MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F345.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F345.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 345 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 1004 147 7.9 7.1 94 0.8 7.5 246 7 280.7 281.8 280.4 297.9 6.29 1 1000 181 7.4 6.8 96 0.7 7.1 243 9 280.6 281.6 280.3 297.5 6.19 2 950 602 4.9 4.2 95 0.7 4.5 227 10 282.1 283.1 280.1 297.2 5.43 3 900 1041 2.6 2.5 99 0.1 2.5 218 4 284.2 285.0 280.6 298.4 5.09 4 850 1502 0.2 0.0 99 0.2 0.1 46 6 286.3 287.1 281.0 299.1 4.51 5 800 1986 -2.8 -3.4 96 0.6 -3.1 10 11 288.1 288.8 280.8 298.8 3.71 6 750 2494 -6.4 -6.6 98 0.2 -6.4 10 12 289.7 290.2 280.8 298.8 3.11 7 700 3030 -9.6 -10.9 90 1.3 -10.1 18 13 291.8 292.3 280.8 298.9 2.37 8 650 3598 -13.8 -16.9 77 3.1 -14.6 16 15 293.4 293.7 280.6 298.2 1.56 9 600 4201 -18.1 -23.1 65 5.0 -19.1 9 16 295.2 295.3 280.6 298.3 0.99 10 550 4845 -23.1 -27.1 69 4.0 -23.8 13 21 296.7 296.8 280.9 299.1 0.75 11 500 5534 -28.9 -31.4 79 2.5 -29.2 18 23 297.8 298.0 281.2 299.7 0.55 12 450 6278 -35.1 -38.3 72 3.2 -35.4 11 25 299.1 299.1 281.4 300.1 0.31 13 400 7091 -39.0 -57.5 12 18.4 -39.7 357 28 304.3 304.3 283.1 304.4 0.04 14 350 7998 -43.5 -65.6 7 22.0 -44.1 341 24 310.0 310.0 285.4 310.1 0.02 15 300 9023 -47.9 -68.2 8 20.4 -48.3 309 26 317.9 317.9 288.1 317.9 0.01 16 250 10217 -50.2 -74.6 4 24.3 -50.6 289 26 331.4 331.4 292.1 331.4 0.01 17 200 11676 -47.9 -78.1 2 30.2 -48.6 277 28 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.00 18 150 13584 -46.5 -77.1 2 30.5 -47.4 268 31 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.01 19 100 16247 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.3 -52.5 282 29 427.8 427.8 308.6 427.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5353.27 m Freezing level: 846.92 mb = 1531.88 m = 5025.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 847.88 mb = 1522.05 m = 4993.53 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.57 % Est. max temperature: 13.35 C = 56.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.52 mb = 251.01 m = 823.50 ft T: 7.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.68 C/km ThetaE index: 0.78 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 938.67 mb = 699.40 m = 2294.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.76 C = 49.57 F Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lifted Index: 1.82 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.26 C Showalter Index: 0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.94 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.05 C Cross Totals Index: 28.90 C K Index: 27.78 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14035.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.01 mb = 644.69 m = 2115.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 11.5 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 41.5 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.0 neg: -43.5 tot: -29.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 66.32 m/s