MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z WED 6 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 1003 147 10.0 6.4 79 3.5 8.1 299 7 282.9 283.9 281.1 299.6 6.03 1 1000 172 9.6 6.0 79 3.5 7.8 294 10 282.7 283.7 280.9 299.0 5.87 2 950 596 6.3 4.3 87 2.0 5.3 269 14 283.6 284.5 280.8 298.9 5.49 3 900 1037 3.5 2.3 92 1.2 2.9 254 18 285.1 285.9 281.0 299.1 5.00 4 850 1498 0.4 -0.2 96 0.5 0.1 264 20 286.5 287.3 281.0 299.2 4.45 5 800 1982 -2.6 -3.3 96 0.6 -2.9 274 25 288.3 289.0 281.0 299.2 3.76 6 750 2491 -6.2 -6.6 97 0.5 -6.4 270 31 289.9 290.4 280.8 298.9 3.10 7 700 3030 -7.6 -14.9 56 7.3 -9.8 272 42 294.0 294.3 281.0 299.3 1.72 8 650 3602 -11.3 -23.5 36 12.1 -14.1 281 40 296.1 296.3 280.9 299.0 0.89 9 600 4211 -14.6 -35.8 15 21.2 -17.9 280 41 299.2 299.3 281.4 300.2 0.30 10 550 4867 -17.6 -47.8 5 30.2 -20.8 275 42 303.2 303.2 282.8 303.5 0.09 11 500 5572 -23.2 -45.5 11 22.2 -25.4 277 47 304.7 304.7 283.5 305.2 0.13 12 450 6333 -29.6 -42.3 28 12.8 -30.7 278 54 306.1 306.1 284.1 306.8 0.20 13 400 7161 -36.5 -43.6 48 7.1 -37.0 279 59 307.6 307.7 284.7 308.3 0.20 14 350 8071 -43.7 -53.0 35 9.3 -44.1 279 68 309.8 309.8 285.3 310.1 0.08 15 300 9091 -50.1 -62.4 22 12.3 -50.3 280 78 314.8 314.8 287.1 314.9 0.03 16 250 10275 -51.4 -68.6 11 17.2 -51.7 279 84 329.7 329.7 291.6 329.7 0.01 17 200 11736 -48.3 -78.4 2 30.1 -48.9 282 82 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.00 18 150 13620 -51.0 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.5 284 66 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.3 0.00 19 100 16232 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.8 280 49 423.0 423.0 308.0 423.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5399.50 m Freezing level: 844.15 mb = 1555.07 m = 5101.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 847.75 mb = 1519.60 m = 4985.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.14 % Est. max temperature: 13.53 C = 56.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.69 mb = 589.62 m = 1934.42 ft T: 6.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 0.70 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.95 mb = 1019.35 m = 3344.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.11 C = 53.81 F Cap Strength: 6.30 C Lifted Index: 6.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.36 C Showalter Index: 6.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.58 C Cross Totals Index: 23.07 C K Index: 16.17 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 87.03 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14340.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.14 mb = 856.34 m = 2809.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.0 at 34.0 knts Storm direction: 305.0 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 3.5 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 158.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 158.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 63.05 m/s