MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 97 SFC 994 147 9.9 6.1 77 3.8 7.9 337 12 283.5 284.5 281.3 300.0 5.94 2 950 523 7.9 3.5 74 4.4 5.7 326 26 285.2 286.1 281.2 299.7 5.17 3 900 966 5.2 0.4 71 4.8 2.9 312 39 286.8 287.6 281.0 299.3 4.37 4 850 1431 2.4 -5.3 57 7.6 -0.7 311 41 288.6 289.2 280.2 297.5 3.04 5 800 1918 -0.8 -12.0 43 11.1 -4.6 311 41 290.3 290.6 279.6 296.0 1.91 6 750 2430 -4.1 -19.0 30 15.0 -8.2 308 43 292.1 292.3 279.4 295.7 1.13 7 700 2970 -7.6 -23.0 28 15.4 -11.3 308 46 294.1 294.2 279.9 296.8 0.86 8 650 3542 -11.8 -25.1 32 13.3 -14.7 306 45 295.6 295.7 280.5 298.0 0.76 9 600 4148 -16.9 -25.4 48 8.5 -18.6 307 43 296.6 296.7 281.0 299.1 0.80 10 550 4794 -22.1 -26.2 69 4.1 -22.9 312 42 297.8 298.0 281.5 300.5 0.82 11 500 5487 -27.3 -32.8 60 5.5 -28.0 312 46 299.7 299.8 281.9 301.4 0.49 12 450 6242 -29.1 -49.7 12 20.6 -30.6 312 61 306.7 306.7 284.2 307.0 0.09 13 400 7081 -30.3 -65.2 2 34.9 -32.0 309 76 315.6 315.6 287.3 315.6 0.01 14 350 8022 -35.4 -65.1 3 29.7 -36.6 301 90 321.1 321.1 289.1 321.1 0.02 15 300 9078 -42.6 -66.4 6 23.8 -43.3 298 89 325.3 325.3 290.4 325.4 0.02 16 250 10290 -48.7 -67.6 9 18.9 -49.1 300 88 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.8 0.02 17 200 11757 -47.6 -77.9 2 30.3 -48.3 295 92 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.00 18 150 13644 -51.3 -80.7 2 29.4 -51.9 296 76 381.6 381.6 302.5 381.7 0.00 19 100 16240 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.3 291 57 422.0 422.0 307.9 422.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5389.69 m Freezing level: 812.91 mb = 1792.10 m = 5879.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 860.05 mb = 1335.48 m = 4381.43 ft Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.99 % Est. max temperature: 15.19 C = 59.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.60 mb = 621.84 m = 2040.15 ft T: 7.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.83 C/km ThetaE index: 4.34 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.98 mb = 1583.74 m = 5195.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.51 C = 59.92 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: 1.90 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.03 C Showalter Index: 3.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 51.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.06 C K Index: 9.09 Risk: None Sweat Index: 183.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.80 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14570.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.33 mb = 1127.65 m = 3699.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.7 at 42.2 knts Storm direction: 340.7 at 31.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 6.1 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.3 neg: -3.3 tot: 78.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 67.09 m/s