MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F306.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F306.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 306 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 4 SFC 983 147 10.2 8.7 90 1.5 9.3 342 11 284.7 286.0 283.2 304.6 7.18 2 950 432 9.0 6.3 83 2.7 7.6 322 22 286.4 287.5 283.0 304.1 6.31 3 900 878 6.0 3.2 82 2.8 4.6 307 30 287.7 288.7 282.5 303.0 5.36 4 850 1344 3.4 0.6 82 2.8 2.0 296 38 289.7 290.5 282.7 303.1 4.69 5 800 1833 -0.0 -1.2 92 1.2 -0.6 299 44 291.1 291.9 283.0 303.8 4.38 6 750 2348 -2.2 -3.6 90 1.4 -2.8 306 52 294.2 294.9 283.7 305.7 3.91 7 700 2894 -4.8 -6.3 89 1.5 -5.4 316 67 297.2 297.8 284.4 307.5 3.41 8 650 3474 -7.7 -12.1 71 4.4 -9.2 320 78 300.3 300.7 284.4 307.5 2.33 9 600 4091 -11.6 -18.5 57 6.8 -13.6 321 79 302.6 302.9 284.3 307.4 1.48 10 550 4752 -16.2 -24.2 50 8.0 -18.0 322 79 304.9 305.1 284.6 308.1 0.98 11 500 5462 -21.1 -29.7 46 8.6 -22.6 322 82 307.3 307.5 285.1 309.6 0.65 12 450 6231 -26.9 -34.6 48 7.8 -27.9 322 82 309.4 309.5 285.7 311.0 0.45 13 400 7068 -33.9 -42.3 42 8.4 -34.6 317 86 310.9 311.0 285.9 311.8 0.23 14 350 7989 -40.9 -51.2 32 10.4 -41.4 311 96 313.6 313.6 286.7 314.0 0.10 15 300 9023 -46.5 -63.3 13 16.8 -46.9 307 100 319.8 319.8 288.7 319.9 0.03 16 250 10224 -49.0 -69.9 7 21.0 -49.4 300 102 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.3 0.01 17 200 11692 -47.6 -77.7 2 30.0 -48.3 292 103 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.00 18 150 13596 -47.7 -77.9 2 30.2 -48.5 288 75 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.9 0.01 19 100 16235 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.8 296 57 425.0 425.0 308.3 425.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5457.81 m Freezing level: 800.20 mb = 1830.82 m = 6006.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 810.86 mb = 1724.10 m = 5656.44 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.49 % Est. max temperature: 15.59 C = 60.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.78 mb = 337.74 m = 1108.06 ft T: 9.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 1.68 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.97 mb = 1173.20 m = 3849.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.40 C = 57.92 F Cap Strength: 4.55 C Lifted Index: 5.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.61 C Showalter Index: 5.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.43 C Cross Totals Index: 21.64 C K Index: 23.45 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.07 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12877.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.84 mb = 906.18 m = 2972.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.9 at 61.7 knts Storm direction: 346.9 at 46.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 6.0 tot: 12.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 586.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 586.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 195.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 11.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 238.46 m/s