MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F363.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F363.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 363 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 18 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 131 SFC 998 147 10.0 4.9 70 5.2 7.4 227 18 283.3 284.3 280.7 298.4 5.43 2 950 554 5.6 1.8 76 3.9 3.8 225 31 282.9 283.7 279.4 295.7 4.57 3 900 993 1.6 0.2 90 1.4 1.0 223 35 283.2 283.9 279.2 295.3 4.32 4 850 1451 -2.0 -2.7 95 0.7 -2.3 221 36 284.1 284.7 278.9 294.6 3.69 5 800 1931 -4.6 -6.3 88 1.7 -5.3 221 36 286.2 286.7 279.0 294.8 2.97 6 750 2436 -7.8 -9.4 88 1.6 -8.4 221 34 288.1 288.5 279.3 295.4 2.50 7 700 2969 -11.0 -13.9 79 2.9 -11.8 220 33 290.3 290.7 279.5 295.9 1.86 8 650 3536 -12.6 -30.6 21 18.0 -15.9 215 38 294.7 294.8 279.6 296.2 0.46 9 600 4142 -17.1 -35.3 19 18.2 -19.7 213 41 296.4 296.4 280.2 297.4 0.32 10 550 4788 -22.2 -41.4 16 19.2 -24.3 208 46 297.7 297.8 280.6 298.4 0.18 11 500 5480 -27.3 -47.0 14 19.7 -28.9 201 51 299.7 299.8 281.4 300.1 0.11 12 450 6233 -30.3 -60.9 3 30.5 -31.9 184 77 305.1 305.1 283.5 305.2 0.02 13 400 7061 -36.6 -47.1 33 10.5 -37.2 189 87 307.4 307.5 284.5 307.9 0.14 14 350 7970 -44.0 -58.9 18 14.9 -44.5 188 75 309.3 309.3 285.1 309.5 0.04 15 300 8993 -48.2 -72.4 4 24.1 -48.6 196 72 317.4 317.4 287.9 317.4 0.01 16 250 10201 -44.9 -75.8 2 30.9 -45.6 215 62 339.3 339.3 294.1 339.3 0.01 17 200 11687 -47.0 -77.4 2 30.4 -47.7 249 62 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 0.01 18 150 13596 -47.0 -77.4 2 30.4 -47.9 253 58 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.1 0.01 19 100 16253 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.7 262 52 427.4 427.4 308.6 427.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5348.91 m Freezing level: 877.18 mb = 1202.23 m = 3944.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 884.52 mb = 1132.29 m = 3714.83 ft Precipitable water: 0.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.82 % Est. max temperature: 10.87 C = 51.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.78 mb = 790.38 m = 2593.07 ft T: 3.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 3.88 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.31 mb = 1035.18 m = 3396.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.98 C = 49.96 F Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lifted Index: 4.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.68 C Showalter Index: 5.53 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.36 C Cross Totals Index: 24.63 C K Index: 19.74 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.78 mb = 1013.11 m = 3323.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 882.78 mb = 1148.03 m = 3766.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 762.78 mb = 2303.50 m = 7557.33 ft B at Equ Level: 12.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 692.78 mb = 3048.22 m = 10000.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.4 at 40.6 knts Storm direction: 241.4 at 30.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.4 neg: -8.5 tot: 31.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 35.64 m/s