MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F381.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F381.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 381 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1001 147 10.6 3.6 62 7.1 7.1 3 13 283.7 284.5 280.2 297.5 4.94 1 1000 158 11.3 2.7 56 8.5 7.1 4 18 284.4 285.2 280.2 297.5 4.65 2 950 585 9.3 1.4 58 7.9 5.5 1 35 286.6 287.4 281.0 299.2 4.44 3 900 1033 8.4 0.6 58 7.8 4.6 348 43 290.1 290.9 282.5 302.9 4.44 4 850 1502 4.5 0.3 74 4.3 2.5 338 43 290.9 291.7 283.0 304.1 4.58 5 800 1993 0.9 -0.6 90 1.5 0.2 327 44 292.1 292.9 283.5 305.4 4.58 6 750 2508 -2.3 -3.7 91 1.3 -2.9 318 47 294.1 294.8 283.6 305.5 3.89 7 700 3053 -5.7 -7.9 85 2.1 -6.5 310 49 296.1 296.7 283.5 305.2 3.02 8 650 3630 -9.1 -17.7 49 8.6 -11.5 306 41 298.7 299.0 282.7 303.3 1.46 9 600 4245 -12.5 -28.4 25 15.9 -15.7 310 32 301.7 301.8 282.8 303.7 0.61 10 550 4903 -17.5 -35.0 20 17.5 -20.2 312 33 303.4 303.4 283.2 304.6 0.36 11 500 5609 -22.9 -42.5 15 19.6 -25.1 297 40 305.1 305.1 283.7 305.7 0.18 12 450 6371 -29.2 -44.6 21 15.4 -30.5 286 49 306.6 306.6 284.2 307.1 0.16 13 400 7201 -35.6 -49.8 22 14.2 -36.4 294 44 308.7 308.7 284.9 309.1 0.10 14 350 8115 -42.9 -51.0 41 8.1 -43.3 302 40 310.8 310.9 285.8 311.2 0.10 15 300 9136 -50.7 -55.6 56 4.9 -50.8 326 38 313.9 313.9 286.8 314.1 0.07 16 250 10308 -53.6 -66.8 19 13.1 -53.8 305 43 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.4 0.02 17 200 11756 -50.2 -78.0 2 27.8 -50.7 276 48 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.3 0.00 18 150 13635 -50.1 -79.8 2 29.6 -50.8 264 45 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.7 0.00 19 100 16266 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.1 261 31 422.3 422.3 308.0 422.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5450.74 m Freezing level: 786.33 mb = 2133.52 m = 6999.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 796.85 mb = 2024.02 m = 6640.42 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.20 % Est. max temperature: 17.81 C = 64.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.47 mb = 1037.58 m = 3404.10 ft T: 8.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 2.24 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.30 mb = 2378.30 m = 7802.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.52 C = 68.94 F Cap Strength: 5.90 C Lifted Index: 6.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.85 C Showalter Index: 3.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 50.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.44 C Cross Totals Index: 23.19 C K Index: 25.56 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.32 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14319.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.20 mb = 1595.58 m = 5234.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.5 at 39.7 knts Storm direction: 348.5 at 29.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 7.1 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -197.4 tot: -197.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -65.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: -8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 98.60 m/s