MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 1005 146 10.8 5.5 70 5.3 8.0 212 9 283.6 284.6 281.0 299.2 5.62 1 1000 184 10.5 4.3 66 6.2 7.4 215 12 283.7 284.6 280.6 298.2 5.22 2 950 609 6.9 2.6 74 4.3 4.8 220 15 284.2 285.0 280.3 297.8 4.84 3 900 1050 3.1 0.8 85 2.3 2.0 230 15 284.7 285.5 280.1 297.4 4.49 4 850 1510 -0.4 -1.7 91 1.3 -0.9 245 15 285.8 286.4 280.0 297.1 3.97 5 800 1992 -3.6 -4.8 92 1.1 -4.1 257 16 287.3 287.8 280.0 296.9 3.35 6 750 2499 -6.9 -8.3 90 1.4 -7.4 254 18 289.1 289.5 280.0 297.1 2.73 7 700 3034 -10.3 -12.4 84 2.2 -10.9 251 19 291.1 291.5 280.2 297.4 2.10 8 650 3604 -10.9 -39.4 7 28.6 -15.1 255 27 296.7 296.7 280.1 297.3 0.19 9 600 4215 -14.1 -47.3 4 33.2 -18.0 258 30 299.8 299.8 281.4 300.1 0.09 10 550 4870 -18.4 -43.5 9 25.1 -21.3 265 36 302.2 302.3 282.5 302.8 0.15 11 500 5573 -24.1 -34.8 37 10.7 -25.6 267 43 303.6 303.7 283.4 305.0 0.40 12 450 6331 -30.3 -38.8 43 8.5 -31.2 272 49 305.1 305.2 283.8 306.2 0.29 13 400 7158 -36.4 -51.2 20 14.8 -37.2 275 57 307.7 307.7 284.5 308.0 0.09 14 350 8070 -43.2 -58.0 18 14.8 -43.6 274 63 310.5 310.5 285.6 310.7 0.04 15 300 9092 -49.6 -63.8 17 14.2 -49.9 276 67 315.4 315.4 287.2 315.5 0.02 16 250 10276 -51.7 -67.2 14 15.4 -52.0 278 69 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.2 0.02 17 200 11734 -49.2 -78.5 2 29.3 -49.7 281 73 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.00 18 150 13613 -50.9 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.5 278 63 382.4 382.4 302.6 382.4 0.00 19 100 16231 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.8 286 41 422.9 422.9 308.0 423.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5388.61 m Freezing level: 855.31 mb = 1461.41 m = 4794.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 865.66 mb = 1363.28 m = 4472.65 ft Precipitable water: 0.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.33 % Est. max temperature: 12.88 C = 55.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.50 mb = 813.06 m = 2667.47 ft T: 5.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 2.31 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.34 mb = 1255.33 m = 4118.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.40 C = 54.32 F Cap Strength: 6.24 C Lifted Index: 6.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.45 C Showalter Index: 6.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.75 C Cross Totals Index: 22.43 C K Index: 19.90 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 72.05 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.09 mb = 1130.12 m = 3707.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.09 mb = 1932.18 m = 6339.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 756.09 mb = 2435.80 m = 7991.37 ft B at Equ Level: 4.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 706.09 mb = 2967.02 m = 9734.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.2 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 287.2 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 51.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 40.55 m/s