MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 6Z WED 20 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 1007 147 11.7 6.9 72 4.8 9.1 191 12 284.3 285.3 282.0 301.5 6.19 1 1000 203 11.3 5.8 69 5.5 8.4 185 14 284.4 285.4 281.5 300.5 5.77 2 950 629 7.5 3.9 78 3.6 5.7 179 18 284.8 285.7 281.2 299.7 5.33 3 900 1071 3.9 1.2 83 2.6 2.6 167 17 285.5 286.3 280.7 298.6 4.64 4 850 1533 0.8 -2.2 80 3.0 -0.4 148 16 287.0 287.7 280.4 298.0 3.83 5 800 2017 -2.4 -6.8 72 4.4 -4.1 141 16 288.6 289.1 280.0 297.0 2.87 6 750 2528 -4.7 -14.4 47 9.7 -7.7 141 15 291.5 291.8 279.8 296.6 1.67 7 700 3068 -6.8 -28.2 16 21.4 -11.3 150 15 295.0 295.1 279.8 296.7 0.53 8 650 3642 -10.3 -33.3 13 23.0 -14.4 150 16 297.3 297.4 280.7 298.5 0.35 9 600 4253 -15.0 -33.4 19 18.4 -18.0 151 16 298.8 298.9 281.4 300.1 0.38 10 550 4904 -20.3 -33.1 31 12.7 -22.2 149 16 300.0 300.1 282.0 301.4 0.43 11 500 5601 -26.2 -36.1 39 9.9 -27.4 148 15 301.1 301.2 282.3 302.3 0.35 12 450 6353 -32.3 -43.5 32 11.2 -33.1 145 16 302.7 302.7 282.7 303.3 0.18 13 400 7172 -38.8 -49.8 30 11.0 -39.4 147 17 304.5 304.6 283.4 304.9 0.10 14 350 8074 -46.2 -57.4 27 11.2 -46.4 150 21 306.5 306.5 284.1 306.7 0.05 15 300 9081 -53.5 -59.3 49 5.8 -53.6 146 14 309.9 310.0 285.4 310.1 0.04 16 250 10238 -58.1 -65.8 36 7.7 -58.2 178 11 319.8 319.8 288.7 319.8 0.02 17 200 11655 -52.9 -78.7 3 25.8 -53.2 223 12 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.00 18 150 13519 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.1 261 23 381.2 381.2 302.5 381.2 0.00 19 100 16146 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.4 276 28 425.9 425.9 308.4 425.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5397.97 m Freezing level: 837.06 mb = 1658.58 m = 5441.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 857.37 mb = 1463.49 m = 4801.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.37 % Est. max temperature: 14.21 C = 57.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.49 mb = 745.91 m = 2447.19 ft T: 6.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.66 C/km ThetaE index: 4.92 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.18 mb = 1214.54 m = 3984.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.37 C = 56.06 F Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lifted Index: 2.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.73 C Showalter Index: 4.19 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 51.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.03 C Cross Totals Index: 24.02 C K Index: 3.40 Risk: None Sweat Index: 87.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.92 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11192.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.49 mb = 1075.72 m = 3529.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 152.8 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 182.8 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 174.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: -23.4 tot: -19.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 8.21 m/s