MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F375.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F375.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 375 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 74 SFC 991 147 8.3 3.5 72 4.8 5.9 319 17 282.1 283.0 279.5 295.9 4.96 2 950 496 5.2 1.5 77 3.6 3.5 310 31 282.4 283.2 279.1 295.0 4.50 3 900 935 1.3 0.3 93 1.0 0.9 301 38 282.9 283.6 279.1 295.1 4.36 4 850 1393 -0.3 -1.7 90 1.4 -0.9 276 44 285.8 286.5 280.0 297.1 3.96 5 800 1876 -3.2 -3.8 96 0.6 -3.5 263 45 287.7 288.3 280.5 298.1 3.60 6 750 2384 -6.2 -6.8 95 0.7 -6.4 263 42 289.9 290.4 280.8 298.8 3.05 7 700 2921 -9.4 -10.2 94 0.8 -9.6 266 38 292.1 292.6 281.2 299.6 2.52 8 650 3490 -13.2 -13.5 98 0.3 -13.3 268 36 294.1 294.4 281.5 300.4 2.08 9 600 4095 -17.1 -17.2 99 0.1 -17.1 267 33 296.4 296.7 282.0 301.5 1.65 10 550 4742 -21.1 -21.2 99 0.2 -21.1 267 32 299.1 299.3 282.6 303.1 1.27 11 500 5440 -25.8 -26.1 97 0.4 -25.8 264 33 301.6 301.8 283.2 304.6 0.91 12 450 6194 -31.8 -33.2 87 1.4 -31.9 264 35 303.3 303.4 283.4 305.0 0.52 13 400 7013 -39.0 -39.5 95 0.5 -39.0 257 36 304.4 304.4 283.5 305.4 0.31 14 350 7913 -47.0 -47.1 99 0.1 -47.0 241 39 305.3 305.4 283.8 305.9 0.16 15 300 8927 -48.2 -69.6 7 21.4 -48.6 254 42 317.5 317.5 287.9 317.5 0.01 16 250 10130 -47.1 -77.5 2 30.4 -47.6 263 36 336.1 336.1 293.3 336.1 0.00 17 200 11610 -46.3 -76.9 2 30.6 -47.0 274 36 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.01 18 150 13517 -47.7 -77.9 2 30.2 -48.5 274 46 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.9 0.01 19 100 16183 -49.4 -79.2 2 29.8 -50.4 277 31 432.3 432.3 309.1 432.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5365.09 m Freezing level: 859.57 mb = 1305.55 m = 4283.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 875.26 mb = 1158.37 m = 3800.37 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.74 % Est. max temperature: 12.27 C = 54.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.63 mb = 742.12 m = 2434.74 ft T: 3.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 0.90 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.22 mb = 1167.94 m = 3831.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.50 C = 50.90 F Cap Strength: 5.37 C Lifted Index: 6.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.93 C Showalter Index: 5.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.45 C Cross Totals Index: 24.03 C K Index: 22.92 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 131.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14753.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.30 mb = 949.93 m = 3116.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.7 at 36.1 knts Storm direction: 301.7 at 27.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 6.2 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -171.7 tot: -171.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -57.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: -7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 70.89 m/s