MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F339.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F339.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 339 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 147 9.6 7.7 88 1.9 8.6 204 4 282.3 283.4 281.5 300.4 6.56 1 1000 189 9.7 7.2 84 2.5 8.4 196 5 282.9 284.0 281.5 300.5 6.37 2 950 614 7.2 5.0 86 2.2 6.1 179 5 284.5 285.5 281.5 300.5 5.75 3 900 1056 4.0 2.5 90 1.5 3.3 177 3 285.6 286.5 281.3 300.0 5.10 4 850 1519 0.5 0.2 98 0.3 0.4 123 1 286.7 287.5 281.2 299.7 4.57 5 800 2003 -2.3 -2.5 98 0.2 -2.4 2 1 288.7 289.4 281.4 300.1 3.97 6 750 2513 -5.4 -5.8 97 0.4 -5.5 339 5 290.7 291.3 281.5 300.4 3.31 7 700 3051 -8.9 -9.6 95 0.7 -9.1 345 8 292.7 293.1 281.5 300.5 2.64 8 650 3621 -12.6 -13.5 93 0.9 -12.9 347 10 294.7 295.0 281.7 301.0 2.07 9 600 4227 -17.0 -18.3 90 1.3 -17.3 347 14 296.5 296.8 281.8 301.2 1.51 10 550 4873 -21.8 -27.3 61 5.5 -22.7 343 18 298.2 298.4 281.6 300.6 0.74 11 500 5567 -27.3 -32.6 61 5.3 -28.0 339 21 299.8 299.9 281.9 301.4 0.49 12 450 6316 -33.4 -36.8 71 3.4 -33.7 340 25 301.3 301.4 282.4 302.5 0.36 13 400 7132 -39.6 -44.6 59 5.0 -39.9 343 32 303.6 303.6 283.1 304.2 0.18 14 350 8034 -44.8 -64.1 10 19.3 -45.3 317 28 308.3 308.3 284.7 308.3 0.02 15 300 9052 -49.9 -67.6 11 17.7 -50.2 298 22 315.0 315.0 287.1 315.1 0.01 16 250 10236 -51.8 -72.8 6 21.0 -52.1 285 28 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.1 0.01 17 200 11694 -47.1 -77.5 2 30.4 -47.8 278 24 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.00 18 150 13605 -45.5 -76.3 2 30.8 -46.5 273 32 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.7 0.01 19 100 16270 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -53.1 273 34 426.6 426.6 308.4 426.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5377.64 m Freezing level: 840.56 mb = 1609.94 m = 5281.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 843.33 mb = 1581.47 m = 5188.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.56 % Est. max temperature: 13.87 C = 56.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.96 mb = 382.24 m = 1254.06 ft T: 8.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.32 C/km ThetaE index: 0.82 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.64 mb = 996.28 m = 3268.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.75 C = 54.95 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: 1.40 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.30 C Showalter Index: 1.86 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 55.36 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 27.83 C Cross Totals Index: 27.53 C K Index: 27.37 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.93 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.63 mb = 844.27 m = 2769.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 858.63 mb = 1436.82 m = 4713.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 778.63 mb = 2216.72 m = 7272.60 ft B at Equ Level: 13.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 658.63 mb = 3519.23 m = 11545.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 341.2 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 11.2 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.8 neg: -8.5 tot: 1.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 28.71 m/s