MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F354.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F354.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 354 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 17 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 33 SFC 986 147 9.9 6.9 82 2.9 8.3 4 18 284.1 285.2 282.1 301.8 6.35 2 950 457 6.8 5.3 90 1.5 6.0 3 32 284.1 285.1 281.5 300.4 5.86 3 900 899 3.4 3.2 99 0.2 3.3 359 40 285.0 285.9 281.3 300.0 5.34 4 850 1361 1.4 -1.1 83 2.5 0.3 349 44 287.6 288.4 281.1 299.5 4.14 5 800 1847 -1.8 -3.9 85 2.1 -2.7 349 43 289.3 289.9 281.1 299.6 3.57 6 750 2359 -3.2 -9.8 60 6.6 -5.6 345 43 293.1 293.5 281.5 300.4 2.41 7 700 2902 -6.2 -15.9 46 9.7 -9.1 343 41 295.7 295.9 281.5 300.5 1.58 8 650 3477 -10.3 -18.3 52 8.0 -12.5 340 39 297.3 297.6 282.0 301.7 1.39 9 600 4088 -15.0 -21.6 57 6.6 -16.6 338 37 298.8 299.0 282.3 302.4 1.14 10 550 4739 -20.3 -27.2 54 6.9 -21.5 337 35 300.0 300.1 282.4 302.4 0.75 11 500 5437 -25.7 -33.6 47 7.9 -26.8 339 37 301.7 301.8 282.7 303.2 0.45 12 450 6194 -29.0 -49.5 12 20.5 -30.5 359 50 306.8 306.8 284.2 307.1 0.09 13 400 7030 -33.0 -63.5 3 30.6 -34.3 6 56 312.1 312.1 286.1 312.2 0.02 14 350 7958 -38.2 -70.7 2 32.4 -39.2 1 51 317.2 317.2 287.8 317.2 0.01 15 300 9005 -43.6 -74.9 2 31.3 -44.3 354 42 323.9 323.9 289.9 323.9 0.00 16 250 10220 -46.7 -76.4 2 29.7 -47.3 331 42 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.7 0.00 17 200 11705 -44.8 -75.7 2 31.0 -45.6 302 51 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.01 18 150 13624 -46.3 -76.9 2 30.6 -47.3 296 56 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.2 0.01 19 100 16270 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.8 295 49 423.0 423.0 308.0 423.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5404.25 m Freezing level: 827.88 mb = 1576.06 m = 5170.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 845.21 mb = 1406.47 m = 4614.34 ft Precipitable water: 0.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.74 % Est. max temperature: 13.78 C = 56.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.26 mb = 515.49 m = 1691.21 ft T: 6.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.71 C/km ThetaE index: 2.30 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.67 mb = 775.88 m = 2545.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.48 C = 50.86 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: 2.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.01 C Showalter Index: 3.62 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 51.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.13 C Cross Totals Index: 24.59 C K Index: 16.28 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.87 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.97 mb = 746.46 m = 2449.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.97 mb = 881.23 m = 2891.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 881.97 mb = 1062.71 m = 3486.55 ft B at Equ Level: 5.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 841.97 mb = 1437.27 m = 4715.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 345.9 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 15.9 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.2 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.1 neg: -55.5 tot: -20.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 28.18 m/s