MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1000 147 7.9 3.9 76 4.0 6.0 346 9 281.0 281.9 279.1 295.1 5.07 1 1000 150 8.3 3.6 72 4.7 6.0 338 12 281.4 282.3 279.1 295.1 4.95 2 950 573 7.7 2.1 67 5.6 5.0 307 28 285.0 285.8 280.6 298.2 4.68 3 900 1018 6.0 -0.9 61 6.9 2.9 292 32 287.7 288.4 281.0 299.1 3.97 4 850 1483 2.7 -2.8 67 5.5 0.4 283 30 289.0 289.6 281.1 299.6 3.67 5 800 1971 -0.8 -4.6 76 3.7 -2.4 276 29 290.3 290.9 281.4 300.2 3.41 6 750 2483 -4.2 -6.3 85 2.1 -5.0 271 29 292.0 292.5 281.9 301.3 3.17 7 700 3023 -7.5 -9.1 89 1.5 -8.1 269 28 294.1 294.6 282.3 302.4 2.75 8 650 3597 -10.9 -13.5 81 2.6 -11.7 267 28 296.7 297.1 282.6 303.0 2.07 9 600 4208 -14.4 -19.6 65 5.2 -15.7 269 32 299.4 299.7 282.8 303.7 1.35 10 550 4862 -18.3 -28.9 39 10.5 -20.3 277 37 302.4 302.5 283.2 304.5 0.64 11 500 5566 -23.7 -34.9 35 11.2 -25.2 284 45 304.1 304.2 283.6 305.5 0.40 12 450 6327 -29.2 -50.1 11 20.9 -30.7 282 50 306.6 306.6 284.1 306.9 0.09 13 400 7157 -35.4 -55.9 10 20.5 -36.4 280 52 309.0 309.0 285.0 309.2 0.05 14 350 8073 -42.3 -61.4 11 19.1 -42.9 277 58 311.7 311.7 285.9 311.8 0.03 15 300 9097 -49.7 -67.4 11 17.7 -50.0 279 59 315.3 315.3 287.2 315.3 0.01 16 250 10280 -52.0 -68.4 12 16.4 -52.2 280 77 328.8 328.8 291.4 328.9 0.02 17 200 11732 -49.5 -79.2 2 29.7 -50.0 278 84 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.4 0.00 18 150 13614 -50.8 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.4 282 63 382.5 382.5 302.6 382.5 0.00 19 100 16224 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.9 283 55 420.8 420.8 307.8 420.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5416.04 m Freezing level: 811.77 mb = 1855.86 m = 6088.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 843.26 mb = 1547.23 m = 5076.16 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.00 % Est. max temperature: 15.86 C = 60.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.22 mb = 649.41 m = 2130.58 ft T: 7.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 1000.3- 0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.52 mb = 1935.34 m = 6349.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.04 C = 62.67 F Cap Strength: 6.42 C Lifted Index: 6.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.23 C Showalter Index: 5.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.42 C Cross Totals Index: 20.94 C K Index: 22.14 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 104.87 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13338.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.52 mb = 1298.37 m = 4259.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.4 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 309.4 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.8 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -69.1 tot: -69.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -23.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: -5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 49.60 m/s