MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F324.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F324.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 13.5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 31 SFC 986 147 7.4 5.0 85 2.4 6.2 282 15 281.7 282.6 280.0 296.9 5.53 2 950 453 5.1 3.1 87 2.0 4.1 277 24 282.4 283.2 279.7 296.3 5.03 3 900 891 1.6 1.0 96 0.6 1.3 272 31 283.1 283.9 279.5 295.9 4.56 4 850 1350 -1.3 -2.0 95 0.6 -1.6 268 36 284.7 285.4 279.4 295.8 3.88 5 800 1830 -4.3 -4.8 97 0.5 -4.5 269 37 286.5 287.1 279.6 296.2 3.35 6 750 2336 -6.9 -8.0 92 1.1 -7.4 274 34 289.0 289.5 280.1 297.2 2.78 7 700 2872 -9.9 -13.7 74 3.8 -11.1 279 37 291.5 291.9 280.1 297.2 1.90 8 650 3439 -13.8 -18.1 70 4.3 -14.9 283 43 293.3 293.6 280.3 297.7 1.41 9 600 4042 -18.1 -20.0 85 1.9 -18.5 291 44 295.2 295.4 281.0 299.2 1.30 10 550 4686 -23.1 -24.2 91 1.1 -23.3 301 45 296.7 296.8 281.3 299.8 0.98 11 500 5376 -28.3 -37.7 40 9.4 -29.3 289 49 298.5 298.6 281.1 299.5 0.30 12 450 6123 -33.6 -51.7 14 18.1 -34.6 275 59 301.0 301.0 281.8 301.2 0.07 13 400 6940 -37.9 -57.4 11 19.5 -38.7 278 72 305.8 305.8 283.8 305.9 0.04 14 350 7854 -41.7 -73.5 2 31.8 -42.4 281 84 312.4 312.4 286.2 312.5 0.01 15 300 8892 -43.5 -74.8 2 31.3 -44.2 283 89 324.0 324.0 290.0 324.0 0.01 16 250 10119 -42.2 -73.8 2 31.6 -43.0 282 103 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.01 17 200 11628 -43.0 -74.4 2 31.4 -44.0 280 100 364.6 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 18 150 13556 -45.5 -76.3 2 30.8 -46.5 280 82 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.7 0.01 19 100 16230 -50.6 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.4 285 49 430.0 430.0 308.9 430.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5345.10 m Freezing level: 873.03 mb = 1138.44 m = 3734.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 877.66 mb = 1092.78 m = 3585.18 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.36 % Est. max temperature: 10.94 C = 51.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.99 mb = 452.60 m = 1484.88 ft T: 5.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.35 C/km ThetaE index: 1.18 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.62 mb = 822.88 m = 2699.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.72 C = 47.70 F Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lifted Index: 3.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.73 C Showalter Index: 3.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 53.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.97 C Cross Totals Index: 26.32 C K Index: 21.21 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.26 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.77 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16127.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.41 mb = 771.25 m = 2530.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.5 at 40.4 knts Storm direction: 312.5 at 30.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 3.9 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.9 neg: -5.0 tot: 140.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 45.67 m/s