MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 6 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 1004 147 9.5 7.2 86 2.3 8.3 311 6 282.3 283.4 281.3 299.8 6.34 1 1000 180 9.0 6.7 85 2.3 7.8 298 9 282.2 283.3 281.0 299.2 6.17 2 950 603 6.5 5.2 92 1.2 5.8 271 15 283.8 284.8 281.3 300.0 5.85 3 900 1045 4.1 3.3 94 0.8 3.7 252 18 285.8 286.7 281.7 300.9 5.39 4 850 1508 1.1 0.7 97 0.4 0.8 261 19 287.2 288.1 281.6 300.7 4.72 5 800 1993 -1.9 -2.2 98 0.3 -2.0 272 22 289.1 289.8 281.7 300.8 4.05 6 750 2504 -5.0 -5.4 97 0.4 -5.2 267 25 291.1 291.7 281.8 301.1 3.41 7 700 3043 -7.7 -9.3 88 1.6 -8.2 267 37 294.0 294.5 282.2 302.1 2.70 8 650 3616 -11.4 -12.7 90 1.3 -11.8 277 35 296.1 296.5 282.5 302.9 2.22 9 600 4226 -15.5 -17.2 86 1.8 -15.9 279 37 298.2 298.5 282.7 303.4 1.65 10 550 4877 -19.5 -30.2 38 10.8 -21.3 272 42 301.0 301.1 282.5 302.8 0.56 11 500 5580 -23.2 -40.9 18 17.7 -25.2 272 45 304.8 304.8 283.6 305.6 0.21 12 450 6342 -29.2 -41.1 31 11.9 -30.4 277 50 306.5 306.6 284.3 307.3 0.23 13 400 7171 -36.1 -45.9 36 9.8 -36.7 278 56 308.1 308.1 284.8 308.7 0.16 14 350 8084 -42.8 -54.1 28 11.4 -43.2 276 65 311.0 311.1 285.8 311.3 0.07 15 300 9108 -49.6 -64.1 17 14.5 -49.9 279 71 315.5 315.5 287.3 315.6 0.02 16 250 10288 -52.7 -67.5 15 14.8 -52.9 277 73 327.7 327.7 291.1 327.8 0.02 17 200 11742 -48.5 -78.6 2 30.0 -49.1 280 68 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.00 18 150 13624 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.1 281 61 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00 19 100 16233 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.4 -55.7 279 45 421.1 421.1 307.9 421.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5399.83 m Freezing level: 832.19 mb = 1680.83 m = 5514.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 835.37 mb = 1646.92 m = 5403.22 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.92 % Est. max temperature: 14.31 C = 57.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.72 mb = 433.57 m = 1422.46 ft T: 7.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 0.59 C Layer 1000.0- 950.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.77 mb = 956.96 m = 3139.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.53 C = 54.56 F Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lifted Index: 5.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.75 C Showalter Index: 5.32 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.22 C Cross Totals Index: 23.82 C K Index: 23.27 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 91.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.99 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13510.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.86 mb = 760.76 m = 2495.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.6 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 301.6 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 3.7 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 119.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 51.68 m/s