MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F330.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F330.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 330 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 18 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 1007 146 9.6 7.1 84 2.5 8.3 274 3 282.2 283.2 281.1 299.5 6.28 1 1000 207 8.7 6.9 89 1.8 7.8 276 4 281.8 282.9 280.9 299.0 6.24 2 950 630 6.3 5.5 94 0.9 5.9 258 5 283.6 284.7 281.4 300.2 5.95 3 900 1071 3.8 3.2 96 0.6 3.5 265 4 285.4 286.4 281.5 300.4 5.34 4 850 1534 1.9 -0.4 85 2.3 0.8 339 5 288.1 288.9 281.6 300.6 4.37 5 800 2021 -1.6 -3.7 86 2.1 -2.4 2 8 289.5 290.1 281.3 300.0 3.64 6 750 2531 -5.2 -9.4 72 4.2 -6.7 12 8 290.9 291.4 280.6 298.3 2.50 7 700 3069 -8.5 -16.5 53 8.0 -10.8 6 7 293.1 293.4 280.3 297.7 1.51 8 650 3640 -11.9 -18.7 57 6.8 -13.6 340 7 295.5 295.8 281.2 299.7 1.34 9 600 4249 -15.5 -26.5 38 11.0 -17.7 307 7 298.1 298.3 281.5 300.5 0.73 10 550 4899 -19.8 -36.7 21 16.8 -22.1 293 10 300.6 300.6 282.0 301.6 0.30 11 500 5599 -25.1 -34.5 41 9.4 -26.3 297 13 302.5 302.6 283.0 303.9 0.41 12 450 6355 -31.4 -34.0 78 2.6 -31.7 295 16 303.7 303.8 283.5 305.4 0.48 13 400 7176 -38.5 -42.1 68 3.7 -38.7 298 19 305.0 305.0 283.7 305.8 0.24 14 350 8078 -45.9 -53.1 44 7.2 -46.2 306 21 306.8 306.8 284.2 307.1 0.08 15 300 9090 -51.7 -65.1 19 13.4 -51.9 299 26 312.5 312.5 286.2 312.6 0.02 16 250 10262 -53.7 -70.3 12 16.5 -53.9 287 22 326.2 326.2 290.6 326.2 0.01 17 200 11715 -47.2 -77.2 2 30.0 -47.9 269 29 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.01 18 150 13629 -46.4 -76.9 2 30.6 -47.3 278 39 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.2 0.01 19 100 16292 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.1 -52.9 272 29 426.9 426.9 308.5 426.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5392.30 m Freezing level: 823.01 mb = 1797.00 m = 5895.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 837.20 mb = 1656.20 m = 5433.66 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.23 % Est. max temperature: 15.15 C = 59.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.62 mb = 461.10 m = 1512.79 ft T: 7.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 2.91 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.24 mb = 862.96 m = 2831.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.03 C = 53.65 F Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lifted Index: 3.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.01 C Showalter Index: 3.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 51.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.93 C Cross Totals Index: 24.66 C K Index: 18.56 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 74.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.65 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12443.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.71 mb = 718.57 m = 2357.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.3 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 346.3 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -150.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: -1.0 tot: 2.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.79 Bulk Shear: 4.70 m/s