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: -27.0710,153.2000 Latitude: -27.07 Longitude: 153.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 24 21.9 20.0 89 1.9 20.6 0 12 294.1 296.8 293.4 336.2 14.73 1 1000 114 21.2 19.1 88 2.1 19.8 353 17 294.4 296.9 293.0 334.6 14.08 2 950 558 20.2 13.6 66 6.6 16.0 333 18 297.7 299.6 291.0 327.7 10.33 3 900 1024 18.4 9.5 56 8.9 13.0 312 15 300.5 302.0 290.3 325.0 8.30 4 850 1512 15.9 7.2 56 8.7 10.7 289 11 302.8 304.2 290.3 325.3 7.52 5 800 2024 12.1 5.3 63 6.8 8.2 260 12 304.0 305.3 290.3 325.0 6.98 6 750 2562 8.2 1.8 64 6.5 4.8 249 16 305.5 306.6 289.8 323.2 5.81 7 700 3127 3.9 -2.3 64 6.3 0.8 249 17 306.8 307.7 289.0 321.0 4.60 8 650 3727 0.6 -7.7 54 8.3 -3.0 249 18 309.7 310.3 288.8 320.1 3.30 9 600 4364 -3.7 -11.2 56 7.4 -6.7 247 19 311.8 312.3 288.9 320.5 2.71 10 550 5047 -7.7 -15.6 53 7.9 -10.4 245 19 315.0 315.4 289.3 321.8 2.07 11 500 5780 -13.2 -18.5 64 5.4 -14.8 249 19 317.0 317.3 289.6 322.9 1.77 12 450 6574 -18.9 -21.8 78 2.9 -19.7 250 22 319.5 319.8 290.2 324.6 1.49 13 400 7441 -25.2 -26.8 86 1.7 -25.5 254 23 322.3 322.5 290.6 326.0 1.07 14 350 8396 -32.2 -33.2 91 1.0 -32.4 275 27 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.7 0.67 15 300 9466 -40.0 -40.2 99 0.1 -40.0 290 37 329.0 329.1 291.8 330.4 0.39 16 250 10686 -49.2 -49.8 93 0.6 -49.2 292 51 332.9 333.0 292.7 333.6 0.16 17 200 12124 -55.6 -66.7 24 11.1 -55.8 279 74 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.02 18 150 13946 -56.8 -79.5 4 22.7 -57.1 283 61 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16460 -67.3 -83.1 9 15.8 -67.4 290 33 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.33 m Freezing level: 642.76 mb = 3818.89 m = 12529.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.97 mb = 3255.82 m = 10681.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.47 % Est. max temperature: 30.06 C = 86.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.64 mb = 256.92 m = 842.91 ft T: 20.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 11.20 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.69 mb = 1974.87 m = 6479.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.65 C = 88.96 F Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lifted Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: 0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.08 C Cross Totals Index: 20.40 C K Index: 30.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 136.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 324.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 185.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.56 mb = 1133.09 m = 3717.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.56 mb = 3085.79 m = 10123.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 303.56 mb = 9383.61 m = 30785.76 ft B at Equ Level: 322.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.56 mb = 11700.77 m = 38387.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.0 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 294.0 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.1 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: -41.8 tot: -33.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -11.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.03 Bulk Shear: 64.52 m/s