MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F210.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F210.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 210 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 11 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 147 10.4 8.8 90 1.6 9.5 2 12 283.5 284.7 282.6 303.1 7.10 1 1000 152 10.6 8.7 88 1.9 9.5 2 15 283.7 284.9 282.7 303.2 7.06 2 950 577 7.6 6.9 95 0.7 7.2 358 27 284.9 286.0 282.7 303.2 6.56 3 900 1023 6.5 5.0 90 1.6 5.7 318 26 288.3 289.3 283.5 305.4 6.06 4 850 1490 3.9 3.2 95 0.8 3.5 309 24 290.3 291.3 284.0 306.5 5.65 5 800 1981 0.9 0.7 99 0.2 0.8 316 23 292.1 293.0 284.1 306.7 5.04 6 750 2497 -1.9 -2.2 97 0.4 -2.0 317 23 294.6 295.3 284.3 307.3 4.33 7 700 3044 -4.7 -5.1 97 0.4 -4.8 322 26 297.3 298.0 284.8 308.5 3.75 8 650 3624 -7.8 -8.6 94 0.8 -8.1 328 29 300.1 300.7 285.1 309.5 3.07 9 600 4242 -11.6 -13.2 88 1.6 -12.1 327 33 302.7 303.1 285.3 309.9 2.30 10 550 4904 -15.8 -19.6 73 3.8 -16.8 329 36 305.4 305.6 285.4 310.1 1.47 11 500 5615 -20.7 -23.3 79 2.6 -21.2 336 39 307.8 308.0 285.9 311.7 1.17 12 450 6385 -26.3 -29.9 71 3.6 -26.9 341 42 310.2 310.3 286.2 312.6 0.71 13 400 7224 -33.6 -36.1 78 2.5 -33.8 347 42 311.4 311.4 286.4 312.9 0.44 14 350 8144 -41.7 -44.5 74 2.8 -41.8 342 42 312.5 312.6 286.5 313.3 0.21 15 300 9176 -46.4 -69.0 6 22.6 -46.9 318 35 319.9 319.9 288.7 320.0 0.01 16 250 10376 -49.8 -73.2 5 23.4 -50.3 281 36 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.0 0.01 17 200 11828 -51.1 -73.9 5 22.7 -51.5 256 41 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 13696 -51.8 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 254 41 380.8 380.8 302.3 380.8 0.00 19 100 16315 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.6 255 28 423.4 423.4 308.1 423.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5463.05 m Freezing level: 783.57 mb = 2150.51 m = 7055.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 786.11 mb = 2121.01 m = 6958.60 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.09 % Est. max temperature: 17.14 C = 62.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.73 mb = 347.25 m = 1139.27 ft T: 9.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 0.06 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.72 mb = 1144.29 m = 3754.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.67 C = 60.21 F Cap Strength: 4.94 C Lifted Index: 5.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.66 C Showalter Index: 3.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.61 C Cross Totals Index: 23.84 C K Index: 27.38 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 126.10 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13019.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.92 mb = 735.65 m = 2413.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 328.4 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 358.4 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.4 neg: -48.2 tot: -28.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: -2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 31.38 m/s