MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F336.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F336.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 17 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 57 SFC 989 147 7.6 2.3 69 5.3 5.1 323 14 281.6 282.4 278.7 294.3 4.56 2 950 477 3.9 0.3 77 3.6 2.3 317 21 281.2 281.9 278.0 292.7 4.12 3 900 913 0.1 -1.0 92 1.1 -0.4 306 25 281.6 282.2 277.9 292.6 3.94 4 850 1369 -2.5 -4.8 84 2.3 -3.4 284 30 283.5 284.1 277.9 292.5 3.15 5 800 1848 -5.8 -8.5 81 2.7 -6.7 276 32 284.9 285.4 277.7 292.2 2.51 6 750 2350 -9.3 -11.9 81 2.6 -10.1 272 34 286.5 286.8 277.9 292.5 2.04 7 700 2880 -12.9 -15.5 81 2.6 -13.6 271 37 288.2 288.5 278.2 293.1 1.63 8 650 3440 -17.0 -18.8 86 1.8 -17.4 274 39 289.7 290.0 278.5 293.8 1.33 9 600 4035 -21.7 -22.6 92 1.0 -21.8 275 41 291.0 291.2 278.7 294.2 1.03 10 550 4669 -26.9 -27.5 94 0.6 -27.0 276 44 292.1 292.3 278.8 294.4 0.72 11 500 5348 -32.9 -33.1 99 0.1 -33.0 276 45 292.9 293.0 278.8 294.4 0.47 12 450 6079 -38.9 -41.6 76 2.7 -39.1 275 48 294.3 294.4 279.1 295.1 0.22 13 400 6883 -41.1 -72.8 2 31.6 -41.8 282 58 301.5 301.5 282.0 301.6 0.01 14 350 7785 -42.4 -74.0 2 31.6 -43.0 281 79 311.5 311.5 285.9 311.6 0.00 15 300 8831 -40.6 -72.7 2 32.1 -41.5 285 95 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.2 0.01 16 250 10075 -38.8 -71.3 2 32.5 -40.0 279 108 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.01 17 200 11606 -39.4 -71.8 2 32.4 -40.8 278 100 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.01 18 150 13559 -43.2 -74.6 2 31.4 -44.5 279 85 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.01 19 100 16246 -49.8 -79.5 2 29.7 -50.8 276 48 431.4 431.4 309.0 431.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5290.97 m Freezing level: 898.84 mb = 924.10 m = 3031.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 907.16 mb = 849.51 m = 2787.07 ft Precipitable water: 0.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.49 % Est. max temperature: 9.81 C = 49.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.01 mb = 806.48 m = 2645.90 ft T: 1.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.13 C/km ThetaE index: 2.07 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.52 mb = 1033.81 m = 3391.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.06 C = 46.50 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: 1.08 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.81 C Showalter Index: 1.41 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 58.62 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.45 C Cross Totals Index: 28.17 C K Index: 23.05 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 298.01 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17064.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.32 mb = 955.04 m = 3133.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.3 at 36.8 knts Storm direction: 308.3 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 5.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.1 neg: -7.7 tot: 23.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 83.86 m/s