MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F351.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F351.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 351 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 5.9 4.8 93 1.1 5.4 264 3 278.7 279.6 278.3 293.4 5.37 1 1000 182 5.8 4.8 94 1.0 5.3 260 4 278.9 279.8 278.4 293.6 5.39 2 950 600 3.6 2.2 91 1.4 2.9 228 7 280.8 281.6 278.6 293.8 4.71 3 900 1038 1.1 0.0 92 1.1 0.7 236 5 282.7 283.4 278.9 294.6 4.26 4 850 1495 -1.2 -3.7 83 2.5 -2.2 268 6 284.9 285.5 278.9 294.6 3.41 5 800 1977 -4.0 -5.6 89 1.6 -4.7 1 5 286.9 287.4 279.5 295.9 3.14 6 750 2483 -7.3 -8.4 92 1.1 -7.7 59 9 288.7 289.2 279.8 296.6 2.71 7 700 3017 -10.5 -14.3 73 3.8 -11.6 70 10 290.8 291.2 279.7 296.3 1.80 8 650 3584 -14.0 -27.4 31 13.4 -16.6 64 10 293.1 293.3 279.1 295.1 0.62 9 600 4185 -19.0 -33.9 25 15.0 -21.1 49 12 294.2 294.2 279.3 295.4 0.36 10 550 4826 -24.6 -35.2 37 10.6 -25.9 44 17 294.9 294.9 279.6 296.0 0.35 11 500 5510 -30.8 -36.3 58 5.6 -31.3 52 19 295.5 295.6 279.8 296.7 0.34 12 450 6248 -36.6 -41.6 59 5.1 -36.9 64 20 297.3 297.3 280.5 298.0 0.22 13 400 7057 -40.3 -53.6 23 13.3 -40.8 64 19 302.6 302.6 282.5 302.8 0.06 14 350 7962 -42.8 -68.9 4 26.1 -43.4 26 15 311.0 311.0 285.7 311.1 0.01 15 300 8993 -46.4 -71.5 4 25.1 -46.9 331 15 320.0 320.0 288.8 320.0 0.01 16 250 10195 -49.0 -74.1 4 25.1 -49.4 292 15 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.2 0.01 17 200 11661 -47.8 -78.0 2 30.2 -48.4 262 25 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.00 18 150 13563 -47.5 -77.8 2 30.3 -48.4 272 34 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.01 19 100 16217 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.3 -52.5 279 31 427.8 427.8 308.6 427.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5328.22 m Freezing level: 875.81 mb = 1259.12 m = 4130.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 888.43 mb = 1141.21 m = 3744.09 ft Precipitable water: 0.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.76 % Est. max temperature: 11.90 C = 53.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.16 mb = 287.43 m = 943.01 ft T: 5.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.12 C/km ThetaE index: 1.50 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.41 mb = 891.48 m = 2924.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.24 C = 48.63 F Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lifted Index: 2.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.53 C Showalter Index: 2.02 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 56.62 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.57 C Cross Totals Index: 27.05 C K Index: 22.04 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15114.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.72 mb = 722.83 m = 2371.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 50.5 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 80.5 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.5 neg: -12.4 tot: 38.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 35.86 m/s