MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 13 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 122 SFC 997 147 9.8 5.1 72 4.7 7.4 331 11 283.2 284.2 280.7 298.6 5.53 2 950 547 7.7 3.0 72 4.7 5.4 315 25 285.0 285.9 280.9 299.0 4.99 3 900 991 5.2 1.7 78 3.5 3.5 299 36 286.9 287.7 281.5 300.5 4.79 4 850 1455 1.3 0.0 91 1.3 0.7 290 41 287.5 288.3 281.5 300.4 4.51 5 800 1941 -1.7 -3.8 85 2.1 -2.6 287 41 289.4 290.0 281.3 299.8 3.60 6 750 2452 -4.3 -5.4 92 1.1 -4.7 292 42 291.9 292.5 282.1 301.9 3.40 7 700 2995 -4.9 -5.2 98 0.3 -5.1 294 49 297.0 297.7 284.6 308.1 3.69 8 650 3576 -7.7 -8.1 97 0.4 -7.9 289 56 300.2 300.8 285.3 309.9 3.18 9 600 4194 -11.6 -12.0 97 0.3 -11.8 284 57 302.7 303.1 285.5 310.6 2.55 10 550 4854 -16.2 -16.3 99 0.1 -16.3 285 57 304.8 305.2 285.7 311.0 1.94 11 500 5564 -22.0 -22.4 97 0.4 -22.1 283 59 306.2 306.4 285.4 310.3 1.27 12 450 6329 -27.9 -34.7 52 6.8 -28.8 278 72 308.2 308.3 285.2 309.7 0.44 13 400 7167 -32.7 -48.0 20 15.3 -33.8 276 80 312.4 312.5 286.4 312.9 0.12 14 350 8093 -39.7 -47.6 43 7.8 -40.2 274 83 315.1 315.2 287.3 315.7 0.15 15 300 9128 -47.5 -53.9 48 6.4 -47.7 270 86 318.4 318.5 288.3 318.8 0.08 16 250 10310 -55.1 -65.6 26 10.5 -55.2 268 86 324.2 324.2 290.0 324.3 0.02 17 200 11731 -53.6 -74.5 6 20.9 -53.9 266 73 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.01 18 150 13605 -49.8 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.5 261 65 384.2 384.2 302.9 384.2 0.00 19 100 16246 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.3 276 42 422.0 422.0 307.9 422.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5441.15 m Freezing level: 827.81 mb = 1670.75 m = 5481.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 838.98 mb = 1559.75 m = 5117.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.02 % Est. max temperature: 14.26 C = 57.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.90 mb = 740.69 m = 2430.06 ft T: 6.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 0.66 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.00 mb = 1417.15 m = 4649.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.10 C = 57.38 F Cap Strength: 7.37 C Lifted Index: 7.37 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.88 C Showalter Index: 6.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.36 C Cross Totals Index: 22.06 C K Index: 23.09 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13812.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.41 mb = 1133.19 m = 3717.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.5 at 48.2 knts Storm direction: 318.5 at 36.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 5.9 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.7 neg: -5.3 tot: 100.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 140.33 m/s