MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F318.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F318.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 318 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 9.9 6.6 80 3.3 8.1 319 12 284.4 285.5 282.0 301.7 6.20 2 950 430 7.8 4.5 80 3.3 6.1 312 22 285.1 286.1 281.6 300.7 5.56 3 900 874 4.3 2.6 89 1.7 3.5 301 26 285.9 286.8 281.5 300.4 5.13 4 850 1336 0.8 -0.2 93 1.1 0.4 291 31 287.0 287.8 281.2 299.7 4.43 5 800 1820 -2.3 -4.6 85 2.2 -3.2 285 33 288.7 289.3 280.7 298.5 3.40 6 750 2330 -5.7 -8.1 83 2.5 -6.6 286 34 290.4 290.9 280.7 298.5 2.76 7 700 2867 -9.3 -11.3 86 1.9 -9.9 288 35 292.2 292.6 280.9 299.1 2.31 8 650 3436 -13.2 -14.2 92 1.0 -13.5 290 37 294.0 294.4 281.3 300.0 1.96 9 600 4040 -17.5 -17.7 98 0.2 -17.6 292 39 295.9 296.1 281.7 300.8 1.58 10 550 4686 -22.3 -22.3 100 0.0 -22.2 293 42 297.7 297.9 281.9 301.3 1.16 11 500 5378 -27.7 -27.7 100 0.0 -27.7 292 47 299.2 299.4 282.1 301.8 0.78 12 450 6126 -34.1 -34.1 100 -0.0 -34.1 299 49 300.4 300.5 282.1 302.0 0.47 13 400 6942 -37.8 -50.9 24 13.1 -38.5 291 69 305.8 305.9 283.8 306.2 0.09 14 350 7857 -40.5 -68.4 3 28.0 -41.2 292 88 314.1 314.2 286.8 314.2 0.01 15 300 8899 -43.6 -69.1 4 25.5 -44.2 289 97 324.0 324.0 290.0 324.0 0.01 16 250 10122 -43.9 -72.6 3 28.7 -44.6 285 98 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.01 17 200 11622 -43.3 -74.7 2 31.3 -44.3 281 91 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 18 150 13546 -46.7 -77.2 2 30.5 -47.6 283 77 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.01 19 100 16211 -50.2 -79.9 2 29.6 -51.1 286 52 430.6 430.6 308.9 430.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5373.82 m Freezing level: 836.68 mb = 1465.12 m = 4806.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 844.85 mb = 1384.63 m = 4542.68 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.76 % Est. max temperature: 13.03 C = 55.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.32 mb = 566.78 m = 1859.48 ft T: 6.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.32 C/km ThetaE index: 3.18 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.98 mb = 1018.83 m = 3342.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.74 C = 53.13 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: 0.74 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: 1.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 56.06 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.56 C Cross Totals Index: 27.50 C K Index: 26.41 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.25 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.71 mb = 912.16 m = 2992.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.71 mb = 1329.24 m = 4360.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 610.71 mb = 3906.61 m = 12816.82 ft B at Equ Level: 25.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 490.71 mb = 5511.34 m = 18081.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.6 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 322.6 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 4.2 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 58.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 48.84 m/s