MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 128 SFC 998 147 8.8 6.8 87 2.0 7.8 283 11 282.2 283.2 281.0 299.3 6.22 2 950 551 6.2 4.6 90 1.5 5.4 268 23 283.5 284.4 280.9 299.1 5.62 3 900 992 3.1 2.0 92 1.1 2.5 246 30 284.7 285.5 280.7 298.5 4.90 4 850 1453 0.2 -1.2 91 1.4 -0.4 238 31 286.3 287.1 280.5 298.1 4.12 5 800 1937 -2.5 -5.2 82 2.7 -3.6 244 31 288.5 289.0 280.4 297.9 3.24 6 750 2446 -5.7 -9.8 73 4.1 -7.1 250 32 290.4 290.9 280.3 297.6 2.42 7 700 2984 -8.4 -17.9 46 9.5 -11.0 255 39 293.2 293.4 280.1 297.3 1.34 8 650 3555 -11.7 -22.7 39 11.1 -14.2 268 52 295.8 295.9 280.8 298.8 0.95 9 600 4164 -14.5 -22.0 53 7.5 -16.2 281 57 299.4 299.6 282.5 302.9 1.09 10 550 4818 -19.3 -28.4 44 9.1 -21.0 284 67 301.2 301.3 282.7 303.4 0.67 11 500 5520 -23.2 -59.4 2 36.2 -25.6 281 73 304.8 304.8 283.4 304.9 0.03 12 450 6285 -27.4 -56.9 4 29.5 -29.3 278 80 308.8 308.8 284.9 308.9 0.04 13 400 7124 -32.6 -55.9 8 23.3 -33.9 278 86 312.6 312.7 286.4 312.8 0.05 14 350 8050 -39.6 -53.3 22 13.6 -40.3 273 94 315.3 315.3 287.3 315.6 0.08 15 300 9087 -47.4 -58.4 27 11.0 -47.7 265 99 318.6 318.6 288.3 318.8 0.05 16 250 10275 -52.6 -68.7 13 16.1 -52.8 262 90 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.0 0.01 17 200 11715 -52.6 -75.1 5 22.5 -52.9 259 75 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 13582 -50.1 -79.7 2 29.7 -50.7 257 69 383.8 383.8 302.9 383.8 0.00 19 100 16237 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.2 272 40 424.1 424.1 308.2 424.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5391.84 m Freezing level: 846.68 mb = 1485.05 m = 4872.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 857.09 mb = 1385.93 m = 4546.95 ft Precipitable water: 0.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.98 % Est. max temperature: 13.09 C = 55.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.49 mb = 400.71 m = 1314.65 ft T: 7.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 2.03 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.09 mb = 874.34 m = 2868.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.03 C = 51.86 F Cap Strength: 4.59 C Lifted Index: 6.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.60 C Showalter Index: 7.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.35 C Cross Totals Index: 21.99 C K Index: 12.68 Risk: None Sweat Index: 246.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13735.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.97 mb = 768.88 m = 2522.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.1 at 47.4 knts Storm direction: 300.1 at 35.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 4.2 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 226.3 neg: -3.0 tot: 223.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 110.86 m/s