MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1000 147 7.2 5.0 86 2.1 6.1 279 5 280.3 281.2 279.3 295.3 5.48 1 1000 148 7.7 4.8 82 2.9 6.3 269 7 280.9 281.8 279.4 295.7 5.39 2 950 571 7.0 1.5 68 5.5 4.4 237 18 284.3 285.0 280.0 296.9 4.48 3 900 1012 3.3 -0.2 78 3.4 1.7 230 20 284.9 285.6 279.9 296.7 4.20 4 850 1472 -0.9 -1.8 94 0.9 -1.3 224 21 285.2 285.9 279.7 296.4 3.94 5 800 1954 -3.5 -8.2 70 4.7 -5.2 214 17 287.5 287.9 279.1 295.0 2.57 6 750 2462 -6.0 -19.0 35 13.0 -9.5 228 15 290.0 290.2 278.4 293.5 1.13 7 700 2998 -9.5 -24.5 28 15.0 -12.8 237 16 291.9 292.1 278.7 294.3 0.75 8 650 3565 -13.8 -26.9 32 13.0 -16.4 246 15 293.3 293.4 279.3 295.4 0.65 9 600 4169 -16.7 -44.2 7 27.6 -19.8 278 17 296.8 296.9 280.1 297.3 0.12 10 550 4818 -20.5 -43.9 10 23.5 -22.9 295 22 299.8 299.8 281.4 300.3 0.14 11 500 5514 -26.9 -41.7 23 14.8 -28.3 296 27 300.3 300.3 281.7 300.9 0.20 12 450 6264 -31.4 -52.5 11 21.1 -32.7 295 24 303.8 303.8 283.0 304.0 0.07 13 400 7094 -34.3 -66.4 2 32.2 -35.5 295 25 310.5 310.5 285.5 310.5 0.01 14 350 8017 -40.2 -71.0 2 30.8 -41.0 305 22 314.5 314.5 286.9 314.5 0.01 15 300 9052 -46.9 -75.2 3 28.3 -47.4 300 20 319.2 319.2 288.5 319.2 0.00 16 250 10242 -52.8 -73.8 6 21.0 -53.1 279 21 327.5 327.6 291.0 327.6 0.01 17 200 11686 -49.7 -78.4 2 28.7 -50.2 261 32 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.00 18 150 13575 -49.1 -79.0 2 29.9 -49.8 260 28 385.5 385.5 303.1 385.5 0.01 19 100 16231 -49.1 -79.0 2 29.9 -50.1 259 18 432.9 432.9 309.1 432.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5366.38 m Freezing level: 860.92 mb = 1371.86 m = 4500.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 871.52 mb = 1271.16 m = 4170.43 ft Precipitable water: 0.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.46 % Est. max temperature: 12.05 C = 53.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.13 mb = 414.89 m = 1361.17 ft T: 7.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 3.35 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.75 mb = 1296.76 m = 4254.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.93 C = 53.48 F Cap Strength: 5.07 C Lifted Index: 4.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.92 C Showalter Index: 4.62 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 51.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.97 C Cross Totals Index: 25.07 C K Index: 9.21 Risk: None Sweat Index: 252.72 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.95 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14045.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.17 mb = 1118.85 m = 3670.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.0 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 290.0 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.9 neg: -32.3 tot: 2.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.40 Bulk Shear: 6.34 m/s