MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F294.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F294.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 294 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 58 SFC 989 147 10.0 4.9 70 5.2 7.4 4 23 284.0 285.0 281.0 299.3 5.47 2 950 483 7.9 3.3 73 4.6 5.6 2 43 285.2 286.0 281.1 299.5 5.09 3 900 930 8.7 3.2 68 5.6 5.9 337 51 290.5 291.5 283.7 305.8 5.34 4 850 1403 8.1 3.0 70 5.1 5.4 312 53 294.6 295.6 285.7 310.9 5.58 5 800 1901 4.9 2.1 82 2.8 3.5 300 56 296.4 297.4 286.3 312.8 5.58 6 750 2425 1.5 0.5 93 1.1 1.0 295 61 298.3 299.2 286.7 313.9 5.29 7 700 2978 -1.4 -2.3 93 1.0 -1.8 299 65 301.0 301.8 287.1 314.9 4.61 8 650 3565 -4.5 -6.4 87 1.9 -5.3 304 64 303.9 304.5 287.1 315.1 3.65 9 600 4192 -8.0 -10.1 85 2.1 -8.8 302 60 306.8 307.4 287.5 316.1 2.96 10 550 4863 -12.3 -14.0 88 1.6 -12.9 300 57 309.5 309.9 287.8 317.0 2.36 11 500 5584 -17.1 -17.7 94 0.7 -17.3 296 54 312.2 312.6 288.2 318.4 1.89 12 450 6367 -22.1 -22.3 98 0.2 -22.1 295 51 315.5 315.8 288.8 320.3 1.43 13 400 7223 -28.1 -28.1 100 0.0 -28.1 299 47 318.5 318.6 289.3 321.7 0.95 14 350 8166 -35.9 -36.7 92 0.8 -36.0 302 47 320.3 320.4 289.3 322.0 0.47 15 300 9215 -45.6 -45.6 100 -0.0 -45.6 295 55 321.1 321.2 289.3 321.9 0.22 16 250 10405 -52.3 -62.0 30 9.8 -52.5 282 97 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.5 0.04 17 200 11842 -54.4 -71.9 10 17.5 -54.6 275 115 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.7 0.01 18 150 13673 -55.4 -82.2 2 26.9 -55.7 275 87 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16276 -54.3 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.9 275 39 422.8 422.8 308.0 422.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5526.65 m Freezing level: 723.32 mb = 2719.94 m = 8923.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 731.94 mb = 2620.12 m = 8596.09 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.60 % Est. max temperature: 20.93 C = 69.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.63 mb = 796.60 m = 2613.50 ft T: 8.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 719.92 mb = 2752.98 m = 9031.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.81 C = 78.46 F Cap Strength: 9.63 C Lifted Index: 10.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.01 C Showalter Index: 4.69 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.14 C Cross Totals Index: 20.04 C K Index: 27.17 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13254.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.10 mb = 1228.38 m = 4030.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.0 at 56.1 knts Storm direction: 336.0 at 42.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 9.9 tot: 10.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.2 neg: -263.3 tot: -182.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -60.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.8 stream: -9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 279.48 m/s