MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 5 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 147 SFC 1000 147 8.7 4.3 74 4.4 6.5 337 11 281.9 282.8 279.7 296.3 5.19 2 950 571 7.8 2.3 68 5.5 5.1 307 30 285.1 285.9 280.7 298.5 4.76 3 900 1015 6.0 -0.3 64 6.4 3.1 292 34 287.7 288.4 281.1 299.6 4.14 4 850 1481 2.8 -2.7 67 5.5 0.4 283 32 289.0 289.7 281.2 299.7 3.67 5 800 1968 -0.7 -4.3 76 3.6 -2.2 276 30 290.4 291.0 281.5 300.5 3.46 6 750 2481 -3.9 -6.0 85 2.1 -4.8 271 30 292.3 292.9 282.1 301.9 3.24 7 700 3022 -7.1 -8.8 88 1.6 -7.7 268 30 294.6 295.1 282.6 303.0 2.81 8 650 3597 -10.6 -12.7 84 2.1 -11.2 266 32 297.0 297.4 282.9 303.8 2.22 9 600 4208 -14.4 -16.9 81 2.5 -15.1 267 33 299.5 299.8 283.3 304.8 1.70 10 550 4862 -18.5 -25.0 57 6.5 -19.8 274 37 302.2 302.3 283.5 305.2 0.92 11 500 5566 -23.8 -32.5 45 8.7 -25.1 282 44 304.0 304.1 283.7 305.7 0.50 12 450 6326 -29.3 -50.5 11 21.2 -30.8 282 50 306.4 306.4 284.1 306.7 0.08 13 400 7157 -35.2 -57.8 8 22.6 -36.2 280 53 309.2 309.2 285.1 309.3 0.04 14 350 8073 -42.1 -61.7 10 19.6 -42.7 276 59 312.0 312.0 286.1 312.1 0.03 15 300 9098 -49.6 -67.2 11 17.6 -49.9 278 62 315.4 315.4 287.2 315.5 0.02 16 250 10281 -52.2 -68.4 13 16.2 -52.5 280 79 328.5 328.5 291.3 328.6 0.02 17 200 11731 -49.6 -79.2 2 29.6 -50.1 277 83 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.2 0.00 18 150 13612 -50.5 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.1 283 64 383.0 383.0 302.8 383.1 0.00 19 100 16226 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.4 -55.7 282 51 421.2 421.2 307.9 421.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5419.12 m Freezing level: 809.95 mb = 1871.32 m = 6139.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 842.80 mb = 1549.20 m = 5082.62 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.62 % Est. max temperature: 15.89 C = 60.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.37 mb = 707.02 m = 2319.60 ft T: 7.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 999.9-119422827978414792822210217115648.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.40 mb = 1884.34 m = 6182.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.03 C = 62.65 F Cap Strength: 5.88 C Lifted Index: 6.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.34 C Showalter Index: 5.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.60 C Cross Totals Index: 21.08 C K Index: 22.23 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 107.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14248.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.08 mb = 1262.64 m = 4142.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.1 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 308.1 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.9 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: -73.5 tot: -73.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -24.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: -5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 54.77 m/s