MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F378.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F378.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 378 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 19 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 1002 147 11.0 3.1 58 7.9 7.2 4 14 284.0 284.8 280.2 297.4 4.78 1 1000 164 11.4 2.3 53 9.1 7.0 4 18 284.6 285.4 280.1 297.3 4.52 2 950 590 9.0 1.0 58 7.9 5.2 2 35 286.3 287.0 280.7 298.6 4.34 3 900 1038 8.0 0.8 60 7.2 4.5 345 45 289.8 290.6 282.5 302.8 4.51 4 850 1507 4.6 -0.1 71 4.7 2.4 333 43 291.0 291.8 283.0 304.0 4.47 5 800 1998 1.1 -2.5 77 3.6 -0.5 325 39 292.3 293.0 283.0 303.9 3.97 6 750 2514 -1.4 -8.0 61 6.6 -4.0 325 30 295.0 295.5 282.7 303.4 2.78 7 700 3061 -4.6 -11.2 60 6.6 -7.0 323 21 297.3 297.8 283.2 304.4 2.32 8 650 3639 -9.3 -13.4 72 4.0 -10.6 319 25 298.4 298.8 283.4 304.9 2.09 9 600 4253 -13.5 -14.5 93 0.9 -13.8 310 31 300.5 300.8 284.1 306.9 2.08 10 550 4909 -17.6 -17.7 99 0.1 -17.7 304 38 303.2 303.5 284.8 308.6 1.72 11 500 5616 -22.5 -22.7 98 0.2 -22.6 303 39 305.6 305.8 285.2 309.6 1.23 12 450 6381 -27.4 -28.1 94 0.7 -27.5 308 34 308.8 309.0 285.9 311.7 0.84 13 400 7220 -33.2 -34.2 90 1.0 -33.3 319 38 311.9 312.0 286.6 313.7 0.53 14 350 8143 -40.6 -40.7 99 0.1 -40.6 340 29 314.0 314.1 287.1 315.2 0.31 15 300 9173 -49.3 -49.3 100 0.0 -49.3 343 34 315.9 315.9 287.6 316.4 0.14 16 250 10347 -55.5 -64.7 31 9.2 -55.6 308 37 323.6 323.6 289.9 323.7 0.03 17 200 11774 -52.6 -76.4 4 23.7 -53.0 276 47 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 13642 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 261 44 380.8 380.8 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16261 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.6 254 32 423.4 423.4 308.1 423.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5451.96 m Freezing level: 778.30 mb = 2221.81 m = 7289.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 808.66 mb = 1910.39 m = 6267.61 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.16 % Est. max temperature: 17.98 C = 64.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.01 mb = 1138.52 m = 3735.27 ft T: 7.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 0.59 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.87 mb = 2632.62 m = 8637.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.54 C = 72.56 F Cap Strength: 6.01 C Lifted Index: 6.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.25 C Showalter Index: 3.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.17 C Cross Totals Index: 22.43 C K Index: 20.50 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 136.41 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14338.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.52 mb = 1597.48 m = 5241.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.4 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 352.4 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: -214.8 tot: -213.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -71.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: -10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 62.02 m/s