MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F348.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F348.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14.5 day GFS valid 18Z 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 1003 147 7.2 6.1 93 1.1 6.6 269 6 280.1 281.1 279.6 296.2 5.90 1 1000 175 6.7 5.9 94 0.9 6.3 267 8 279.9 280.9 279.4 295.8 5.81 2 950 594 4.1 3.3 95 0.8 3.7 245 9 281.4 282.2 279.3 295.5 5.11 3 900 1032 1.7 1.4 98 0.3 1.6 248 6 283.3 284.1 279.7 296.5 4.71 4 850 1491 -0.8 -1.2 97 0.4 -1.0 327 4 285.3 286.0 280.0 297.0 4.13 5 800 1973 -3.7 -4.2 96 0.5 -3.9 5 7 287.2 287.8 280.1 297.3 3.50 6 750 2480 -6.8 -7.5 95 0.6 -7.1 17 10 289.1 289.7 280.3 297.6 2.91 7 700 3015 -10.4 -12.1 87 1.7 -10.9 33 12 291.0 291.4 280.2 297.5 2.16 8 650 3582 -14.2 -18.4 70 4.2 -15.3 30 13 292.9 293.2 280.1 297.1 1.38 9 600 4183 -19.0 -24.4 62 5.5 -20.0 23 15 294.2 294.3 280.0 297.0 0.88 10 550 4824 -24.3 -29.0 65 4.7 -25.0 24 18 295.3 295.4 280.1 297.3 0.63 11 500 5510 -29.9 -33.1 73 3.2 -30.3 35 23 296.6 296.6 280.5 298.1 0.47 12 450 6252 -35.6 -38.9 71 3.4 -35.8 45 23 298.5 298.6 281.1 299.5 0.29 13 400 7064 -39.1 -54.7 18 15.6 -39.7 20 20 304.2 304.2 283.2 304.4 0.06 14 350 7972 -42.5 -67.5 5 25.0 -43.2 350 21 311.4 311.4 285.8 311.4 0.01 15 300 9002 -47.0 -69.1 6 22.1 -47.4 314 24 319.1 319.1 288.5 319.1 0.01 16 250 10200 -49.9 -73.3 5 23.5 -50.3 290 24 331.9 331.9 292.2 332.0 0.01 17 200 11661 -47.7 -78.0 2 30.2 -48.4 267 29 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.00 18 150 13568 -46.7 -77.2 2 30.5 -47.6 272 29 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.6 0.01 19 100 16227 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.3 281 31 428.1 428.1 308.6 428.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5335.84 m Freezing level: 866.14 mb = 1343.04 m = 4406.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 868.93 mb = 1314.33 m = 4312.06 ft Precipitable water: 0.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.59 % Est. max temperature: 12.28 C = 54.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.48 mb = 277.68 m = 911.00 ft T: 6.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.84 C/km ThetaE index: 0.70 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.98 mb = 731.93 m = 2401.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.09 C = 48.36 F Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lifted Index: 2.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.58 C Showalter Index: 1.17 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 57.85 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.10 C Cross Totals Index: 28.75 C K Index: 26.20 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15184.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.16 mb = 661.31 m = 2169.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 22.4 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 52.4 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.8 neg: -12.3 tot: 22.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 51.52 m/s