MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F270.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F270.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 270 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 12.1 3.8 57 8.3 7.9 202 8 285.2 286.0 281.0 299.3 5.02 1 1000 152 11.9 2.5 53 9.4 7.3 204 11 285.1 285.9 280.4 298.0 4.59 2 950 578 8.4 0.4 57 8.0 4.7 220 13 285.7 286.5 280.2 297.5 4.14 3 900 1022 4.4 -0.6 70 5.0 2.1 236 13 286.0 286.7 280.3 297.6 4.05 4 850 1484 0.4 -2.2 83 2.6 -0.7 242 15 286.6 287.2 280.3 297.5 3.83 5 800 1969 0.7 -26.2 11 26.9 -5.9 222 28 291.9 292.0 278.4 293.7 0.56 6 750 2485 -1.2 -28.0 11 26.7 -7.5 215 34 295.2 295.3 280.0 296.9 0.51 7 700 3032 -3.8 -25.7 16 21.9 -9.2 208 42 298.3 298.4 281.5 300.5 0.67 8 650 3612 -7.8 -32.5 12 24.7 -12.6 213 46 300.1 300.2 281.9 301.4 0.38 9 600 4229 -12.3 -43.1 6 30.8 -16.5 220 47 301.9 301.9 282.4 302.4 0.14 10 550 4887 -17.8 -49.3 5 31.6 -21.0 224 47 303.0 303.0 282.7 303.3 0.08 11 500 5590 -24.4 -47.1 10 22.6 -26.5 216 49 303.2 303.3 282.8 303.6 0.11 12 450 6346 -31.2 -52.9 10 21.6 -32.5 212 46 304.0 304.0 283.1 304.2 0.06 13 400 7169 -37.8 -59.1 9 21.3 -38.6 209 53 305.9 305.9 283.8 306.0 0.03 14 350 8076 -43.6 -57.3 21 13.7 -44.0 220 67 309.9 309.9 285.4 310.1 0.05 15 300 9105 -47.4 -60.3 21 13.0 -47.7 231 96 318.6 318.6 288.3 318.8 0.04 16 250 10298 -50.8 -70.0 9 19.2 -51.1 240 102 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.6 0.01 17 200 11750 -50.4 -77.3 3 26.8 -50.9 237 113 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 13620 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 243 75 380.8 380.8 302.4 380.8 0.00 19 100 16235 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.4 262 52 423.9 423.9 308.2 423.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5437.92 m Freezing level: 782.32 mb = 2151.90 m = 7059.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 862.15 mb = 1369.29 m = 4492.35 ft Precipitable water: 0.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.99 % Est. max temperature: 13.47 C = 56.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.05 mb = 1175.66 m = 3857.09 ft T: 3.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.07 C/km ThetaE index: 3.91 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.57 mb = 2924.52 m = 9594.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.58 C = 76.25 F Cap Strength: 7.28 C Lifted Index: 6.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.02 C Showalter Index: 6.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.85 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 0.73 Risk: None Sweat Index: 79.98 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14202.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.83 mb = 1532.82 m = 5028.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.0 at 35.6 knts Storm direction: 248.0 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 5.4 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.1 neg: -15.6 tot: 58.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 73.24 m/s