MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 1005 147 11.0 7.5 79 3.5 9.2 245 7 283.8 284.9 282.1 301.8 6.50 1 1000 184 10.5 6.3 75 4.2 8.3 239 8 283.7 284.7 281.4 300.3 5.98 2 950 609 6.9 4.0 82 2.8 5.5 232 11 284.2 285.1 281.0 299.2 5.38 3 900 1051 3.5 2.0 90 1.4 2.8 238 13 285.1 285.9 280.8 298.9 4.92 4 850 1512 0.4 0.0 97 0.4 0.2 257 13 286.6 287.3 281.1 299.4 4.51 5 800 1996 -2.8 -3.4 96 0.6 -3.0 270 17 288.2 288.8 280.8 298.9 3.72 6 750 2504 -6.0 -7.3 90 1.3 -6.5 275 22 290.1 290.6 280.8 298.7 2.94 7 700 3042 -7.9 -18.7 41 10.8 -10.8 265 29 293.7 293.9 280.3 297.6 1.24 8 650 3615 -10.7 -30.7 17 20.1 -14.5 265 31 296.9 297.0 280.6 298.4 0.45 9 600 4226 -14.0 -42.5 7 28.6 -17.7 256 30 299.9 300.0 281.5 300.5 0.15 10 550 4881 -18.4 -43.4 9 25.0 -21.3 257 35 302.3 302.3 282.5 302.8 0.15 11 500 5584 -23.9 -44.4 13 20.5 -25.9 262 41 303.9 304.0 283.2 304.5 0.15 12 450 6343 -30.0 -40.1 37 10.1 -31.0 265 49 305.6 305.6 284.0 306.5 0.26 13 400 7170 -36.8 -44.0 47 7.2 -37.3 268 53 307.1 307.2 284.5 307.8 0.19 14 350 8080 -43.6 -53.0 34 9.5 -43.9 272 58 310.0 310.0 285.4 310.3 0.08 15 300 9102 -49.6 -63.1 19 13.5 -49.9 273 65 315.4 315.4 287.3 315.5 0.03 16 250 10284 -52.0 -67.2 14 15.2 -52.3 276 69 328.7 328.7 291.3 328.8 0.02 17 200 11740 -49.0 -78.9 2 29.9 -49.5 279 68 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.00 18 150 13619 -51.4 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 277 60 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 19 100 16231 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.7 -54.5 285 44 423.6 423.6 308.2 423.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5399.57 m Freezing level: 843.91 mb = 1570.79 m = 5153.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 846.54 mb = 1544.44 m = 5066.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.24 % Est. max temperature: 13.64 C = 56.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.24 mb = 580.66 m = 1905.03 ft T: 7.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 2.87 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.78 mb = 1043.44 m = 3423.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.27 C = 54.08 F Cap Strength: 5.14 C Lifted Index: 5.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.79 C Showalter Index: 5.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.27 C Cross Totals Index: 23.91 C K Index: 13.48 Risk: None Sweat Index: 66.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.03 mb = 942.09 m = 3090.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.03 mb = 1827.54 m = 5995.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 767.03 mb = 2327.36 m = 7635.59 ft B at Equ Level: 5.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 727.03 mb = 2746.70 m = 9011.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.7 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 290.7 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.4 neg: -1.9 tot: 45.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 42.23 m/s