MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 0Z WED 20 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 12.8 4.8 58 8.0 8.7 352 17 285.9 286.8 281.8 301.0 5.38 1 1000 160 12.7 4.0 55 8.7 8.3 352 21 285.8 286.7 281.4 300.2 5.09 2 950 587 8.7 2.2 63 6.6 5.5 353 32 286.1 286.9 281.1 299.4 4.70 3 900 1032 5.9 0.3 67 5.6 3.3 336 37 287.6 288.4 281.4 300.1 4.35 4 850 1498 3.7 -1.1 71 4.7 1.5 323 40 290.0 290.7 282.2 302.0 4.16 5 800 1988 0.4 -2.8 79 3.2 -1.0 324 46 291.6 292.3 282.5 302.9 3.89 6 750 2502 -3.2 -4.8 89 1.6 -3.9 319 51 293.1 293.7 282.8 303.5 3.55 7 700 3045 -7.2 -10.2 79 3.0 -8.3 311 48 294.5 294.9 282.2 302.0 2.51 8 650 3618 -10.8 -21.7 40 10.9 -13.5 299 49 296.7 296.9 281.3 300.0 1.04 9 600 4229 -14.0 -29.0 27 15.0 -16.9 299 54 299.9 300.0 282.1 301.8 0.58 10 550 4883 -18.7 -34.5 24 15.8 -21.1 302 55 301.9 302.0 282.7 303.2 0.37 11 500 5586 -24.0 -38.5 25 14.4 -25.8 304 57 303.7 303.8 283.2 304.7 0.28 12 450 6345 -30.1 -41.3 33 11.1 -31.2 303 60 305.3 305.4 283.8 306.2 0.23 13 400 7171 -37.0 -45.0 43 8.0 -37.6 306 64 306.8 306.9 284.4 307.5 0.17 14 350 8078 -44.5 -53.3 37 8.8 -44.8 303 61 308.8 308.8 284.9 309.1 0.08 15 300 9098 -49.2 -63.5 17 14.3 -49.5 296 50 316.0 316.0 287.5 316.1 0.02 16 250 10280 -53.5 -67.8 16 14.3 -53.7 302 46 326.6 326.6 290.7 326.7 0.02 17 200 11742 -46.8 -77.2 2 30.5 -47.4 267 55 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 18 150 13637 -49.7 -79.4 2 29.8 -50.3 268 43 384.5 384.5 302.9 384.5 0.00 19 100 16269 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.7 259 34 423.1 423.1 308.1 423.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5426.05 m Freezing level: 794.29 mb = 2046.67 m = 6714.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 819.38 mb = 1794.64 m = 5887.84 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.73 % Est. max temperature: 16.91 C = 62.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.86 mb = 1151.99 m = 3779.44 ft T: 5.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 3.55 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.67 mb = 2101.59 m = 6894.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.91 C = 66.03 F Cap Strength: 4.66 C Lifted Index: 5.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.34 C Showalter Index: 3.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 50.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.97 C K Index: 23.71 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.55 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13331.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.71 mb = 1443.66 m = 4736.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.9 at 47.8 knts Storm direction: 341.9 at 35.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 6.5 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.9 neg: -82.4 tot: -61.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -20.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 140.13 m/s