MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 12 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 1004 147 10.7 8.6 86 2.2 9.6 298 6 283.6 284.8 282.5 302.9 6.98 1 1000 178 10.4 7.8 84 2.6 9.0 290 8 283.5 284.7 282.1 302.0 6.66 2 950 602 7.2 5.1 87 2.1 6.2 282 13 284.5 285.5 281.6 300.7 5.82 3 900 1045 4.5 1.8 83 2.6 3.2 280 14 286.1 287.0 281.3 299.9 4.86 4 850 1509 1.4 0.1 91 1.3 0.8 304 14 287.6 288.4 281.6 300.6 4.54 5 800 1994 -1.3 -6.5 68 5.2 -3.3 314 14 289.8 290.3 280.6 298.4 2.94 6 750 2508 -2.4 -28.3 12 25.8 -8.2 293 17 293.9 294.0 279.3 295.6 0.50 7 700 3051 -5.9 -33.2 10 27.3 -11.1 277 16 296.0 296.0 280.0 297.1 0.33 8 650 3627 -9.1 -30.1 16 21.0 -13.3 255 20 298.6 298.7 281.4 300.2 0.48 9 600 4242 -12.9 -27.9 27 15.0 -16.0 244 24 301.2 301.3 282.7 303.3 0.64 10 550 4899 -17.2 -31.8 27 14.6 -19.7 240 27 303.6 303.7 283.5 305.3 0.49 11 500 5607 -21.5 -45.3 10 23.8 -24.1 257 24 306.8 306.8 284.3 307.3 0.13 12 450 6375 -26.8 -58.2 3 31.4 -28.8 249 28 309.6 309.6 285.2 309.7 0.03 13 400 7216 -31.9 -61.0 4 29.1 -33.4 237 39 313.5 313.5 286.6 313.6 0.03 14 350 8146 -38.1 -63.6 5 25.5 -39.0 233 46 317.3 317.4 287.9 317.4 0.02 15 300 9192 -44.3 -66.5 7 22.2 -44.9 236 51 322.9 322.9 289.7 323.0 0.02 16 250 10401 -48.8 -71.3 6 22.6 -49.2 240 50 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.6 0.01 17 200 11855 -51.3 -75.7 4 24.4 -51.7 240 46 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 13724 -50.9 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.5 246 45 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.3 0.00 19 100 16327 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.7 244 35 419.1 419.1 307.6 419.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5429.74 m Freezing level: 823.84 mb = 1762.78 m = 5783.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 839.90 mb = 1604.38 m = 5263.65 ft Precipitable water: 0.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.89 % Est. max temperature: 14.68 C = 58.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.25 mb = 419.20 m = 1375.32 ft T: 8.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 5.03 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.63 mb = 1057.65 m = 3469.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.33 C = 55.99 F Cap Strength: 5.31 C Lifted Index: 6.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.99 C Showalter Index: 7.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.97 C Cross Totals Index: 21.66 C K Index: -4.21 Risk: None Sweat Index: 52.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14471.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.14 mb = 864.06 m = 2834.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.6 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 294.6 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: -8.4 tot: -1.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.76 Bulk Shear: 12.58 m/s