MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 148 8.4 5.2 81 3.1 6.8 313 8 281.5 282.4 279.9 296.8 5.56 1 1000 155 8.5 4.9 78 3.6 6.7 307 11 281.6 282.6 279.8 296.6 5.43 2 950 577 6.4 4.0 85 2.4 5.2 299 23 283.6 284.6 280.7 298.6 5.36 3 900 1020 4.1 3.2 94 0.9 3.7 279 29 285.7 286.7 281.7 300.8 5.34 4 850 1483 1.2 0.9 98 0.3 1.1 275 26 287.4 288.3 281.8 301.1 4.81 5 800 1969 -1.3 -1.5 99 0.1 -1.4 284 29 289.7 290.5 282.2 302.1 4.29 6 750 2480 -4.3 -4.6 98 0.3 -4.4 279 31 291.9 292.5 282.4 302.5 3.61 7 700 3021 -7.5 -8.2 95 0.7 -7.7 275 33 294.2 294.7 282.6 303.0 2.95 8 650 3595 -10.8 -11.6 94 0.7 -11.1 276 35 296.7 297.1 283.0 304.1 2.43 9 600 4205 -15.0 -15.5 97 0.4 -15.2 281 37 298.7 299.1 283.2 304.6 1.91 10 550 4858 -18.8 -28.1 44 9.3 -20.5 282 42 301.8 301.9 283.0 304.1 0.69 11 500 5562 -22.8 -45.6 11 22.7 -25.1 279 48 305.2 305.2 283.7 305.6 0.13 12 450 6325 -29.0 -44.1 22 15.1 -30.3 277 55 306.8 306.8 284.4 307.4 0.17 13 400 7154 -36.2 -50.6 21 14.4 -37.0 279 59 307.9 307.9 284.7 308.2 0.09 14 350 8066 -43.4 -55.2 26 11.8 -43.9 280 66 310.2 310.2 285.5 310.4 0.06 15 300 9087 -49.8 -64.6 16 14.8 -50.1 280 75 315.1 315.1 287.2 315.2 0.02 16 250 10268 -52.4 -68.3 13 16.0 -52.7 279 86 328.2 328.2 291.2 328.3 0.02 17 200 11725 -48.3 -78.4 2 30.1 -48.9 280 81 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.00 18 150 13610 -50.6 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.2 282 66 382.8 382.8 302.7 382.9 0.00 19 100 16226 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 278 52 422.4 422.4 308.0 422.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5407.24 m Freezing level: 826.04 mb = 1715.46 m = 5628.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 828.17 mb = 1691.12 m = 5548.23 ft Precipitable water: 0.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.94 % Est. max temperature: 14.33 C = 57.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.18 mb = 541.31 m = 1775.94 ft T: 6.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 0.15 C Layer 1000.0- 950.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.91 mb = 1211.73 m = 3975.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.37 C = 56.06 F Cap Strength: 5.32 C Lifted Index: 7.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.74 C Showalter Index: 5.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.08 C Cross Totals Index: 23.77 C K Index: 24.33 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 110.72 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13473.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.34 mb = 872.50 m = 2862.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.2 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 310.2 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 4.3 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.0 neg: -12.7 tot: 37.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 48.32 m/s