MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F180.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F180.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7.5 day GFS valid 6Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: -26.09,152.66 Latitude: -26.09 Longitude: 152.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 101 SFC 998 117 27.4 17.0 53 10.4 20.3 42 7 300.7 303.0 293.6 336.9 12.33 2 950 551 23.3 15.1 60 8.2 17.9 27 17 300.9 302.9 292.9 334.5 11.44 3 900 1021 20.3 12.7 62 7.5 15.4 12 13 302.4 304.3 292.5 333.0 10.34 4 850 1512 16.9 10.8 67 6.1 13.1 329 9 303.8 305.6 292.4 332.6 9.63 5 800 2026 13.0 8.5 74 4.6 10.3 277 11 305.1 306.7 292.0 331.2 8.72 6 750 2565 8.7 5.2 79 3.4 6.7 263 15 306.0 307.4 291.3 328.5 7.44 7 700 3132 4.1 0.8 79 3.3 2.4 258 18 307.0 308.1 290.2 324.8 5.80 8 650 3731 0.8 -3.5 73 4.2 -1.3 254 23 309.8 310.7 290.0 324.1 4.56 9 600 4371 -2.5 -8.7 62 6.2 -5.1 258 26 313.2 313.9 289.9 323.8 3.29 10 550 5056 -6.6 -20.4 32 13.8 -10.8 265 27 316.3 316.6 289.0 320.9 1.37 11 500 5793 -11.7 -30.4 20 18.7 -15.9 268 27 318.8 318.9 289.0 320.9 0.61 12 450 6590 -17.6 -40.2 12 22.6 -21.1 264 27 321.1 321.2 289.4 322.1 0.26 13 400 7460 -24.4 -44.4 14 20.1 -26.7 263 29 323.3 323.4 290.0 324.0 0.18 14 350 8417 -32.5 -48.5 19 16.1 -33.7 265 37 325.0 325.0 290.4 325.5 0.13 15 300 9485 -40.0 -52.6 25 12.7 -40.6 262 50 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.4 0.10 16 250 10709 -47.6 -60.1 23 12.4 -48.0 271 61 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.05 17 200 12158 -54.0 -70.8 11 16.8 -54.3 277 72 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.01 18 150 13978 -60.1 -78.8 7 18.7 -60.3 280 59 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.6 0.01 19 100 16468 -68.2 -82.8 11 14.6 -68.3 290 36 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.17 m Freezing level: 638.08 mb = 3883.68 m = 12741.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.47 mb = 3516.74 m = 11537.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.89 % Est. max temperature: 30.57 C = 87.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.27 mb = 1428.60 m = 4686.96 ft T: 17.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 15.97 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.45 mb = 2136.93 m = 7010.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.94 C = 89.50 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.83 C Showalter Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.60 C Cross Totals Index: 22.54 C K Index: 36.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 794.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.96 mb = 1653.10 m = 5423.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.96 mb = 2554.42 m = 8380.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.96 mb = 10420.49 m = 34187.54 ft B at Equ Level: 794.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.96 mb = 13150.67 m = 43144.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.8 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 302.8 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.2 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.5 neg: -49.5 tot: -15.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 7.75 Bulk Shear: 102.54 m/s