MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F360.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F360.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 day GFS valid 6Z TUE 19 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 8.9 6.0 82 2.9 7.4 200 4 281.8 282.8 280.4 297.9 5.84 1 1000 172 8.3 6.0 85 2.3 7.1 195 5 281.4 282.4 280.3 297.5 5.85 2 950 593 5.2 4.2 93 1.0 4.7 173 9 282.5 283.4 280.3 297.6 5.43 3 900 1033 2.9 0.9 87 2.0 2.0 157 12 284.5 285.3 280.1 297.4 4.55 4 850 1494 0.5 -2.5 81 2.9 -0.8 146 14 286.6 287.3 280.1 297.4 3.74 5 800 1978 -2.6 -5.3 82 2.7 -3.7 138 15 288.4 288.9 280.3 297.7 3.22 6 750 2487 -5.5 -8.0 83 2.5 -6.4 133 16 290.6 291.1 280.8 298.8 2.79 7 700 3025 -9.1 -11.4 83 2.4 -9.8 133 19 292.5 292.9 281.0 299.3 2.28 8 650 3594 -13.2 -15.6 82 2.4 -13.8 133 24 294.1 294.4 281.1 299.4 1.75 9 600 4198 -17.8 -22.6 66 4.8 -18.8 141 28 295.5 295.7 280.8 298.8 1.04 10 550 4843 -22.5 -24.3 85 1.8 -22.9 142 30 297.4 297.5 281.5 300.5 0.97 11 500 5535 -27.7 -27.7 100 0.0 -27.7 121 29 299.3 299.4 282.1 301.8 0.79 12 450 6284 -33.8 -33.8 100 -0.0 -33.8 106 34 300.7 300.8 282.3 302.3 0.49 13 400 7096 -41.3 -41.3 100 -0.0 -41.3 92 32 301.4 301.4 282.3 302.2 0.26 14 350 7989 -46.2 -59.0 22 12.8 -46.5 63 15 306.4 306.4 284.0 306.6 0.04 15 300 9005 -49.6 -71.0 6 21.5 -49.9 138 16 315.5 315.5 287.3 315.5 0.01 16 250 10195 -50.8 -72.9 6 22.1 -51.1 177 7 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.6 0.01 17 200 11650 -49.4 -77.9 2 28.5 -49.9 262 18 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.00 18 150 13538 -48.6 -78.6 2 30.0 -49.4 272 33 386.3 386.3 303.2 386.3 0.01 19 100 16184 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -52.0 275 33 428.9 428.9 308.7 428.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5363.91 m Freezing level: 842.48 mb = 1567.24 m = 5141.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 864.23 mb = 1360.48 m = 4463.45 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.14 % Est. max temperature: 13.60 C = 56.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.99 mb = 507.30 m = 1664.35 ft T: 5.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.42 C/km ThetaE index: 0.33 C Layer 1000.0- 950.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.42 mb = 966.40 m = 3170.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.33 C = 52.39 F Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lifted Index: 3.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.83 C Showalter Index: 3.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 53.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.15 C Cross Totals Index: 25.20 C K Index: 23.29 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12883.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.01 mb = 775.04 m = 2542.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 135.2 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 165.2 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.6 neg: -1.3 tot: 19.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 37.20 m/s