MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F348.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F348.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14.5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 25 SFC 985 147 5.6 3.4 86 2.2 4.6 317 10 280.0 280.8 278.4 293.7 4.96 2 950 443 3.1 1.6 90 1.4 2.4 311 17 280.3 281.1 278.0 292.8 4.53 3 900 879 -0.0 -0.5 97 0.5 -0.2 294 23 281.5 282.2 278.1 292.9 4.09 4 850 1335 -2.2 -5.3 79 3.1 -3.4 272 28 283.8 284.4 277.9 292.5 3.03 5 800 1814 -5.5 -9.4 74 3.9 -6.8 268 29 285.3 285.7 277.7 292.1 2.34 6 750 2317 -9.1 -12.2 78 3.1 -10.1 273 27 286.7 287.0 277.9 292.6 1.99 7 700 2846 -12.8 -16.2 76 3.3 -13.7 278 28 288.3 288.6 278.1 292.9 1.55 8 650 3407 -17.1 -19.7 80 2.6 -17.7 278 28 289.7 289.9 278.3 293.4 1.23 9 600 4002 -21.6 -23.0 88 1.4 -21.9 279 26 291.1 291.3 278.7 294.2 1.00 10 550 4637 -26.5 -27.0 95 0.6 -26.5 291 29 292.7 292.8 279.1 295.1 0.76 11 500 5317 -31.5 -32.7 90 1.1 -31.7 314 40 294.6 294.7 279.6 296.2 0.49 12 450 6054 -37.2 -37.8 94 0.6 -37.2 335 44 296.5 296.6 280.3 297.6 0.33 13 400 6859 -40.9 -54.1 23 13.2 -41.4 315 41 301.8 301.8 282.2 302.0 0.06 14 350 7769 -39.9 -72.1 2 32.2 -40.7 292 56 315.0 315.0 287.1 315.0 0.01 15 300 8824 -38.7 -71.2 2 32.6 -39.7 286 73 330.9 330.9 292.0 330.9 0.01 16 250 10076 -38.3 -71.0 2 32.7 -39.6 276 81 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.01 17 200 11611 -38.7 -71.3 2 32.6 -40.2 276 80 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.01 18 150 13565 -43.5 -74.8 2 31.3 -44.7 277 82 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.01 19 100 16250 -50.7 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.5 281 46 429.8 429.8 308.8 429.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5292.56 m Freezing level: 900.64 mb = 873.33 m = 2865.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 904.07 mb = 842.51 m = 2764.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.69 % Est. max temperature: 9.91 C = 49.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.08 mb = 425.29 m = 1395.28 ft T: 3.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.58 C/km ThetaE index: 0.83 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.74 mb = 783.25 m = 2569.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.86 C = 44.35 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: 2.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 26.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.87 C Showalter Index: 2.83 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 55.61 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.36 C Cross Totals Index: 26.26 C K Index: 20.73 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.72 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17148.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.67 mb = 730.95 m = 2398.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.1 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 323.1 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 3.9 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.7 neg: -11.8 tot: 23.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 29.75 m/s