MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F267.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F267.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 267 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 14 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 146 12.2 3.7 56 8.6 7.9 228 8 285.3 286.2 281.0 299.3 4.97 1 1000 156 11.7 2.2 52 9.5 7.1 228 11 284.9 285.7 280.3 297.6 4.49 2 950 581 7.7 0.5 60 7.2 4.4 229 16 285.0 285.7 279.9 296.8 4.18 3 900 1024 3.6 -0.7 73 4.3 1.7 233 17 285.2 285.9 279.8 296.6 4.03 4 850 1484 -0.6 -2.2 89 1.7 -1.3 236 19 285.6 286.2 279.7 296.5 3.82 5 800 1965 -4.3 -5.3 93 1.0 -4.7 234 21 286.5 287.1 279.4 295.8 3.21 6 750 2475 -3.0 -38.0 5 35.0 -9.2 224 35 293.3 293.4 278.6 294.0 0.19 7 700 3019 -5.6 -27.0 17 21.4 -10.5 216 43 296.3 296.4 280.6 298.2 0.60 8 650 3596 -8.6 -29.1 17 20.6 -12.9 211 53 299.3 299.4 281.8 301.0 0.53 9 600 4211 -12.9 -38.7 10 25.8 -16.8 212 58 301.2 301.2 282.1 301.9 0.22 10 550 4867 -18.5 -48.9 5 30.4 -21.5 214 59 302.1 302.2 282.4 302.4 0.08 11 500 5569 -24.9 -52.7 6 27.8 -26.9 215 59 302.7 302.7 282.5 302.9 0.06 12 450 6324 -31.8 -54.7 9 22.9 -33.1 218 58 303.2 303.2 282.8 303.4 0.05 13 400 7143 -38.8 -60.9 8 22.2 -39.5 226 63 304.6 304.6 283.2 304.7 0.03 14 350 8049 -42.8 -62.3 10 19.4 -43.4 224 78 311.0 311.0 285.7 311.1 0.03 15 300 9080 -47.0 -65.3 11 18.4 -47.4 236 93 319.2 319.2 288.5 319.2 0.02 16 250 10273 -51.1 -72.5 6 21.4 -51.4 239 96 330.1 330.1 291.7 330.1 0.01 17 200 11726 -50.6 -77.5 3 26.9 -51.1 238 96 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.00 18 150 13605 -49.0 -78.9 2 29.9 -49.7 245 68 385.7 385.7 303.2 385.7 0.01 19 100 16235 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.9 260 49 424.9 424.9 308.3 424.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5413.02 m Freezing level: 856.76 mb = 1421.83 m = 4664.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 871.66 mb = 1281.36 m = 4203.88 ft Precipitable water: 0.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.67 % Est. max temperature: 12.50 C = 54.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.02 mb = 1213.66 m = 3981.78 ft T: 1.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.54 C/km ThetaE index: 5.30 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.53 mb = 1535.35 m = 5037.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.61 C = 54.70 F Cap Strength: 7.09 C Lifted Index: 6.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.61 C Showalter Index: 6.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.30 C Cross Totals Index: 22.65 C K Index: 0.74 Risk: None Sweat Index: 95.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.44 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.70 mb = 1458.56 m = 4785.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.70 mb = 1791.57 m = 5877.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 797.70 mb = 1988.00 m = 6522.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 787.70 mb = 2087.72 m = 6849.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.3 at 40.8 knts Storm direction: 247.3 at 30.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 4.7 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.8 neg: -1.0 tot: 74.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 101.55 m/s