MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 6Z TUE 12 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 9.4 8.4 93 1.0 8.9 324 5 282.1 283.3 281.8 301.0 6.88 1 1000 193 9.1 8.2 94 0.9 8.6 303 6 282.3 283.4 281.8 301.0 6.81 2 950 617 6.6 6.3 98 0.3 6.4 264 13 283.9 285.0 281.9 301.4 6.30 3 900 1059 4.3 4.1 99 0.2 4.2 233 16 286.0 287.0 282.2 302.1 5.72 4 850 1523 1.8 1.7 99 0.1 1.7 232 14 288.0 288.9 282.4 302.5 5.09 5 800 2009 -0.9 -1.0 100 0.0 -0.9 255 15 290.2 291.0 282.6 303.0 4.45 6 750 2522 -3.6 -4.1 97 0.5 -3.8 276 18 292.6 293.3 282.9 303.7 3.76 7 700 3065 -6.4 -10.1 75 3.8 -7.7 292 20 295.4 295.9 282.6 303.0 2.52 8 650 3640 -9.7 -27.6 22 17.9 -13.5 282 19 298.0 298.1 281.3 300.0 0.61 9 600 4254 -13.0 -47.1 4 34.2 -17.1 273 22 301.1 301.1 282.0 301.4 0.09 10 550 4910 -18.6 -44.9 8 26.3 -21.5 272 22 302.0 302.0 282.4 302.4 0.13 11 500 5611 -24.3 -48.8 8 24.5 -26.3 276 25 303.4 303.5 282.9 303.8 0.09 12 450 6374 -27.3 -63.0 2 35.7 -29.2 269 29 309.0 309.0 284.9 309.0 0.02 13 400 7213 -32.4 -64.1 3 31.6 -33.8 264 34 312.9 312.9 286.4 312.9 0.02 14 350 8142 -38.5 -64.6 5 26.1 -39.4 259 38 316.8 316.8 287.7 316.9 0.02 15 300 9186 -44.8 -65.6 8 20.8 -45.3 258 39 322.2 322.2 289.5 322.3 0.02 16 250 10392 -49.2 -68.8 8 19.6 -49.6 258 36 332.9 332.9 292.5 333.0 0.01 17 200 11846 -50.9 -71.9 7 21.0 -51.4 261 36 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 13722 -50.2 -79.8 2 29.6 -50.8 253 42 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.7 0.00 19 100 16338 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 254 32 420.0 420.0 307.7 420.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5418.15 m Freezing level: 816.90 mb = 1844.90 m = 6052.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 817.40 mb = 1836.62 m = 6025.60 ft Precipitable water: 0.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.07 % Est. max temperature: 15.10 C = 59.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.35 mb = 273.16 m = 896.17 ft T: 8.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 3.72 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 942.19 mb = 684.14 m = 2244.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.50 C = 52.70 F Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lifted Index: 3.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.26 C Showalter Index: 2.96 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 52.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.06 C Cross Totals Index: 25.97 C K Index: 24.01 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 133.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12909.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.64 mb = 636.92 m = 2089.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.2 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 300.2 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 2.9 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 156.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.9 neg: -12.0 tot: 40.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.12 Bulk Shear: 12.20 m/s