MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F381.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F381.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 381 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 18 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 90 SFC 993 147 10.7 4.0 63 6.7 7.3 293 14 284.4 285.3 280.8 298.8 5.14 2 950 515 7.2 1.5 67 5.7 4.5 292 27 284.5 285.3 280.1 297.1 4.49 3 900 957 2.9 0.5 84 2.4 1.8 288 32 284.5 285.2 280.0 296.9 4.41 4 850 1416 -0.8 -1.3 97 0.4 -1.0 281 36 285.3 286.0 280.0 296.9 4.10 5 800 1898 -3.2 -4.0 94 0.8 -3.6 265 37 287.7 288.4 280.4 298.0 3.55 6 750 2407 -6.1 -6.7 95 0.7 -6.4 260 35 290.0 290.5 280.9 299.0 3.07 7 700 2943 -9.6 -10.1 96 0.5 -9.8 263 32 291.8 292.3 281.1 299.4 2.54 8 650 3511 -13.3 -13.9 95 0.7 -13.5 267 31 293.9 294.3 281.3 300.0 2.00 9 600 4116 -16.9 -17.5 95 0.6 -17.1 261 34 296.5 296.8 282.0 301.5 1.61 10 550 4765 -20.6 -20.7 99 0.1 -20.6 255 36 299.7 299.9 283.0 303.9 1.34 11 500 5463 -25.2 -25.9 94 0.7 -25.3 253 41 302.4 302.5 283.5 305.4 0.93 12 450 6221 -30.4 -31.4 91 1.0 -30.6 246 47 305.0 305.1 284.2 307.1 0.61 13 400 7046 -37.3 -39.3 82 1.9 -37.5 249 50 306.5 306.5 284.4 307.6 0.32 14 350 7952 -45.5 -45.7 98 0.2 -45.5 253 48 307.4 307.4 284.6 308.1 0.18 15 300 8959 -53.2 -54.7 83 1.5 -53.2 250 46 310.4 310.4 285.6 310.7 0.08 16 250 10139 -50.5 -76.8 3 26.3 -50.9 256 46 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.0 0.00 17 200 11609 -46.5 -77.0 2 30.5 -47.1 262 35 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 18 150 13512 -48.2 -78.3 2 30.1 -49.0 264 38 386.9 386.9 303.3 387.0 0.01 19 100 16173 -49.1 -79.0 2 29.9 -50.1 274 28 432.8 432.8 309.1 432.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5373.10 m Freezing level: 861.28 mb = 1312.72 m = 4306.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 868.40 mb = 1244.22 m = 4082.04 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.85 % Est. max temperature: 11.89 C = 53.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.38 mb = 980.29 m = 3216.12 ft T: 2.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 1.92 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.95 mb = 1239.16 m = 4065.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.26 C = 52.28 F Cap Strength: 4.39 C Lifted Index: 5.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.32 C Showalter Index: 5.99 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.32 C Cross Totals Index: 23.90 C K Index: 22.61 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 113.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14106.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.42 mb = 1179.46 m = 3869.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.1 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 294.1 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 3.9 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: -59.4 tot: -54.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -18.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 44.07 m/s