MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F336.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F336.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14 day GFS valid 6Z 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 1005 146 11.3 7.1 75 4.3 9.0 179 2 284.1 285.2 282.0 301.6 6.30 1 1000 185 11.3 6.5 72 4.8 8.8 200 2 284.4 285.5 281.9 301.3 6.07 2 950 611 7.9 4.7 80 3.2 6.2 209 3 285.2 286.1 281.7 301.0 5.64 3 900 1055 4.4 2.4 86 2.1 3.4 255 3 286.1 287.0 281.5 300.3 5.04 4 850 1518 1.2 -0.4 89 1.6 0.5 295 5 287.4 288.1 281.3 299.9 4.37 5 800 2003 -1.9 -3.8 87 1.9 -2.7 317 7 289.2 289.8 281.2 299.6 3.61 6 750 2513 -5.1 -8.4 78 3.3 -6.3 330 9 291.0 291.5 280.9 299.0 2.71 7 700 3052 -8.6 -11.1 82 2.5 -9.4 338 11 293.0 293.4 281.3 300.0 2.34 8 650 3623 -12.1 -17.3 66 5.1 -13.5 339 12 295.2 295.5 281.3 299.9 1.52 9 600 4230 -16.1 -25.2 45 9.1 -17.9 332 12 297.5 297.7 281.4 300.2 0.83 10 550 4879 -21.1 -26.1 64 5.0 -22.1 326 15 299.0 299.2 282.0 301.7 0.83 11 500 5574 -26.4 -36.3 39 9.9 -27.6 325 19 300.8 300.9 282.2 302.0 0.34 12 450 6326 -32.4 -38.0 57 5.6 -32.9 328 23 302.6 302.6 282.8 303.7 0.32 13 400 7145 -38.9 -39.0 98 0.2 -38.9 328 29 304.5 304.5 283.7 305.6 0.32 14 350 8046 -46.0 -57.4 27 11.3 -46.3 314 27 306.7 306.7 284.1 306.8 0.05 15 300 9059 -50.8 -67.9 11 17.1 -51.1 285 28 313.7 313.7 286.6 313.8 0.01 16 250 10235 -52.7 -70.6 10 17.9 -53.0 283 30 327.7 327.7 291.0 327.7 0.01 17 200 11690 -48.2 -78.0 2 29.9 -48.7 270 27 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.00 18 150 13603 -45.6 -76.4 2 30.8 -46.6 272 31 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.01 19 100 16270 -52.1 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.8 279 33 427.0 427.0 308.5 427.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5388.89 m Freezing level: 830.54 mb = 1706.58 m = 5598.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 842.28 mb = 1590.71 m = 5218.81 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.98 % Est. max temperature: 14.49 C = 58.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.00 mb = 680.78 m = 2233.50 ft T: 7.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 2.57 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.26 mb = 1152.01 m = 3779.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.60 C = 56.47 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: 1.86 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C Showalter Index: 2.62 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 53.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.60 C Cross Totals Index: 26.02 C K Index: 24.71 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 121.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12668.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.67 mb = 1003.31 m = 3291.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.5 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 355.5 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 25.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 20.19 m/s