MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F342.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F342.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 342 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 8.5 7.7 95 0.8 8.1 259 7 281.2 282.3 281.0 299.2 6.57 1 1000 190 8.2 7.3 94 0.9 7.7 252 8 281.3 282.4 280.8 298.9 6.41 2 950 612 5.8 5.1 95 0.7 5.5 228 8 283.1 284.1 281.0 299.2 5.80 3 900 1053 3.2 2.9 98 0.2 3.1 174 3 284.8 285.7 281.1 299.5 5.26 4 850 1514 0.2 0.1 99 0.2 0.1 77 6 286.4 287.2 281.0 299.2 4.52 5 800 1998 -2.5 -3.2 95 0.7 -2.8 48 8 288.5 289.2 281.1 299.4 3.78 6 750 2507 -5.8 -6.1 98 0.3 -5.9 22 10 290.3 290.9 281.3 299.8 3.24 7 700 3045 -8.9 -9.5 95 0.6 -9.1 9 11 292.6 293.1 281.5 300.5 2.65 8 650 3614 -12.9 -14.6 87 1.7 -13.4 5 13 294.3 294.7 281.4 300.1 1.90 9 600 4220 -17.2 -21.3 70 4.1 -18.1 355 15 296.2 296.4 281.3 299.9 1.16 10 550 4865 -22.2 -25.9 72 3.6 -22.9 353 18 297.7 297.8 281.5 300.4 0.84 11 500 5558 -28.0 -31.4 73 3.4 -28.5 349 20 298.9 299.0 281.6 300.7 0.56 12 450 6304 -34.5 -37.2 76 2.7 -34.8 350 25 299.8 299.9 281.8 301.0 0.35 13 400 7118 -39.3 -56.2 15 16.9 -39.9 347 29 304.0 304.0 283.1 304.1 0.05 14 350 8022 -44.5 -63.7 10 19.3 -44.9 329 26 308.8 308.8 284.9 308.9 0.02 15 300 9043 -49.1 -68.1 9 19.0 -49.4 313 24 316.1 316.1 287.5 316.2 0.01 16 250 10230 -50.9 -74.1 5 23.2 -51.2 282 26 330.4 330.4 291.8 330.4 0.01 17 200 11689 -47.9 -78.1 2 30.2 -48.5 276 28 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.00 18 150 13601 -46.1 -76.7 2 30.6 -47.0 275 31 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.01 19 100 16264 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.6 274 29 427.5 427.5 308.6 427.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5367.27 m Freezing level: 845.97 mb = 1553.37 m = 5096.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 847.66 mb = 1536.34 m = 5040.43 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.61 % Est. max temperature: 13.48 C = 56.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.68 mb = 242.47 m = 795.49 ft T: 7.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.60 C/km ThetaE index: 0.30 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 934.77 mb = 744.22 m = 2441.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.89 C = 51.60 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: 1.48 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: 1.48 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 56.34 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.25 C Cross Totals Index: 28.10 C K Index: 27.72 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.59 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13540.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.36 mb = 660.94 m = 2168.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 358.7 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 28.7 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: -55.6 tot: -55.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -18.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 42.84 m/s