MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 135 SFC 999 147 8.5 6.9 90 1.6 7.7 256 9 281.8 282.8 280.9 299.0 6.25 2 950 558 6.5 4.1 85 2.4 5.3 232 21 283.7 284.7 280.8 298.8 5.39 3 900 999 3.2 1.3 87 1.9 2.3 224 27 284.8 285.6 280.4 297.9 4.66 4 850 1460 -0.4 -1.1 95 0.7 -0.7 226 23 285.8 286.5 280.3 297.6 4.16 5 800 1943 -2.4 -4.2 87 1.8 -3.1 230 18 288.6 289.2 280.7 298.7 3.49 6 750 2453 -5.2 -8.9 75 3.8 -6.5 244 15 291.0 291.4 280.7 298.6 2.59 7 700 2991 -8.8 -11.9 78 3.1 -9.8 250 12 292.7 293.1 281.0 299.3 2.19 8 650 3562 -11.3 -24.6 33 13.3 -14.2 270 16 296.2 296.3 280.8 298.8 0.80 9 600 4172 -14.7 -47.7 4 33.1 -18.4 275 22 299.1 299.2 281.1 299.5 0.09 10 550 4824 -20.1 -46.4 8 26.4 -22.7 266 27 300.3 300.3 281.6 300.7 0.11 11 500 5521 -26.0 -50.4 8 24.5 -27.8 278 26 301.4 301.4 282.0 301.6 0.08 12 450 6277 -30.0 -58.7 4 28.8 -31.5 310 27 305.6 305.6 283.7 305.7 0.03 13 400 7109 -33.7 -62.5 4 28.8 -35.0 320 31 311.2 311.2 285.8 311.3 0.02 14 350 8032 -40.4 -66.7 4 26.3 -41.2 304 29 314.2 314.2 286.8 314.3 0.01 15 300 9066 -47.4 -72.8 4 25.4 -47.9 282 22 318.5 318.5 288.3 318.5 0.01 16 250 10252 -53.7 -75.1 6 21.3 -53.9 272 21 326.2 326.2 290.6 326.2 0.01 17 200 11689 -50.6 -78.2 2 27.6 -51.1 262 34 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.00 18 150 13575 -50.0 -79.7 2 29.7 -50.6 266 29 384.0 384.0 302.9 384.0 0.00 19 100 16226 -49.8 -79.5 2 29.7 -50.7 258 23 431.5 431.5 309.0 431.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5386.31 m Freezing level: 854.98 mb = 1413.93 m = 4638.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 861.43 mb = 1352.12 m = 4436.05 ft Precipitable water: 0.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.60 % Est. max temperature: 12.58 C = 54.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.42 mb = 348.67 m = 1143.91 ft T: 7.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 1.37 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.95 mb = 981.61 m = 3220.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.50 C = 52.69 F Cap Strength: 4.30 C Lifted Index: 3.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.42 C Showalter Index: 4.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 50.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.62 C Cross Totals Index: 24.92 C K Index: 21.47 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.88 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.29 mb = 835.11 m = 2739.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 853.29 mb = 1428.66 m = 4687.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 833.29 mb = 1618.01 m = 5308.38 ft B at Equ Level: 11.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 783.29 mb = 2109.72 m = 6921.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.4 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 287.4 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 3.2 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.0 neg: -33.0 tot: 2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.47 Bulk Shear: 8.30 m/s