MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 4 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 92 SFC 993 147 12.1 6.9 71 5.1 9.3 321 11 285.7 286.8 282.7 303.4 6.30 2 950 522 10.1 5.0 71 5.1 7.5 321 26 287.5 288.5 282.9 303.8 5.77 3 900 968 6.3 3.8 84 2.5 5.0 320 33 288.0 289.0 282.9 303.8 5.58 4 850 1434 2.7 2.2 96 0.5 2.4 320 41 289.0 289.9 283.0 304.0 5.26 5 800 1923 0.1 -0.8 94 0.8 -0.3 330 45 291.2 292.0 283.1 304.3 4.52 6 750 2438 -2.8 -4.5 88 1.7 -3.5 336 48 293.6 294.2 283.1 304.4 3.66 7 700 2981 -6.2 -7.6 90 1.4 -6.7 340 52 295.7 296.2 283.4 304.9 3.08 8 650 3557 -9.8 -11.4 88 1.6 -10.4 337 58 297.8 298.3 283.5 305.3 2.45 9 600 4172 -12.4 -13.2 94 0.8 -12.7 332 65 301.7 302.2 284.9 308.9 2.30 10 550 4832 -16.3 -16.7 97 0.3 -16.4 336 66 304.7 305.1 285.6 310.7 1.89 11 500 5542 -21.1 -25.2 69 4.1 -21.9 340 71 307.4 307.6 285.5 310.6 0.99 12 450 6313 -25.7 -50.0 8 24.3 -27.8 335 78 310.9 311.0 285.8 311.3 0.09 13 400 7157 -31.3 -60.1 4 28.8 -32.8 333 76 314.3 314.3 286.9 314.4 0.03 14 350 8088 -38.2 -64.0 5 25.8 -39.1 330 79 317.3 317.3 287.9 317.4 0.02 15 300 9135 -43.6 -66.7 6 23.1 -44.3 315 82 323.8 323.8 289.9 323.9 0.02 16 250 10346 -48.7 -67.3 10 18.6 -49.1 311 89 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.7 0.02 17 200 11810 -49.0 -78.3 2 29.4 -49.5 298 88 355.3 355.3 297.7 355.3 0.00 18 150 13681 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.8 298 68 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.00 19 100 16249 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 298 59 419.9 419.9 307.7 419.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5450.23 m Freezing level: 798.76 mb = 1935.69 m = 6350.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 806.02 mb = 1862.50 m = 6110.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.92 % Est. max temperature: 15.58 C = 60.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.44 mb = 791.74 m = 2597.53 ft T: 7.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 865.04 mb = 1291.34 m = 4236.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.99 C = 58.99 F Cap Strength: 4.40 C Lifted Index: 5.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.19 C Showalter Index: 5.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.99 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.77 C Cross Totals Index: 23.22 C K Index: 24.51 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12920.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.35 mb = 1120.51 m = 3676.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 334.1 at 53.2 knts Storm direction: 4.1 at 39.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 4.2 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 332.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 332.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 148.11 m/s