MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F315.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F315.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 315 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 5 SFC 983 147 11.0 5.6 69 5.5 8.2 322 16 285.6 286.6 282.1 301.8 5.80 2 950 432 8.0 3.6 73 4.5 5.8 316 26 285.4 286.3 281.3 300.0 5.20 3 900 875 3.9 2.2 89 1.7 3.1 310 32 285.5 286.4 281.1 299.6 4.99 4 850 1337 0.5 -0.1 96 0.6 0.3 300 35 286.7 287.5 281.1 299.4 4.47 5 800 1821 -2.6 -3.9 91 1.3 -3.1 289 36 288.3 289.0 280.7 298.7 3.57 6 750 2331 -5.0 -8.3 78 3.3 -6.2 286 38 291.1 291.6 281.0 299.2 2.73 7 700 2869 -8.6 -12.1 76 3.5 -9.8 288 39 292.9 293.3 281.1 299.4 2.15 8 650 3439 -12.8 -15.6 79 2.8 -13.6 291 41 294.5 294.8 281.3 299.8 1.74 9 600 4044 -17.4 -18.6 90 1.2 -17.7 294 45 296.0 296.2 281.5 300.5 1.47 10 550 4690 -22.4 -23.0 94 0.6 -22.5 295 47 297.5 297.7 281.7 301.0 1.09 11 500 5382 -27.7 -28.1 97 0.4 -27.8 292 49 299.2 299.3 282.0 301.7 0.76 12 450 6131 -32.9 -36.3 71 3.4 -33.2 293 55 301.9 302.0 282.7 303.2 0.38 13 400 6954 -35.5 -61.8 5 26.2 -36.6 293 75 308.8 308.8 284.9 308.9 0.02 14 350 7875 -39.8 -68.2 3 28.5 -40.6 292 87 315.1 315.1 287.1 315.2 0.01 15 300 8918 -43.7 -70.7 3 27.0 -44.3 290 94 323.8 323.8 289.9 323.8 0.01 16 250 10137 -45.1 -72.1 3 27.0 -45.8 288 100 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.0 0.01 17 200 11631 -44.2 -75.3 2 31.1 -45.1 282 96 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.01 18 150 13551 -46.9 -77.4 2 30.4 -47.8 286 72 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.01 19 100 16215 -50.2 -79.8 2 29.6 -51.1 289 55 430.8 430.8 308.9 430.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5376.61 m Freezing level: 841.39 mb = 1420.24 m = 4659.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 846.26 mb = 1372.14 m = 4501.72 ft Precipitable water: 0.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.03 % Est. max temperature: 12.72 C = 54.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.14 mb = 828.35 m = 2717.67 ft T: 4.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.61 C/km ThetaE index: 3.15 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.34 mb = 1081.06 m = 3546.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.53 C = 52.75 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: 1.12 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.74 C Showalter Index: 1.59 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 55.96 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.29 C Cross Totals Index: 27.67 C K Index: 24.68 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.82 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.72 mb = 1013.40 m = 3324.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.72 mb = 1339.57 m = 4394.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 779.72 mb = 2023.69 m = 6639.32 ft B at Equ Level: 3.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 749.72 mb = 2333.48 m = 7655.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.1 at 41.0 knts Storm direction: 324.1 at 30.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 4.7 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.9 neg: -8.1 tot: 34.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 58.24 m/s