MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F213.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F213.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 213 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1002 147 9.8 8.8 94 0.9 9.3 339 7 282.7 284.0 282.3 302.3 7.11 1 1000 164 9.8 8.7 93 1.1 9.2 329 10 283.0 284.2 282.4 302.5 7.09 2 950 589 7.5 7.0 97 0.5 7.2 306 15 284.8 286.0 282.7 303.2 6.62 3 900 1033 5.3 4.6 96 0.7 4.9 276 18 286.9 288.0 282.8 303.6 5.91 4 850 1498 2.6 1.9 95 0.7 2.2 278 19 288.9 289.8 282.8 303.6 5.15 5 800 1987 -0.2 -0.8 96 0.6 -0.5 291 17 290.9 291.7 283.0 303.9 4.50 6 750 2500 -3.1 -5.1 86 2.0 -3.9 295 16 293.2 293.9 282.8 303.6 3.50 7 700 3044 -6.3 -10.4 73 4.1 -7.7 300 16 295.5 296.0 282.6 303.0 2.48 8 650 3619 -9.6 -16.4 58 6.8 -11.6 306 17 298.1 298.4 282.7 303.1 1.63 9 600 4234 -12.4 -39.0 9 26.7 -16.4 326 22 301.8 301.9 282.4 302.6 0.22 10 550 4893 -16.1 -54.0 2 37.9 -19.8 327 25 305.0 305.0 283.5 305.2 0.05 11 500 5603 -21.7 -47.8 8 26.1 -24.2 319 28 306.6 306.6 284.2 307.0 0.10 12 450 6371 -26.9 -31.8 63 4.9 -27.6 335 42 309.4 309.5 285.8 311.5 0.59 13 400 7207 -34.2 -37.1 75 2.9 -34.5 339 42 310.6 310.6 286.0 311.9 0.40 14 350 8129 -39.4 -65.2 5 25.7 -40.2 287 26 315.6 315.6 287.3 315.6 0.02 15 300 9174 -43.8 -70.9 3 27.1 -44.5 256 32 323.6 323.6 289.9 323.7 0.01 16 250 10383 -49.0 -72.3 5 23.3 -49.4 253 41 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.2 0.01 17 200 11837 -51.0 -73.5 5 22.5 -51.4 244 45 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 13707 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.1 245 42 381.2 381.2 302.5 381.2 0.00 19 100 16319 -55.2 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 251 33 421.0 421.0 307.8 421.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5438.19 m Freezing level: 804.16 mb = 1945.90 m = 6384.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 809.22 mb = 1894.29 m = 6214.78 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.36 % Est. max temperature: 15.82 C = 60.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.11 mb = 263.35 m = 863.99 ft T: 9.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 0.91 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.91 mb = 773.48 m = 2537.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.71 C = 54.88 F Cap Strength: 5.03 C Lifted Index: 5.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.38 C Showalter Index: 4.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.31 C Cross Totals Index: 23.56 C K Index: 22.06 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 87.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13377.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.13 mb = 666.06 m = 2185.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.9 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 339.9 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.2 neg: -7.8 tot: 17.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.94 Bulk Shear: 7.73 m/s