MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 12 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 12.3 6.5 68 5.8 9.2 352 12 285.0 286.1 282.1 301.9 6.05 1 1000 188 12.0 5.8 66 6.2 8.8 352 17 285.2 286.2 281.9 301.4 5.79 2 950 615 8.9 4.3 73 4.6 6.6 350 28 286.2 287.2 282.0 301.7 5.48 3 900 1062 7.5 3.6 76 3.9 5.5 334 32 289.3 290.2 283.4 305.0 5.52 4 850 1531 4.3 2.9 91 1.4 3.6 324 30 290.6 291.6 284.0 306.6 5.55 5 800 2021 0.9 0.5 97 0.5 0.7 321 27 292.1 293.0 284.0 306.5 4.94 6 750 2537 -2.4 -3.2 94 0.8 -2.8 322 16 294.0 294.7 283.7 305.8 4.01 7 700 3082 -5.1 -6.3 92 1.2 -5.5 310 18 296.8 297.5 284.2 307.1 3.42 8 650 3662 -8.2 -9.0 94 0.8 -8.5 297 23 299.7 300.2 284.8 308.8 2.98 9 600 4279 -11.8 -12.4 95 0.6 -12.0 289 25 302.4 302.9 285.4 310.1 2.46 10 550 4940 -16.0 -16.3 98 0.3 -16.1 287 24 305.1 305.4 285.8 311.2 1.94 11 500 5652 -20.3 -20.3 100 0.0 -20.3 305 24 308.3 308.6 286.5 313.3 1.52 12 450 6424 -25.9 -26.1 98 0.2 -25.9 313 28 310.7 310.9 286.8 314.1 1.01 13 400 7266 -32.2 -32.5 98 0.2 -32.3 322 26 313.1 313.2 287.2 315.3 0.63 14 350 8193 -39.6 -46.3 49 6.7 -40.1 315 30 315.3 315.3 287.4 316.0 0.17 15 300 9230 -47.2 -56.0 36 8.8 -47.5 298 33 318.8 318.9 288.5 319.1 0.06 16 250 10420 -52.0 -65.7 18 13.7 -52.2 290 40 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.8 0.02 17 200 11865 -50.2 -73.0 5 22.9 -50.6 280 35 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 13748 -49.9 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.6 277 39 384.0 384.0 302.9 384.0 0.00 19 100 16362 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.7 268 32 419.0 419.0 307.6 419.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5464.03 m Freezing level: 786.05 mb = 2165.39 m = 7104.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 789.72 mb = 2124.87 m = 6971.28 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.52 % Est. max temperature: 17.75 C = 63.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.25 mb = 869.12 m = 2851.41 ft T: 8.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 0.78 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.63 mb = 1785.75 m = 5858.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.68 C = 65.63 F Cap Strength: 5.62 C Lifted Index: 7.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.02 C Showalter Index: 4.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.56 C Cross Totals Index: 23.19 C K Index: 26.31 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 120.02 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13206.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.79 mb = 1201.83 m = 3942.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.6 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 342.6 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: -84.9 tot: -81.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -27.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: -5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.49 Bulk Shear: 29.87 m/s