MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 5 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 127 SFC 998 147 10.5 5.7 72 4.8 8.0 328 10 283.8 284.8 281.3 299.9 5.76 2 950 551 6.6 3.6 81 3.0 5.1 315 18 283.9 284.8 280.7 298.5 5.23 3 900 992 3.1 2.2 94 0.9 2.7 296 22 284.7 285.5 280.7 298.7 4.98 4 850 1454 1.1 -1.4 83 2.5 0.0 280 23 287.3 288.0 280.8 298.9 4.06 5 800 1939 -1.7 -5.0 78 3.4 -3.0 284 24 289.4 289.9 280.8 298.9 3.28 6 750 2450 -4.6 -8.7 73 4.0 -6.1 287 25 291.5 292.0 281.1 299.4 2.64 7 700 2989 -7.9 -13.2 66 5.2 -9.6 289 27 293.7 294.0 281.2 299.7 1.98 8 650 3561 -11.5 -18.2 58 6.7 -13.3 293 28 295.9 296.2 281.4 300.3 1.40 9 600 4170 -14.8 -29.9 26 15.1 -17.6 284 33 299.0 299.1 281.7 300.8 0.53 10 550 4828 -15.4 -48.8 4 33.4 -19.2 269 45 305.8 305.8 283.8 306.1 0.08 11 500 5540 -20.7 -48.3 7 27.6 -23.5 277 51 307.8 307.8 284.6 308.1 0.10 12 450 6310 -25.9 -62.0 2 36.1 -28.1 282 53 310.7 310.7 285.6 310.8 0.02 13 400 7152 -32.1 -51.1 13 19.1 -33.3 278 47 313.3 313.3 286.6 313.7 0.09 14 350 8079 -40.1 -51.8 28 11.7 -40.7 277 50 314.7 314.7 287.1 315.0 0.09 15 300 9112 -47.9 -60.3 23 12.3 -48.3 281 53 317.8 317.8 288.1 317.9 0.04 16 250 10301 -51.8 -66.3 16 14.5 -52.0 288 69 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.2 0.02 17 200 11762 -48.1 -78.2 2 30.1 -48.7 289 78 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.00 18 150 13648 -51.3 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 291 66 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.8 0.00 19 100 16251 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.6 291 62 419.2 419.2 307.6 419.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5413.27 m Freezing level: 829.96 mb = 1647.97 m = 5406.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 849.68 mb = 1456.63 m = 4778.93 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.84 % Est. max temperature: 14.07 C = 57.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.96 mb = 742.41 m = 2435.71 ft T: 5.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.00 C/km ThetaE index: 1.38 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.66 mb = 1013.05 m = 3323.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.43 C = 52.58 F Cap Strength: 8.54 C Lifted Index: 9.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.11 C Showalter Index: 8.98 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.14 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.83 C Cross Totals Index: 19.30 C K Index: 15.21 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 96.22 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.92 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13793.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.91 mb = 929.57 m = 3049.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.1 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 313.1 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.8 neg: -0.9 tot: 28.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 59.83 m/s