MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F312.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F312.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 13 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 16 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 13 SFC 984 147 10.1 5.7 74 4.4 7.8 326 14 284.5 285.5 281.7 300.8 5.82 2 950 438 7.4 3.8 77 3.7 5.6 319 25 284.7 285.6 281.1 299.5 5.27 3 900 880 3.5 2.1 91 1.4 2.8 312 33 285.1 285.9 280.9 299.0 4.94 4 850 1342 0.3 -0.3 96 0.6 0.0 300 38 286.4 287.2 280.8 298.9 4.39 5 800 1826 -2.2 -4.1 87 1.9 -3.0 291 39 288.8 289.5 280.9 299.1 3.54 6 750 2337 -4.5 -8.7 72 4.3 -6.0 292 41 291.7 292.2 281.1 299.5 2.63 7 700 2876 -8.1 -12.7 69 4.7 -9.5 295 45 293.6 293.9 281.2 299.8 2.05 8 650 3448 -12.0 -16.8 67 4.8 -13.3 298 50 295.4 295.6 281.4 300.2 1.57 9 600 4055 -16.5 -20.7 70 4.2 -17.5 300 54 297.0 297.2 281.7 300.9 1.22 10 550 4702 -21.7 -23.9 82 2.2 -22.2 299 53 298.3 298.5 282.0 301.5 1.01 11 500 5396 -27.2 -29.5 81 2.2 -27.5 297 54 299.9 300.0 282.2 302.0 0.67 12 450 6148 -31.1 -41.9 34 10.8 -32.1 299 67 304.1 304.2 283.4 304.9 0.21 13 400 6976 -34.9 -64.2 3 29.3 -36.0 300 79 309.6 309.6 285.2 309.7 0.02 14 350 7898 -39.9 -69.0 3 29.1 -40.7 298 87 314.9 314.9 287.1 315.0 0.01 15 300 8940 -44.1 -73.9 2 29.8 -44.7 293 91 323.1 323.1 289.7 323.2 0.01 16 250 10157 -45.4 -73.0 3 27.6 -46.0 291 94 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.01 17 200 11645 -44.9 -75.8 2 30.9 -45.7 287 94 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.01 18 150 13562 -46.6 -77.1 2 30.5 -47.5 287 72 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.01 19 100 16225 -50.2 -79.8 2 29.6 -51.1 289 57 430.7 430.7 308.9 430.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5383.17 m Freezing level: 844.59 mb = 1394.12 m = 4573.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 849.67 mb = 1344.82 m = 4412.09 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.37 % Est. max temperature: 12.71 C = 54.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.47 mb = 696.57 m = 2285.29 ft T: 5.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.60 C/km ThetaE index: 1.86 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.94 mb = 1007.56 m = 3305.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.00 C = 51.80 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: 2.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.65 C Showalter Index: 2.47 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 54.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.48 C Cross Totals Index: 26.90 C K Index: 22.51 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14928.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.60 mb = 938.05 m = 3077.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.8 at 46.0 knts Storm direction: 328.8 at 34.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 5.1 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.2 neg: -7.6 tot: 101.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 89.82 m/s