MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F342.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F342.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 342 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 28 SFC 986 147 9.0 3.4 68 5.6 6.2 327 13 283.3 284.2 280.1 297.2 4.95 2 950 451 5.9 1.0 71 4.9 3.7 322 21 283.2 283.9 279.3 295.3 4.34 3 900 890 1.8 -0.4 85 2.2 0.8 317 26 283.4 284.1 279.0 294.9 4.11 4 850 1348 -2.0 -3.0 93 1.0 -2.4 310 30 284.0 284.6 278.7 294.2 3.59 5 800 1828 -4.5 -8.5 73 4.1 -5.9 296 30 286.4 286.8 278.4 293.7 2.50 6 750 2333 -7.8 -13.3 64 5.6 -9.5 288 31 288.1 288.5 278.4 293.6 1.82 7 700 2865 -11.6 -17.2 63 5.6 -13.0 284 31 289.6 289.9 278.6 293.9 1.41 8 650 3428 -15.7 -21.6 61 5.8 -17.0 282 32 291.2 291.4 278.8 294.4 1.05 9 600 4027 -20.2 -27.2 54 7.0 -21.4 281 33 292.7 292.8 279.0 294.9 0.68 10 550 4664 -25.3 -33.1 48 7.8 -26.3 276 32 294.0 294.1 279.3 295.4 0.43 11 500 5348 -31.1 -34.7 71 3.6 -31.4 273 39 295.2 295.2 279.8 296.5 0.40 12 450 6085 -37.2 -37.2 100 -0.0 -37.2 275 52 296.5 296.6 280.3 297.7 0.35 13 400 6887 -44.0 -44.0 100 -0.0 -44.0 273 63 297.8 297.9 280.7 298.5 0.19 14 350 7776 -43.4 -60.8 13 17.4 -43.9 276 90 310.2 310.2 285.4 310.3 0.03 15 300 8828 -38.7 -71.3 2 32.6 -39.8 275 93 330.8 330.8 291.9 330.8 0.01 16 250 10077 -39.7 -72.0 2 32.3 -40.8 280 95 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.0 0.01 17 200 11598 -41.0 -73.0 2 31.9 -42.2 280 92 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.9 0.01 18 150 13547 -42.8 -74.3 2 31.5 -44.1 278 87 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.4 0.01 19 100 16236 -50.3 -79.9 2 29.6 -51.2 281 50 430.6 430.6 308.9 430.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5320.25 m Freezing level: 876.44 mb = 1105.76 m = 3627.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 887.20 mb = 1004.84 m = 3296.69 ft Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.28 % Est. max temperature: 10.36 C = 50.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.62 mb = 848.48 m = 2783.70 ft T: 2.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.84 C/km ThetaE index: 3.59 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.61 mb = 1119.30 m = 3672.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.39 C = 48.90 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: 1.11 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 25.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.51 C Showalter Index: 2.01 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 57.07 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.04 C Cross Totals Index: 28.03 C K Index: 20.38 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.96 mb = 1070.46 m = 3511.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.96 mb = 1301.29 m = 4269.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 824.96 mb = 1584.45 m = 5198.27 ft B at Equ Level: 1.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 794.96 mb = 1876.99 m = 6158.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.2 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 316.2 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.1 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: -33.6 tot: -33.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -11.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: -3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 56.12 m/s