MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 5 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 140 SFC 999 147 8.3 4.4 76 3.9 6.4 343 10 281.5 282.4 279.6 296.0 5.25 2 950 564 7.3 2.7 73 4.6 5.1 313 27 284.6 285.5 280.6 298.4 4.90 3 900 1008 5.8 0.1 67 5.7 3.2 295 34 287.5 288.2 281.2 299.7 4.28 4 850 1473 2.8 -3.4 64 6.2 0.1 287 32 289.1 289.7 281.0 299.2 3.50 5 800 1961 -0.6 -5.7 68 5.1 -2.6 279 30 290.5 291.1 281.2 299.7 3.12 6 750 2473 -4.2 -7.0 81 2.8 -5.3 275 29 292.0 292.5 281.7 300.9 3.01 7 700 3014 -7.7 -8.7 92 1.0 -8.1 275 28 293.9 294.4 282.3 302.4 2.82 8 650 3587 -11.1 -12.7 88 1.6 -11.6 279 29 296.4 296.8 282.7 303.2 2.21 9 600 4197 -14.3 -22.3 51 8.0 -16.2 280 35 299.6 299.8 282.6 303.0 1.07 10 550 4852 -18.1 -31.3 30 13.2 -20.3 281 42 302.6 302.7 283.1 304.3 0.51 11 500 5557 -23.2 -38.9 22 15.8 -25.1 284 47 304.8 304.9 283.7 305.7 0.26 12 450 6319 -28.8 -50.1 11 21.3 -30.3 282 50 307.1 307.1 284.3 307.4 0.09 13 400 7151 -35.4 -55.4 11 20.0 -36.4 282 56 309.0 309.0 285.0 309.2 0.05 14 350 8066 -42.5 -61.4 11 18.8 -43.1 281 61 311.4 311.4 285.8 311.5 0.03 15 300 9089 -49.5 -66.4 12 16.9 -49.8 284 69 315.6 315.6 287.3 315.7 0.02 16 250 10272 -52.4 -68.3 13 15.9 -52.7 282 85 328.2 328.2 291.2 328.2 0.02 17 200 11721 -49.3 -78.2 2 29.0 -49.8 280 87 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.00 18 150 13605 -50.8 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.4 281 69 382.6 382.6 302.6 382.6 0.00 19 100 16220 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.5 284 55 421.5 421.5 307.9 421.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5416.59 m Freezing level: 808.42 mb = 1878.71 m = 6163.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 847.51 mb = 1496.77 m = 4910.60 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.95 % Est. max temperature: 15.90 C = 60.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.20 mb = 640.13 m = 2100.14 ft T: 7.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 0.48 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.70 mb = 1834.23 m = 6017.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.95 C = 62.50 F Cap Strength: 6.33 C Lifted Index: 7.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.75 C Showalter Index: 6.32 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.97 C Cross Totals Index: 19.76 C K Index: 21.55 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 111.28 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14495.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.86 mb = 1173.59 m = 3850.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.0 at 34.1 knts Storm direction: 314.0 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 4.6 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: -67.3 tot: -66.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -22.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: -4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 59.09 m/s