MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 6 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 1004 147 9.2 6.9 86 2.2 8.0 305 6 282.0 283.1 281.0 299.2 6.23 1 1000 181 8.9 6.5 85 2.4 7.6 294 8 282.0 283.1 280.8 298.7 6.07 2 950 604 6.7 5.3 91 1.3 6.0 276 15 283.9 285.0 281.5 300.3 5.89 3 900 1046 3.9 3.3 96 0.6 3.6 251 17 285.5 286.5 281.6 300.7 5.39 4 850 1509 1.1 0.9 99 0.1 1.0 252 16 287.3 288.1 281.7 301.0 4.82 5 800 1994 -1.9 -2.4 97 0.4 -2.1 260 21 289.1 289.8 281.6 300.7 4.02 6 750 2504 -5.2 -5.3 100 0.1 -5.2 267 23 290.9 291.5 281.8 301.0 3.45 7 700 3043 -7.8 -12.7 68 4.9 -9.4 268 34 293.8 294.2 281.4 300.1 2.06 8 650 3616 -11.2 -18.7 54 7.4 -13.2 269 39 296.2 296.5 281.5 300.4 1.34 9 600 4225 -15.1 -27.7 33 12.6 -17.5 272 40 298.7 298.8 281.7 300.8 0.66 10 550 4878 -19.0 -41.2 12 22.3 -21.7 267 40 301.6 301.6 282.3 302.2 0.19 11 500 5580 -23.7 -50.1 7 26.4 -25.9 268 40 304.1 304.1 283.2 304.4 0.08 12 450 6341 -29.2 -49.1 13 19.8 -30.7 272 49 306.5 306.5 284.1 306.9 0.10 13 400 7171 -36.0 -45.7 36 9.7 -36.7 273 56 308.2 308.2 284.8 308.8 0.16 14 350 8083 -43.1 -53.5 31 10.4 -43.5 275 61 310.6 310.6 285.7 310.9 0.07 15 300 9106 -49.8 -62.2 22 12.4 -50.1 277 69 315.2 315.2 287.2 315.3 0.03 16 250 10286 -52.6 -67.4 15 14.8 -52.8 277 74 327.9 327.9 291.1 328.0 0.02 17 200 11744 -48.0 -78.2 2 30.2 -48.6 278 69 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.7 0.00 18 150 13629 -50.8 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.4 280 60 382.5 382.5 302.6 382.5 0.00 19 100 16238 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.5 279 42 421.5 421.5 307.9 421.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5399.28 m Freezing level: 831.81 mb = 1685.31 m = 5529.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 833.64 mb = 1664.31 m = 5460.27 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.75 % Est. max temperature: 14.33 C = 57.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.40 mb = 428.95 m = 1407.31 ft T: 7.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 0.94 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.70 mb = 931.79 m = 3057.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.29 C = 54.12 F Cap Strength: 4.21 C Lifted Index: 5.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.66 C Showalter Index: 4.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.80 C Cross Totals Index: 24.66 C K Index: 20.89 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 93.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13652.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.65 mb = 763.66 m = 2505.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.4 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 297.4 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 2.4 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.4 neg: -1.5 tot: 99.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 49.78 m/s