MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F300.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F300.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12.5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 25 SFC 986 147 11.6 6.1 69 5.5 8.7 353 15 286.0 287.0 282.5 302.8 5.99 2 950 454 10.9 5.0 67 5.9 7.8 355 31 288.3 289.3 283.2 304.6 5.75 3 900 904 9.8 5.0 72 4.8 7.2 342 43 291.6 292.6 284.9 309.0 6.07 4 850 1378 7.8 3.9 76 3.9 5.7 327 50 294.3 295.4 285.9 311.6 5.96 5 800 1875 3.7 2.4 91 1.3 3.0 326 52 295.1 296.1 285.9 311.7 5.68 6 750 2396 0.3 0.0 98 0.2 0.1 329 54 296.9 297.8 286.0 312.0 5.12 7 700 2947 -3.0 -3.2 98 0.2 -3.1 325 61 299.1 299.9 286.1 312.1 4.30 8 650 3531 -6.2 -6.8 95 0.6 -6.4 322 69 302.0 302.6 286.3 312.8 3.53 9 600 4154 -9.3 -11.9 81 2.6 -10.2 317 74 305.3 305.8 286.5 313.4 2.56 10 550 4822 -13.3 -16.6 76 3.3 -14.3 311 73 308.3 308.7 286.9 314.4 1.90 11 500 5541 -17.7 -21.1 74 3.4 -18.6 305 71 311.5 311.8 287.5 316.2 1.42 12 450 6322 -22.8 -26.7 71 3.8 -23.6 309 67 314.5 314.7 288.0 317.8 0.96 13 400 7174 -29.5 -30.9 87 1.5 -29.7 313 62 316.7 316.8 288.5 319.2 0.72 14 350 8110 -38.0 -38.5 95 0.5 -38.1 311 66 317.5 317.6 288.4 318.9 0.39 15 300 9148 -47.9 -47.9 100 0.0 -47.9 307 72 317.9 317.9 288.2 318.5 0.17 16 250 10333 -51.7 -65.4 18 13.8 -52.0 294 108 329.3 329.3 291.5 329.4 0.02 17 200 11785 -50.1 -74.1 4 24.0 -50.6 285 108 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 13660 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 291 75 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16272 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.7 293 32 427.5 427.5 308.6 427.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5516.21 m Freezing level: 745.82 mb = 2442.19 m = 8012.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 747.89 mb = 2418.59 m = 7934.91 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.66 % Est. max temperature: 20.14 C = 68.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.41 mb = 845.03 m = 2772.36 ft T: 9.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 784.77 mb = 2030.11 m = 6660.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.24 C = 70.23 F Cap Strength: 5.90 C Lifted Index: 7.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.06 C Showalter Index: 3.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.44 C Cross Totals Index: 21.57 C K Index: 29.12 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.32 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.88 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13089.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.81 mb = 1273.30 m = 4177.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.4 at 59.7 knts Storm direction: 350.4 at 44.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 8.5 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.9 neg: -18.3 tot: 60.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 210.77 m/s