MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 6Z 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 10.1 9.0 93 1.1 9.5 314 5 283.0 284.2 282.5 302.8 7.19 1 1000 179 10.2 8.8 91 1.4 9.4 291 6 283.3 284.5 282.5 302.9 7.11 2 950 604 7.7 6.7 93 1.0 7.2 261 11 285.0 286.2 282.7 303.1 6.49 3 900 1048 5.0 4.7 98 0.3 4.8 241 14 286.7 287.7 282.8 303.4 5.95 4 850 1513 2.1 1.9 99 0.1 2.0 242 16 288.3 289.2 282.6 303.1 5.18 5 800 2000 -0.8 -1.0 98 0.3 -0.9 255 17 290.3 291.1 282.6 303.1 4.43 6 750 2513 -3.8 -4.5 95 0.7 -4.1 276 19 292.5 293.1 282.7 303.2 3.66 7 700 3055 -6.2 -7.2 92 1.0 -6.6 299 24 295.6 296.2 283.4 305.1 3.17 8 650 3632 -8.9 -12.6 75 3.7 -10.1 313 28 298.9 299.3 283.7 305.8 2.24 9 600 4248 -12.5 -18.6 60 6.1 -14.2 318 31 301.6 301.9 283.9 306.3 1.46 10 550 4906 -17.4 -26.9 43 9.5 -19.3 318 32 303.4 303.5 283.8 305.9 0.77 11 500 5612 -22.5 -34.3 33 11.8 -24.2 320 35 305.7 305.7 284.2 307.1 0.42 12 450 6378 -27.4 -43.2 21 15.7 -29.0 318 37 308.7 308.8 285.1 309.4 0.19 13 400 7214 -34.1 -44.9 33 10.8 -34.9 320 37 310.7 310.7 285.8 311.3 0.17 14 350 8136 -40.0 -51.8 27 11.8 -40.6 318 41 314.8 314.8 287.1 315.1 0.09 15 300 9173 -46.6 -64.1 12 17.5 -47.0 314 43 319.7 319.7 288.6 319.8 0.02 16 250 10372 -49.5 -70.1 7 20.6 -49.9 297 38 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.5 0.01 17 200 11833 -49.0 -74.9 3 25.9 -49.5 270 35 355.3 355.3 297.7 355.3 0.01 18 150 13718 -50.0 -79.7 2 29.7 -50.7 273 37 383.9 383.9 302.9 383.9 0.00 19 100 16337 -55.1 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.6 273 29 421.2 421.2 307.9 421.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5433.02 m Freezing level: 813.68 mb = 1866.57 m = 6123.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 815.66 mb = 1844.09 m = 6050.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.92 % Est. max temperature: 15.37 C = 59.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.11 mb = 286.85 m = 941.10 ft T: 9.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 0.32 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.95 mb = 806.06 m = 2644.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.94 C = 55.29 F Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lifted Index: 4.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.45 C Showalter Index: 4.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.55 C Cross Totals Index: 24.41 C K Index: 25.46 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 89.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.82 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12075.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.21 mb = 698.14 m = 2290.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.5 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 331.5 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 2.4 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.9 neg: -0.2 tot: 130.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 39.12 m/s