MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 10.6 6.5 76 4.1 8.4 199 8 283.3 284.3 281.3 300.0 6.03 1 1000 192 10.1 5.1 71 5.0 7.6 201 11 283.3 284.2 280.7 298.6 5.52 2 950 616 6.5 3.2 79 3.3 4.9 203 12 283.8 284.6 280.4 297.9 5.07 3 900 1057 2.7 1.9 94 0.8 2.3 218 11 284.3 285.1 280.4 298.0 4.88 4 850 1517 -0.5 -0.6 99 0.2 -0.6 244 12 285.6 286.4 280.4 297.8 4.29 5 800 1999 -3.3 -4.5 91 1.2 -3.8 268 17 287.6 288.2 280.2 297.4 3.41 6 750 2507 -6.2 -9.2 79 3.0 -7.2 280 19 289.9 290.3 280.1 297.3 2.53 7 700 3046 -7.1 -27.3 18 20.3 -11.5 260 22 294.7 294.8 279.8 296.6 0.58 8 650 3621 -9.7 -38.9 7 29.3 -14.3 252 23 298.0 298.1 280.8 298.7 0.20 9 600 4233 -13.8 -38.4 11 24.7 -17.4 250 25 300.2 300.2 281.7 301.0 0.23 10 550 4888 -18.6 -41.4 12 22.8 -21.4 254 30 302.0 302.0 282.4 302.6 0.18 11 500 5590 -24.2 -42.4 17 18.2 -26.1 258 36 303.5 303.6 283.1 304.2 0.18 12 450 6348 -30.6 -38.9 44 8.4 -31.4 260 42 304.8 304.9 283.7 305.9 0.29 13 400 7174 -36.8 -47.9 31 11.1 -37.5 265 49 307.2 307.2 284.4 307.6 0.13 14 350 8085 -43.3 -57.9 19 14.6 -43.7 266 55 310.4 310.4 285.5 310.5 0.04 15 300 9107 -49.9 -64.0 18 14.1 -50.1 270 62 315.0 315.0 287.1 315.1 0.02 16 250 10288 -52.1 -67.0 15 14.9 -52.4 272 67 328.6 328.6 291.3 328.7 0.02 17 200 11741 -49.7 -78.3 2 28.6 -50.3 277 67 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.00 18 150 13616 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 280 58 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 19 100 16229 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.4 -55.7 278 45 421.1 421.1 307.9 421.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5398.19 m Freezing level: 857.62 mb = 1446.58 m = 4745.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 859.76 mb = 1424.84 m = 4674.60 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.34 % Est. max temperature: 12.78 C = 55.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.30 mb = 656.39 m = 2153.50 ft T: 6.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 2.05 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.20 mb = 1054.96 m = 3461.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.59 C = 52.87 F Cap Strength: 5.79 C Lifted Index: 6.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.42 C Showalter Index: 6.30 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.72 C Cross Totals Index: 23.57 C K Index: 2.81 Risk: None Sweat Index: 60.19 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.88 mb = 985.63 m = 3233.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.88 mb = 1395.65 m = 4578.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 812.88 mb = 1871.93 m = 6141.43 ft B at Equ Level: 4.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 762.88 mb = 2372.90 m = 7785.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.8 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 283.8 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.4 neg: -8.3 tot: 29.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 41.93 m/s