MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F321.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F321.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 321 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 12 SFC 984 147 8.9 6.3 84 2.6 7.6 316 11 283.4 284.4 281.5 300.3 6.10 2 950 436 7.2 4.0 80 3.2 5.6 305 20 284.5 285.5 281.1 299.5 5.36 3 900 879 3.7 1.7 87 2.0 2.8 296 25 285.3 286.2 280.8 298.9 4.82 4 850 1340 0.1 -0.6 95 0.8 -0.2 288 29 286.3 287.0 280.7 298.5 4.30 5 800 1824 -2.8 -3.2 96 0.5 -3.0 288 31 288.2 288.9 280.9 299.1 3.76 6 750 2333 -5.7 -6.4 95 0.7 -6.0 290 34 290.3 290.9 281.1 299.6 3.15 7 700 2870 -9.2 -9.8 95 0.6 -9.4 292 35 292.3 292.8 281.4 300.1 2.59 8 650 3439 -13.0 -13.5 96 0.5 -13.2 294 35 294.2 294.6 281.5 300.5 2.07 9 600 4044 -17.3 -17.6 97 0.3 -17.4 295 36 296.1 296.3 281.7 301.0 1.59 10 550 4690 -22.1 -22.5 97 0.4 -22.2 296 40 297.8 298.0 281.9 301.4 1.14 11 500 5383 -27.8 -28.5 94 0.7 -27.9 299 44 299.1 299.3 282.0 301.5 0.73 12 450 6129 -34.4 -34.8 96 0.4 -34.4 298 51 300.0 300.1 282.0 301.5 0.44 13 400 6940 -40.8 -42.7 82 1.9 -40.9 293 63 302.0 302.1 282.5 302.8 0.22 14 350 7848 -40.9 -72.9 2 32.0 -41.6 280 77 313.5 313.5 286.6 313.6 0.01 15 300 8891 -42.8 -74.3 2 31.5 -43.5 282 89 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.0 0.01 16 250 10121 -42.0 -73.7 2 31.7 -42.9 282 96 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.01 17 200 11631 -42.7 -74.2 2 31.5 -43.7 281 94 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 18 150 13552 -47.4 -77.7 2 30.3 -48.2 283 80 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.01 19 100 16219 -50.7 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.5 283 47 429.8 429.8 308.8 429.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5370.82 m Freezing level: 847.52 mb = 1364.07 m = 4475.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 853.59 mb = 1306.02 m = 4284.79 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.70 % Est. max temperature: 12.42 C = 54.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.75 mb = 473.04 m = 1551.95 ft T: 6.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.42 C/km ThetaE index: 1.79 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.96 mb = 1014.66 m = 3328.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.14 C = 52.05 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.59 C Showalter Index: 2.17 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 55.15 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 27.96 C Cross Totals Index: 27.19 C K Index: 26.72 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.10 mb = 904.71 m = 2968.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.10 mb = 1320.16 m = 4331.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 802.10 mb = 1802.70 m = 5914.30 ft B at Equ Level: 8.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 722.10 mb = 2627.89 m = 8621.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.8 at 35.1 knts Storm direction: 324.8 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 3.7 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 79.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 41.26 m/s