MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F288.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F288.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 15 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 116 SFC 996 147 8.3 2.9 68 5.5 5.7 359 16 281.8 282.6 279.0 294.9 4.72 2 950 538 6.2 -0.1 64 6.3 3.4 354 35 283.5 284.2 279.0 294.8 3.99 3 900 983 7.7 0.7 61 7.0 4.4 334 40 289.5 290.2 282.3 302.3 4.46 4 850 1453 6.2 2.5 77 3.7 4.4 322 39 292.7 293.6 284.7 308.3 5.41 5 800 1949 3.3 1.6 88 1.7 2.5 320 33 294.7 295.7 285.4 310.4 5.37 6 750 2469 -0.4 -1.3 94 0.9 -0.8 323 27 296.2 297.0 285.2 309.9 4.64 7 700 3018 -3.6 -4.7 92 1.1 -4.0 323 28 298.5 299.2 285.4 310.1 3.86 8 650 3602 -5.8 -6.8 93 0.9 -6.2 310 39 302.4 303.0 286.5 313.2 3.54 9 600 4226 -8.7 -9.4 95 0.7 -8.9 299 48 306.1 306.7 287.4 315.9 3.13 10 550 4896 -12.3 -12.8 96 0.5 -12.5 288 52 309.5 310.0 288.1 317.8 2.60 11 500 5618 -16.9 -17.0 99 0.1 -16.9 282 53 312.5 312.8 288.4 319.1 2.02 12 450 6400 -22.6 -22.6 100 0.0 -22.6 280 54 314.8 315.1 288.6 319.5 1.38 13 400 7253 -29.3 -29.3 100 -0.0 -29.3 276 55 316.9 317.1 288.7 319.8 0.85 14 350 8191 -37.5 -37.5 100 -0.0 -37.5 269 53 318.1 318.2 288.6 319.7 0.43 15 300 9232 -47.0 -47.0 100 -0.0 -47.0 259 54 319.2 319.2 288.7 319.9 0.19 16 250 10416 -54.0 -56.6 72 2.7 -54.1 254 86 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.1 0.07 17 200 11861 -52.2 -73.8 6 21.7 -52.5 259 120 350.1 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 13704 -56.2 -81.4 3 25.2 -56.5 265 82 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16290 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.9 267 43 422.7 422.7 308.0 422.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5502.22 m Freezing level: 755.07 mb = 2416.20 m = 7927.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 762.31 mb = 2337.67 m = 7669.42 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.66 % Est. max temperature: 19.34 C = 66.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.56 mb = 832.85 m = 2732.40 ft T: 7.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 0.48 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.05 mb = 2949.53 m = 9676.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.78 C = 76.60 F Cap Strength: 12.89 C Lifted Index: 14.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.61 C Showalter Index: 6.48 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.52 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.09 C Cross Totals Index: 19.43 C K Index: 24.51 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14812.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.49 mb = 1381.22 m = 4531.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.1 at 40.3 knts Storm direction: 337.1 at 30.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 4.9 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: -132.7 tot: -126.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -42.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: -7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 116.79 m/s