5 -57.8 304 52 416.8 416.8 307.3 416.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5507.87 m Freezing level: 739.70 mb = 2536.44 m = 8321.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 741.95 mb = 2509.12 m = 8231.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.23 % Est. max temperature: 19.54 C = 67.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.21 mb = 371.34 m = 1218.29 ft T: 9.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 0.26 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.12 mb = 1869.00 m = 6131.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.11 C = 69.99 F Cap Strength: 6.11 C Lifted Index: 6.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.92 C Showalter Index: 2.78 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.25 C Cross Totals Index: 23.40 C K Index: 29.58 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.78 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13620.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.58 mb = 919.23 m = 3015.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 3.3 at 43.0 knts Storm direction: 33.3 at 32.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 6.8 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -295.8 tot: -295.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -98.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.6 stream: -8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 105.98 m/s