MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F333.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F333.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 333 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 1006 146 11.4 7.3 76 4.1 9.2 282 2 284.1 285.2 282.1 301.7 6.36 1 1000 194 10.5 6.9 78 3.7 8.6 275 4 283.7 284.8 281.7 301.0 6.23 2 950 619 7.3 5.0 85 2.3 6.1 268 5 284.6 285.6 281.6 300.7 5.76 3 900 1062 3.9 3.2 96 0.6 3.6 295 5 285.5 286.4 281.6 300.6 5.37 4 850 1525 1.8 -0.4 85 2.2 0.8 330 7 288.0 288.8 281.5 300.5 4.37 5 800 2011 -1.5 -4.9 77 3.5 -2.9 347 9 289.6 290.2 281.0 299.2 3.31 6 750 2521 -5.0 -10.8 64 5.8 -7.0 351 10 291.1 291.5 280.3 297.8 2.23 7 700 3060 -8.6 -15.2 59 6.6 -10.5 349 11 293.0 293.3 280.5 298.1 1.67 8 650 3630 -12.0 -20.1 51 8.1 -14.0 338 11 295.4 295.6 281.0 299.2 1.19 9 600 4238 -15.9 -28.9 32 12.9 -18.3 327 11 297.7 297.8 281.1 299.6 0.59 10 550 4888 -20.5 -31.1 38 10.6 -22.2 317 12 299.8 299.9 282.0 301.5 0.52 11 500 5585 -25.7 -32.8 51 7.1 -26.6 317 16 301.8 301.8 282.7 303.4 0.48 12 450 6340 -31.5 -45.8 23 14.3 -32.6 310 18 303.6 303.7 283.1 304.1 0.14 13 400 7161 -38.6 -46.7 43 8.0 -39.1 312 20 304.8 304.8 283.5 305.3 0.14 14 350 8062 -46.3 -54.8 38 8.5 -46.6 311 26 306.3 306.3 284.0 306.6 0.06 15 300 9073 -51.3 -66.9 14 15.6 -51.5 294 27 313.0 313.0 286.4 313.1 0.02 16 250 10249 -53.7 -71.2 10 17.4 -54.0 288 24 326.2 326.2 290.6 326.2 0.01 17 200 11700 -47.4 -77.7 2 30.3 -48.0 275 28 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.00 18 150 13615 -45.8 -76.5 2 30.7 -46.8 273 36 391.1 391.1 304.0 391.2 0.01 19 100 16283 -51.7 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.4 278 30 427.9 427.9 308.6 427.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5391.00 m Freezing level: 822.63 mb = 1790.78 m = 5875.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 839.24 mb = 1626.73 m = 5336.97 ft Precipitable water: 0.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.65 % Est. max temperature: 15.04 C = 59.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.93 mb = 663.02 m = 2175.22 ft T: 6.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 3.98 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.18 mb = 978.75 m = 3211.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.67 C = 54.81 F Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lifted Index: 2.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.37 C Showalter Index: 2.95 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 52.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.43 C Cross Totals Index: 25.25 C K Index: 20.38 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 104.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.56 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13762.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.31 mb = 879.15 m = 2884.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 326.0 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 356.0 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.7 neg: -0.6 tot: 12.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.67 Bulk Shear: 9.90 m/s