MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 1004 147 10.6 7.8 82 2.9 9.1 341 10 283.5 284.6 282.1 301.7 6.60 1 1000 180 10.5 7.4 81 3.1 8.9 340 13 283.7 284.8 282.0 301.6 6.47 2 950 605 8.0 6.0 87 2.0 7.0 328 23 285.3 286.4 282.4 302.6 6.19 3 900 1051 6.5 5.1 91 1.4 5.8 310 28 288.2 289.2 283.6 305.5 6.12 4 850 1518 3.4 3.0 97 0.4 3.2 309 27 289.7 290.7 283.7 305.7 5.58 5 800 2007 0.5 0.3 98 0.2 0.4 307 27 291.7 292.5 283.7 305.8 4.87 6 750 2523 -2.2 -2.5 98 0.3 -2.3 304 27 294.2 294.9 284.0 306.6 4.24 7 700 3068 -5.5 -6.1 95 0.7 -5.7 307 27 296.4 297.1 284.1 306.8 3.46 8 650 3646 -8.9 -10.6 87 1.7 -9.5 309 27 298.9 299.4 284.2 307.0 2.62 9 600 4262 -12.2 -21.3 47 9.1 -14.5 308 29 302.0 302.2 283.7 305.7 1.16 10 550 4921 -16.9 -27.7 39 10.8 -19.0 309 28 304.0 304.2 284.0 306.4 0.71 11 500 5630 -20.7 -22.5 86 1.8 -21.1 319 33 307.8 308.0 286.0 311.9 1.26 12 450 6401 -26.3 -26.5 98 0.2 -26.3 326 34 310.2 310.3 286.5 313.4 0.97 13 400 7240 -33.3 -34.4 90 1.1 -33.4 328 37 311.7 311.8 286.5 313.5 0.52 14 350 8164 -39.6 -51.4 27 11.8 -40.2 318 39 315.4 315.4 287.3 315.7 0.10 15 300 9202 -47.1 -56.3 34 9.2 -47.3 311 42 319.0 319.0 288.5 319.3 0.06 16 250 10394 -51.4 -67.6 13 16.2 -51.7 297 42 329.7 329.7 291.6 329.7 0.02 17 200 11846 -49.7 -73.1 5 23.4 -50.2 277 35 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.01 18 150 13730 -50.0 -79.7 2 29.7 -50.6 274 37 383.9 383.9 302.9 383.9 0.00 19 100 16347 -55.2 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 266 27 421.0 421.0 307.9 421.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5450.53 m Freezing level: 791.09 mb = 2099.25 m = 6887.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 793.11 mb = 2076.50 m = 6812.59 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.64 % Est. max temperature: 16.76 C = 62.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.02 mb = 509.52 m = 1671.64 ft T: 8.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 0.14 C Layer 1000.0- 950.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.17 mb = 1270.06 m = 4166.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.06 C = 60.91 F Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lifted Index: 6.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.32 C Showalter Index: 4.38 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.14 C Cross Totals Index: 23.72 C K Index: 26.46 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 123.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13424.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.84 mb = 853.19 m = 2799.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.8 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 341.8 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 3.5 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.9 neg: -12.2 tot: 3.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.80 Bulk Shear: 20.59 m/s