MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 146 11.4 7.8 79 3.6 9.5 229 7 284.2 285.3 282.4 302.6 6.62 1 1000 180 11.0 6.4 73 4.6 8.6 227 9 284.2 285.2 281.7 301.0 6.04 2 950 606 7.3 4.3 81 3.0 5.8 225 12 284.6 285.5 281.3 299.9 5.48 3 900 1048 3.8 2.5 91 1.3 3.1 239 12 285.4 286.3 281.2 299.7 5.08 4 850 1510 0.6 0.1 96 0.5 0.4 259 15 286.8 287.6 281.2 299.7 4.53 5 800 1994 -2.5 -3.1 96 0.5 -2.8 272 18 288.4 289.1 281.1 299.4 3.81 6 750 2503 -5.8 -6.8 92 1.0 -6.2 276 23 290.3 290.9 281.0 299.3 3.06 7 700 3041 -8.0 -15.0 57 7.0 -10.1 270 30 293.6 293.9 280.8 298.8 1.70 8 650 3614 -11.1 -20.8 44 9.7 -13.5 273 35 296.4 296.6 281.3 300.0 1.12 9 600 4223 -15.2 -25.2 42 10.0 -17.3 275 35 298.6 298.7 281.8 301.2 0.82 10 550 4875 -19.1 -38.1 17 19.0 -21.7 269 37 301.4 301.5 282.3 302.3 0.26 11 500 5578 -23.6 -37.0 28 13.4 -25.3 269 42 304.3 304.3 283.5 305.4 0.32 12 450 6338 -29.7 -38.0 45 8.3 -30.6 271 50 305.9 306.0 284.2 307.0 0.32 13 400 7166 -36.5 -44.2 45 7.7 -37.0 274 55 307.6 307.6 284.7 308.3 0.19 14 350 8078 -43.3 -52.9 34 9.6 -43.7 276 62 310.3 310.4 285.5 310.7 0.08 15 300 9100 -49.7 -61.1 25 11.5 -50.0 278 67 315.3 315.3 287.2 315.4 0.03 16 250 10281 -52.5 -67.5 15 15.0 -52.7 279 70 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.1 0.02 17 200 11734 -49.2 -79.0 2 29.8 -49.7 281 68 354.9 354.9 297.7 354.9 0.00 18 150 13613 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 279 57 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 19 100 16225 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.6 281 45 423.3 423.3 308.1 423.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5397.80 m Freezing level: 840.12 mb = 1605.53 m = 5267.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 844.08 mb = 1565.73 m = 5136.83 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.13 % Est. max temperature: 13.87 C = 56.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.56 mb = 592.05 m = 1942.41 ft T: 7.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 3.75 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.63 mb = 1060.21 m = 3478.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.64 C = 54.75 F Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lifted Index: 5.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.29 C Showalter Index: 5.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.23 C Cross Totals Index: 23.70 C K Index: 17.35 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 72.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.83 mb = 959.07 m = 3146.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.83 mb = 1558.61 m = 5113.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 744.83 mb = 2557.11 m = 8389.35 ft B at Equ Level: 8.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 704.83 mb = 2987.45 m = 9801.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.3 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 298.3 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.8 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 75.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 61.87 m/s