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: -26.39,152.83 Latitude: -26.39 Longitude: 152.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 995 150 24.2 18.5 71 5.7 20.3 61 6 297.7 300.2 293.6 337.2 13.61 2 950 555 20.8 16.4 76 4.4 17.9 43 16 298.3 300.6 292.9 334.5 12.44 3 900 1021 18.7 13.7 72 5.1 15.4 36 13 300.8 302.8 292.6 333.2 10.99 4 850 1511 16.1 11.6 74 4.5 13.2 16 8 303.0 304.9 292.5 333.0 10.11 5 800 2024 12.5 9.0 79 3.5 10.4 323 7 304.5 306.2 292.2 331.7 9.07 6 750 2562 8.5 6.1 85 2.3 7.1 290 12 305.8 307.3 291.6 329.7 7.93 7 700 3129 4.1 2.0 86 2.1 2.9 274 17 307.0 308.2 290.7 326.4 6.34 8 650 3728 0.2 -2.6 81 2.8 -1.2 263 22 309.2 310.1 290.0 324.3 4.86 9 600 4365 -3.3 -8.4 68 5.1 -5.5 263 27 312.3 312.9 289.7 323.1 3.38 10 550 5049 -7.1 -17.0 45 9.9 -10.4 269 28 315.6 316.0 289.3 321.8 1.84 11 500 5785 -11.9 -24.5 34 12.6 -15.2 270 28 318.5 318.7 289.4 322.1 1.05 12 450 6582 -17.6 -30.5 32 12.9 -20.3 266 29 321.1 321.2 289.8 323.4 0.67 13 400 7452 -24.3 -35.7 34 11.4 -26.1 264 32 323.4 323.5 290.3 325.1 0.46 14 350 8409 -32.3 -39.5 49 7.2 -33.1 262 39 325.2 325.2 290.7 326.5 0.35 15 300 9478 -39.7 -44.7 59 5.0 -40.1 255 49 329.4 329.4 291.8 330.3 0.24 16 250 10702 -47.6 -55.0 42 7.4 -47.9 262 58 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.09 17 200 12150 -54.5 -69.4 14 14.9 -54.8 273 70 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 13968 -59.9 -78.8 7 18.9 -60.1 281 61 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.9 0.01 19 100 16464 -67.4 -83.0 9 15.6 -67.5 291 35 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.71 m Freezing level: 647.04 mb = 3765.38 m = 12353.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.04 mb = 3554.94 m = 11663.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.28 % Est. max temperature: 29.58 C = 85.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.11 mb = 868.30 m = 2848.72 ft T: 19.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 15.44 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.36 mb = 1831.74 m = 6009.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.38 C = 86.69 F Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lifted Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.85 C Showalter Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.00 C Cross Totals Index: 23.47 C K Index: 37.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 848.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.86 mb = 1224.89 m = 4018.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.86 mb = 2519.44 m = 8265.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.86 mb = 10599.56 m = 34775.04 ft B at Equ Level: 842.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.86 mb = 13409.19 m = 43992.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.7 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 310.7 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.8 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.2 neg: -47.0 tot: -14.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 8.73 Bulk Shear: 97.23 m/s