MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 9Z THU 14 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 138 SFC 999 147 10.7 4.7 66 6.0 7.6 353 8 284.0 284.9 280.8 298.9 5.36 2 950 565 9.2 2.3 62 6.9 5.8 334 19 286.5 287.3 281.3 300.0 4.74 3 900 1010 5.8 0.2 67 5.6 3.2 320 18 287.5 288.3 281.3 299.8 4.30 4 850 1476 3.1 -4.0 60 7.1 0.1 304 13 289.4 290.0 280.9 299.1 3.34 5 800 1964 0.8 -14.8 30 15.6 -4.3 287 14 292.0 292.3 279.8 296.6 1.51 6 750 2480 -1.8 -23.3 18 21.5 -7.4 282 14 294.6 294.8 280.1 297.1 0.78 7 700 3025 -4.9 -26.5 17 21.6 -9.9 285 14 297.0 297.2 280.9 299.1 0.63 8 650 3603 -8.4 -25.1 25 16.7 -12.3 283 15 299.5 299.6 282.1 302.0 0.77 9 600 4218 -13.7 -18.6 66 5.0 -15.0 284 16 300.3 300.6 283.4 304.9 1.46 10 550 4875 -16.4 -16.8 97 0.4 -16.5 273 25 304.6 304.9 285.5 310.5 1.87 11 500 5588 -19.8 -19.8 100 0.0 -19.8 262 28 308.9 309.2 286.8 314.1 1.59 12 450 6361 -25.4 -25.8 97 0.4 -25.5 259 27 311.3 311.4 287.0 314.7 1.04 13 400 7203 -32.3 -33.4 90 1.1 -32.4 256 27 313.0 313.1 287.1 315.0 0.57 14 350 8129 -40.5 -41.6 89 1.1 -40.6 267 27 314.1 314.2 287.1 315.2 0.28 15 300 9158 -49.7 -49.7 100 0.0 -49.7 274 23 315.3 315.3 287.3 315.8 0.14 16 250 10324 -58.6 -60.1 83 1.5 -58.6 283 39 319.0 319.0 288.5 319.1 0.05 17 200 11739 -54.3 -77.1 4 22.8 -54.5 269 33 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.9 0.01 18 150 13607 -50.2 -79.8 2 29.6 -50.8 255 36 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.6 0.00 19 100 16249 -51.0 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.8 259 30 429.2 429.2 308.7 429.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5449.65 m Freezing level: 784.17 mb = 2127.65 m = 6980.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 849.10 mb = 1484.24 m = 4869.50 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.05 % Est. max temperature: 16.19 C = 61.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.51 mb = 905.50 m = 2970.75 ft T: 6.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 3.30 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.22 mb = 2226.09 m = 7303.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.11 C = 68.21 F Cap Strength: 6.99 C Lifted Index: 9.43 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.68 C Showalter Index: 9.81 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.84 C Cross Totals Index: 15.75 C K Index: -2.73 Risk: None Sweat Index: 54.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14369.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.34 mb = 1377.15 m = 4518.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.3 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 314.3 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: -32.0 tot: -31.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: -3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 29.97 m/s