MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 11 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 1006 147 9.8 5.8 76 4.0 7.8 2 9 282.5 283.5 280.7 298.5 5.77 1 1000 196 10.0 5.3 73 4.7 7.6 356 13 283.2 284.1 280.8 298.7 5.59 2 950 623 9.9 3.6 65 6.3 6.7 340 23 287.2 288.1 282.1 301.9 5.20 3 900 1071 7.7 1.6 65 6.1 4.7 319 21 289.4 290.3 282.7 303.1 4.77 4 850 1539 3.9 0.3 78 3.6 2.2 297 15 290.2 291.0 282.8 303.5 4.60 5 800 2028 -0.3 -0.7 98 0.3 -0.5 286 11 290.8 291.6 283.0 304.0 4.55 6 750 2542 -3.2 -3.3 99 0.1 -3.3 279 10 293.1 293.8 283.3 304.8 4.00 7 700 3084 -6.5 -7.6 92 1.1 -6.9 277 16 295.3 295.9 283.2 304.6 3.08 8 650 3662 -8.7 -10.2 88 1.6 -9.2 270 22 299.2 299.7 284.4 307.4 2.70 9 600 4279 -11.9 -12.6 95 0.7 -12.2 261 20 302.3 302.8 285.2 309.8 2.42 10 550 4942 -14.9 -15.5 95 0.6 -15.1 273 18 306.4 306.7 286.4 313.0 2.08 11 500 5656 -19.8 -20.7 93 0.9 -20.0 286 21 308.9 309.1 286.6 313.7 1.47 12 450 6429 -25.4 -28.4 76 3.0 -25.9 292 27 311.3 311.5 286.8 314.1 0.82 13 400 7272 -31.9 -33.3 87 1.4 -32.0 302 31 313.6 313.7 287.3 315.6 0.58 14 350 8202 -38.8 -47.2 41 8.4 -39.3 304 31 316.5 316.5 287.8 317.1 0.16 15 300 9242 -46.5 -58.2 25 11.7 -46.9 294 35 319.8 319.8 288.8 320.0 0.05 16 250 10433 -52.7 -63.9 24 11.2 -52.9 282 37 327.8 327.8 291.1 327.9 0.03 17 200 11871 -52.4 -71.0 9 18.7 -52.7 265 37 349.9 349.9 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 13741 -50.5 -80.0 2 29.6 -51.1 264 37 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.00 19 100 16347 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.4 -55.8 256 32 421.0 421.0 307.9 421.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5459.38 m Freezing level: 803.92 mb = 1989.40 m = 6526.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 809.42 mb = 1933.40 m = 6343.09 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.36 % Est. max temperature: 17.45 C = 63.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.77 mb = 650.97 m = 2135.70 ft T: 9.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 0.27 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.05 mb = 1798.68 m = 5901.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.87 C = 64.16 F Cap Strength: 7.42 C Lifted Index: 8.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.28 C Showalter Index: 6.75 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.15 C K Index: 22.89 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 55.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13508.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.56 mb = 1305.53 m = 4283.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.0 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 318.0 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.6 neg: -76.9 tot: -64.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -21.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: -5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 38.82 m/s