MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 4 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 96 SFC 994 147 12.0 7.2 73 4.7 9.4 313 14 285.6 286.7 282.8 303.6 6.42 2 950 525 9.4 5.5 77 3.9 7.3 317 28 286.7 287.8 282.8 303.5 5.96 3 900 970 5.5 4.2 91 1.3 4.8 318 35 287.2 288.2 282.7 303.3 5.73 4 850 1435 2.1 2.0 99 0.1 2.1 321 42 288.4 289.3 282.7 303.2 5.20 5 800 1923 -0.4 -0.5 99 0.1 -0.4 334 46 290.8 291.6 283.1 304.1 4.63 6 750 2437 -3.1 -4.4 91 1.3 -3.7 343 49 293.2 293.8 283.0 304.0 3.68 7 700 2980 -6.4 -9.1 81 2.7 -7.4 343 54 295.4 295.9 282.9 303.7 2.75 8 650 3555 -10.2 -11.0 94 0.8 -10.5 338 58 297.4 297.9 283.5 305.2 2.53 9 600 4169 -13.0 -13.6 95 0.7 -13.2 330 62 301.1 301.5 284.5 308.0 2.22 10 550 4827 -17.8 -18.0 98 0.2 -17.9 336 68 303.0 303.3 284.7 308.4 1.69 11 500 5533 -22.3 -25.8 74 3.4 -23.0 340 72 305.8 306.0 284.9 308.9 0.94 12 450 6301 -25.4 -55.1 5 29.6 -27.6 338 83 311.3 311.3 285.8 311.4 0.05 13 400 7146 -31.4 -60.5 4 29.1 -32.9 330 85 314.2 314.2 286.8 314.3 0.03 14 350 8076 -38.6 -63.0 6 24.4 -39.5 326 83 316.7 316.7 287.7 316.8 0.02 15 300 9124 -42.8 -68.7 4 25.9 -43.5 313 88 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.1 0.01 16 250 10337 -48.9 -66.6 11 17.7 -49.3 309 88 333.4 333.4 292.6 333.5 0.02 17 200 11797 -49.8 -76.9 3 27.1 -50.3 301 90 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 18 150 13668 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 301 74 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16250 -56.5 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 295 58 418.5 418.5 307.5 418.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5436.48 m Freezing level: 807.16 mb = 1852.89 m = 6078.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 807.93 mb = 1843.38 m = 6047.75 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.33 % Est. max temperature: 15.01 C = 59.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.29 mb = 741.89 m = 2433.99 ft T: 7.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 0.45 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.55 mb = 1101.88 m = 3615.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.86 C = 56.95 F Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lifted Index: 4.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.10 C Showalter Index: 4.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.48 C Cross Totals Index: 24.35 C K Index: 23.80 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.68 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12343.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.14 mb = 996.14 m = 3268.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 334.8 at 54.3 knts Storm direction: 4.8 at 40.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 340.6 neg: -0.1 tot: 340.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 147.96 m/s