MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1002 147 8.5 5.1 79 3.4 6.8 329 10 281.5 282.5 279.8 296.7 5.49 1 1000 163 8.5 4.8 77 3.7 6.6 322 14 281.7 282.6 279.8 296.6 5.39 2 950 585 7.0 4.4 83 2.6 5.7 293 25 284.3 285.2 281.2 299.7 5.51 3 900 1029 5.2 3.1 86 2.1 4.1 274 28 286.8 287.7 282.1 301.8 5.30 4 850 1493 1.6 0.9 95 0.7 1.3 265 29 287.8 288.7 282.0 301.5 4.81 5 800 1979 -1.3 -1.8 97 0.5 -1.6 259 29 289.7 290.5 282.1 301.8 4.19 6 750 2491 -4.1 -4.6 96 0.5 -4.3 258 29 292.1 292.8 282.5 302.8 3.62 7 700 3032 -7.2 -7.9 95 0.7 -7.5 259 28 294.5 295.0 282.8 303.5 3.01 8 650 3606 -10.8 -11.4 95 0.6 -11.0 264 28 296.8 297.2 283.1 304.3 2.46 9 600 4217 -14.8 -16.0 91 1.2 -15.2 274 31 299.0 299.3 283.2 304.7 1.83 10 550 4869 -19.3 -26.0 55 6.7 -20.7 278 37 301.1 301.3 283.0 303.8 0.83 11 500 5571 -23.7 -39.0 23 15.3 -25.5 276 44 304.2 304.2 283.4 305.1 0.26 12 450 6333 -28.9 -47.6 15 18.7 -30.4 279 51 306.9 306.9 284.3 307.3 0.12 13 400 7163 -35.6 -52.7 16 17.1 -36.5 277 54 308.7 308.7 284.9 308.9 0.07 14 350 8078 -42.5 -56.6 20 14.1 -43.0 277 59 311.5 311.5 285.9 311.6 0.05 15 300 9103 -49.4 -65.0 15 15.5 -49.7 278 66 315.7 315.7 287.3 315.7 0.02 16 250 10283 -52.9 -67.9 15 15.0 -53.1 278 75 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.5 0.02 17 200 11735 -48.7 -78.7 2 30.0 -49.3 274 74 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.6 0.00 18 150 13620 -50.8 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.4 283 61 382.5 382.5 302.6 382.5 0.00 19 100 16231 -55.7 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.2 278 52 420.0 420.0 307.7 420.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5408.68 m Freezing level: 822.92 mb = 1756.29 m = 5762.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 827.49 mb = 1708.25 m = 5604.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.43 % Est. max temperature: 14.77 C = 58.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.66 mb = 579.54 m = 1901.35 ft T: 7.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 0.28 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.77 mb = 1324.99 m = 4347.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.45 C = 58.01 F Cap Strength: 4.25 C Lifted Index: 5.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.53 C Showalter Index: 4.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.28 C Cross Totals Index: 24.62 C K Index: 25.55 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 130.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.72 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14091.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.80 mb = 931.09 m = 3054.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.6 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 301.6 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 4.7 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: -24.6 tot: -19.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 41.91 m/s