MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F354.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F354.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 354 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 40 SFC 987 147 4.5 2.7 88 1.8 3.7 302 9 278.7 279.5 277.4 291.6 4.69 2 950 457 2.7 1.4 91 1.3 2.1 286 16 279.9 280.7 277.7 292.2 4.44 3 900 893 0.7 -1.7 84 2.4 -0.3 250 20 282.3 282.9 278.0 292.8 3.75 4 850 1350 -2.4 -4.3 86 2.0 -3.1 237 21 283.7 284.2 278.1 292.9 3.26 5 800 1828 -5.6 -7.6 85 2.1 -6.3 233 20 285.2 285.7 278.2 293.0 2.69 6 750 2331 -8.6 -12.1 76 3.5 -9.7 225 22 287.2 287.6 278.2 293.2 2.02 7 700 2863 -11.9 -17.0 66 5.1 -13.2 222 25 289.4 289.6 278.5 293.7 1.44 8 650 3426 -16.0 -20.4 69 4.4 -17.0 215 29 290.9 291.1 278.9 294.5 1.16 9 600 4023 -20.4 -26.1 60 5.7 -21.4 212 31 292.6 292.7 279.1 295.0 0.76 10 550 4661 -25.6 -31.2 59 5.6 -26.3 211 33 293.8 293.8 279.3 295.4 0.52 11 500 5343 -31.7 -35.9 66 4.2 -32.1 204 32 294.4 294.5 279.4 295.6 0.36 12 450 6077 -38.4 -41.0 77 2.6 -38.6 197 34 294.9 295.0 279.4 295.7 0.24 13 400 6876 -43.5 -49.7 50 6.2 -43.7 203 40 298.5 298.5 280.8 298.8 0.10 14 350 7779 -41.1 -70.9 3 29.8 -41.8 221 39 313.3 313.3 286.5 313.3 0.01 15 300 8830 -39.2 -71.6 2 32.4 -40.2 253 45 330.1 330.1 291.7 330.2 0.01 16 250 10082 -38.3 -71.0 2 32.7 -39.6 259 61 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.01 17 200 11611 -40.6 -72.7 2 32.1 -41.9 269 75 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.01 18 150 13555 -44.3 -75.4 2 31.1 -45.4 270 74 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.01 19 100 16242 -49.8 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.8 270 48 431.4 431.4 309.0 431.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5303.49 m Freezing level: 888.12 mb = 1001.60 m = 3286.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 905.83 mb = 841.00 m = 2759.15 ft Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.01 % Est. max temperature: 9.86 C = 49.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.21 mb = 378.57 m = 1242.01 ft T: 3.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.00 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 986.9- 0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.47 mb = 1068.35 m = 3505.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.60 C = 47.48 F Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lifted Index: 2.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 26.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.24 C Showalter Index: 2.34 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 56.68 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.33 C Cross Totals Index: 27.35 C K Index: 19.89 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.72 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16571.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.72 mb = 806.41 m = 2645.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.5 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 248.5 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.7 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: -31.7 tot: -24.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: -1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 78.69 m/s