MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F297.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F297.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 297 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 44 SFC 988 147 10.9 5.3 68 5.6 8.0 8 21 285.0 286.0 281.7 300.9 5.65 2 950 472 9.8 4.1 67 5.7 6.9 1 39 287.2 288.1 282.4 302.4 5.40 3 900 922 10.0 4.7 69 5.3 7.2 337 49 291.8 292.9 284.9 308.9 5.94 4 850 1396 7.9 4.0 76 3.9 5.8 321 54 294.4 295.5 286.0 311.8 5.99 5 800 1893 4.6 1.7 82 2.9 3.2 308 56 296.1 297.0 286.0 312.0 5.42 6 750 2417 1.7 -0.7 84 2.4 0.5 302 59 298.4 299.3 286.4 312.9 4.85 7 700 2970 -1.9 -3.0 92 1.1 -2.4 302 63 300.4 301.2 286.6 313.6 4.37 8 650 3556 -5.4 -6.1 95 0.7 -5.7 304 65 302.8 303.5 286.8 314.3 3.73 9 600 4180 -9.1 -9.7 96 0.5 -9.3 305 65 305.6 306.1 287.1 315.1 3.06 10 550 4848 -13.2 -14.0 94 0.7 -13.5 306 64 308.4 308.8 287.4 315.9 2.36 11 500 5567 -17.4 -19.6 83 2.2 -18.0 302 63 311.8 312.1 287.8 317.1 1.62 12 450 6349 -22.5 -24.2 85 1.8 -22.8 299 58 315.0 315.2 288.4 319.1 1.20 13 400 7204 -28.4 -29.2 93 0.8 -28.5 312 57 318.1 318.2 289.0 321.1 0.85 14 350 8145 -36.7 -37.1 96 0.4 -36.7 312 57 319.3 319.3 289.0 320.9 0.45 15 300 9189 -46.7 -46.7 100 -0.0 -46.7 307 64 319.5 319.6 288.8 320.2 0.19 16 250 10375 -52.5 -59.4 44 6.8 -52.7 286 107 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.2 0.05 17 200 11823 -51.3 -73.5 5 22.2 -51.7 281 112 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 13676 -55.2 -82.6 2 27.4 -55.5 287 78 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.00 19 100 16278 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.6 282 30 425.5 425.5 308.3 425.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5523.10 m Freezing level: 726.27 mb = 2679.33 m = 8790.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.76 mb = 2516.33 m = 8255.58 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.18 % Est. max temperature: 20.62 C = 69.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.67 mb = 851.02 m = 2792.02 ft T: 9.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 743.75 mb = 2483.99 m = 8149.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.47 C = 76.05 F Cap Strength: 6.89 C Lifted Index: 8.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.94 C Showalter Index: 3.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.31 C Cross Totals Index: 21.40 C K Index: 28.17 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.31 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13466.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.85 mb = 1290.52 m = 4233.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.7 at 58.1 knts Storm direction: 339.7 at 43.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 9.5 tot: 10.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.9 neg: -189.2 tot: -150.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -50.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: -7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 269.32 m/s