MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 134 SFC 998 147 9.4 5.3 75 4.1 7.3 357 7 282.7 283.6 280.5 298.1 5.57 2 950 559 8.0 3.0 71 5.0 5.5 328 16 285.3 286.1 281.0 299.3 5.00 3 900 1003 5.2 2.6 83 2.6 3.9 307 21 286.9 287.7 281.9 301.4 5.12 4 850 1468 2.4 1.8 96 0.6 2.1 302 20 288.6 289.5 282.7 303.2 5.11 5 800 1955 -0.5 -0.6 99 0.2 -0.6 302 15 290.7 291.5 283.0 303.9 4.56 6 750 2469 -3.0 -3.8 94 0.8 -3.3 307 14 293.3 294.0 283.2 304.7 3.85 7 700 3013 -6.4 -8.6 84 2.3 -7.2 316 16 295.4 295.9 283.0 304.0 2.84 8 650 3589 -9.5 -10.2 95 0.7 -9.7 309 20 298.2 298.7 284.0 306.5 2.71 9 600 4204 -12.6 -12.7 99 0.2 -12.6 295 27 301.6 302.0 284.9 309.0 2.39 10 550 4862 -17.1 -17.2 99 0.1 -17.1 282 23 303.8 304.2 285.1 309.6 1.81 11 500 5572 -20.7 -21.5 93 0.8 -20.9 287 21 307.8 308.1 286.1 312.3 1.37 12 450 6343 -26.4 -26.6 98 0.2 -26.5 295 26 310.0 310.2 286.5 313.2 0.96 13 400 7183 -32.7 -34.4 85 1.7 -32.9 303 30 312.5 312.6 286.9 314.4 0.52 14 350 8108 -40.7 -41.9 88 1.2 -40.8 305 33 313.8 313.9 287.0 314.8 0.27 15 300 9136 -49.9 -50.1 97 0.3 -49.9 309 36 315.1 315.1 287.3 315.6 0.13 16 250 10302 -57.7 -61.3 63 3.6 -57.8 292 32 320.3 320.3 288.9 320.4 0.04 17 200 11725 -52.0 -78.0 3 26.0 -52.4 269 33 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.00 18 150 13601 -49.8 -79.5 2 29.7 -50.4 259 32 384.3 384.3 302.9 384.3 0.00 19 100 16244 -50.9 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.8 264 28 429.3 429.3 308.7 429.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5438.27 m Freezing level: 808.04 mb = 1876.87 m = 6157.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 810.74 mb = 1848.08 m = 6063.18 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.54 % Est. max temperature: 15.39 C = 59.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.52 mb = 667.32 m = 2189.34 ft T: 7.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 0.70 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.09 mb = 1581.14 m = 5187.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.81 C = 60.46 F Cap Strength: 6.35 C Lifted Index: 8.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.27 C Showalter Index: 6.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.04 C Cross Totals Index: 22.45 C K Index: 22.54 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 81.62 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.80 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12849.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.31 mb = 1099.96 m = 3608.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.4 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 330.4 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: -24.5 tot: -20.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.94 Bulk Shear: 17.04 m/s