MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F291.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F291.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 291 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 81 SFC 992 147 8.0 5.0 81 3.0 6.5 12 19 281.8 282.7 280.0 296.9 5.49 2 950 503 5.7 2.8 81 2.9 4.3 9 39 283.0 283.8 279.8 296.6 4.91 3 900 947 8.2 3.8 74 4.3 5.9 343 53 289.9 290.9 283.8 306.0 5.60 4 850 1419 8.0 3.9 75 4.2 5.9 317 55 294.6 295.6 286.0 311.9 5.95 5 800 1918 5.0 3.2 88 1.9 4.1 301 56 296.5 297.6 286.8 314.2 6.01 6 750 2442 1.7 0.8 94 0.9 1.3 293 56 298.4 299.4 286.9 314.4 5.42 7 700 2996 -0.7 -2.3 89 1.6 -1.4 286 57 301.7 302.5 287.3 315.6 4.61 8 650 3585 -3.8 -5.7 87 1.9 -4.7 286 59 304.6 305.3 287.6 316.5 3.84 9 600 4213 -7.7 -9.5 87 1.7 -8.4 287 57 307.2 307.8 287.8 317.0 3.11 10 550 4885 -12.2 -13.3 91 1.1 -12.5 288 54 309.7 310.1 288.0 317.7 2.50 11 500 5606 -17.2 -17.8 95 0.6 -17.4 292 48 312.1 312.4 288.2 318.2 1.89 12 450 6388 -22.8 -23.3 95 0.6 -22.9 297 45 314.6 314.9 288.4 319.0 1.29 13 400 7240 -29.4 -30.3 92 0.9 -29.5 292 35 316.8 316.9 288.6 319.5 0.77 14 350 8178 -36.8 -37.1 98 0.2 -36.8 288 41 319.1 319.2 289.0 320.7 0.45 15 300 9226 -45.3 -45.3 100 -0.0 -45.3 276 58 321.5 321.5 289.5 322.3 0.22 16 250 10413 -54.3 -55.3 89 1.0 -54.4 271 81 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.6 0.08 17 200 11843 -54.4 -72.1 10 17.7 -54.7 270 124 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.01 18 150 13686 -53.8 -82.1 2 28.2 -54.2 268 85 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16281 -56.4 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 275 48 418.8 418.8 307.6 418.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5525.60 m Freezing level: 714.91 mb = 2830.86 m = 9287.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 726.81 mb = 2694.25 m = 8839.29 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.45 % Est. max temperature: 21.06 C = 69.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.60 mb = 523.34 m = 1716.99 ft T: 5.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 0.29 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.86 mb = 2929.20 m = 9610.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.46 C = 81.42 F Cap Strength: 11.09 C Lifted Index: 11.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.76 C Showalter Index: 3.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.26 C Cross Totals Index: 21.10 C K Index: 27.55 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.10 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14776.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.70 mb = 1014.22 m = 3327.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.0 at 52.4 knts Storm direction: 330.0 at 39.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 10.2 tot: 10.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: -515.4 tot: -513.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -171.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.2 stream: -15.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 336.53 m/s