MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F357.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F357.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 357 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 77 SFC 991 147 7.2 4.8 84 2.5 6.0 214 17 281.0 282.0 279.6 296.0 5.42 2 950 498 4.4 2.3 86 2.2 3.4 214 30 281.7 282.5 279.0 294.9 4.75 3 900 935 1.0 0.3 95 0.7 0.7 210 37 282.5 283.3 278.9 294.7 4.34 4 850 1392 -2.0 -2.4 97 0.4 -2.2 207 41 284.0 284.7 278.9 294.7 3.76 5 800 1872 -4.9 -5.3 97 0.4 -5.1 205 39 285.9 286.5 279.1 295.2 3.22 6 750 2377 -8.0 -8.5 97 0.4 -8.2 204 36 287.9 288.3 279.4 295.7 2.69 7 700 2909 -11.6 -12.0 97 0.4 -11.8 199 33 289.6 290.0 279.6 296.1 2.17 8 650 3473 -15.1 -19.0 72 3.9 -16.0 193 34 291.9 292.2 279.5 296.0 1.31 9 600 4073 -19.7 -26.1 57 6.5 -20.8 195 39 293.4 293.5 279.4 295.8 0.76 10 550 4711 -25.4 -27.6 82 2.2 -25.7 194 38 294.0 294.1 279.7 296.3 0.72 11 500 5395 -31.1 -34.9 69 3.8 -31.4 195 35 295.2 295.2 279.8 296.5 0.39 12 450 6132 -37.5 -40.2 76 2.7 -37.7 193 37 296.1 296.2 280.0 297.0 0.26 13 400 6934 -42.1 -47.1 58 5.0 -42.3 190 39 300.3 300.3 281.7 300.8 0.14 14 350 7835 -43.0 -63.5 9 20.4 -43.6 203 43 310.7 310.7 285.6 310.8 0.02 15 300 8874 -42.1 -73.7 2 31.7 -42.8 226 47 326.1 326.1 290.6 326.1 0.01 16 250 10116 -40.2 -72.4 2 32.2 -41.3 249 52 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.3 0.01 17 200 11630 -41.9 -73.6 2 31.7 -43.0 256 69 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.5 0.01 18 150 13570 -44.1 -75.2 2 31.2 -45.2 261 63 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.2 0.01 19 100 16253 -50.0 -79.7 2 29.7 -50.9 266 52 431.1 431.1 309.0 431.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5317.80 m Freezing level: 883.63 mb = 1084.98 m = 3559.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 888.43 mb = 1038.75 m = 3407.93 ft Precipitable water: 0.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.96 % Est. max temperature: 10.48 C = 50.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.81 mb = 456.13 m = 1496.49 ft T: 4.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.81 C/km ThetaE index: 1.34 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.98 mb = 854.85 m = 2804.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.54 C = 47.37 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: 1.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.76 C Showalter Index: 1.73 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 57.65 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.02 C Cross Totals Index: 28.63 C K Index: 26.23 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.97 mb = 792.88 m = 2601.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.97 mb = 1289.87 m = 4231.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 840.97 mb = 1476.91 m = 4845.45 ft B at Equ Level: 6.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 760.97 mb = 2263.11 m = 7424.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.9 at 35.9 knts Storm direction: 229.9 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.2 neg: -43.9 tot: -5.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 20.58 m/s