MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 130 SFC 998 147 8.5 7.6 93 1.0 8.0 329 6 281.9 283.0 281.3 299.9 6.55 2 950 553 6.2 5.7 97 0.4 5.9 284 15 283.4 284.5 281.4 300.3 6.06 3 900 995 3.9 3.7 98 0.3 3.8 255 25 285.6 286.5 281.8 301.1 5.53 4 850 1457 1.1 1.1 100 0.0 1.1 243 23 287.3 288.2 281.8 301.2 4.87 5 800 1943 -1.3 -1.4 99 0.1 -1.4 243 22 289.7 290.5 282.3 302.2 4.31 6 750 2455 -3.9 -4.1 98 0.2 -4.0 257 21 292.3 293.0 282.7 303.3 3.75 7 700 2997 -6.9 -7.6 95 0.6 -7.2 280 21 294.8 295.4 283.0 304.0 3.09 8 650 3572 -9.9 -12.1 84 2.2 -10.6 291 21 297.7 298.2 283.3 304.8 2.31 9 600 4185 -13.8 -15.6 86 1.8 -14.3 308 20 300.2 300.5 283.8 306.0 1.89 10 550 4840 -18.7 -25.0 58 6.2 -20.0 315 24 301.9 302.0 283.3 304.8 0.92 11 500 5544 -22.8 -24.2 88 1.5 -23.1 323 29 305.3 305.5 284.9 308.8 1.08 12 450 6309 -28.0 -32.9 63 4.9 -28.7 324 34 308.0 308.1 285.2 309.9 0.53 13 400 7145 -33.4 -35.1 85 1.6 -33.6 328 40 311.5 311.6 286.5 313.2 0.48 14 350 8068 -41.0 -41.6 94 0.6 -41.0 325 48 313.5 313.5 286.9 314.5 0.29 15 300 9094 -49.7 -53.2 66 3.6 -49.8 312 37 315.4 315.4 287.3 315.7 0.09 16 250 10272 -55.0 -69.5 15 14.5 -55.2 280 26 324.4 324.4 290.1 324.4 0.01 17 200 11705 -50.9 -78.7 2 27.8 -51.4 265 35 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.00 18 150 13588 -49.2 -79.1 2 29.9 -49.9 263 32 385.2 385.2 303.1 385.2 0.01 19 100 16238 -50.7 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.6 262 27 429.7 429.7 308.8 429.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5414.13 m Freezing level: 827.13 mb = 1679.58 m = 5510.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 827.51 mb = 1672.24 m = 5486.28 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.77 % Est. max temperature: 14.10 C = 57.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.16 mb = 270.28 m = 886.73 ft T: 7.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 931.64 mb = 712.45 m = 2337.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.90 C = 51.61 F Cap Strength: 4.16 C Lifted Index: 5.92 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.24 C Showalter Index: 5.36 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.90 C Cross Totals Index: 23.87 C K Index: 24.38 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 88.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12541.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.35 mb = 645.13 m = 2116.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.2 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 319.2 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 4.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.6 neg: -37.2 tot: 34.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.89 Bulk Shear: 16.12 m/s