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: -28.16,153.60 Latitude: -28.16 Longitude: 153.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 27 23.2 19.9 82 3.3 20.9 0 13 295.6 298.2 293.7 337.7 14.65 1 1000 110 22.4 19.1 82 3.3 20.1 0 17 295.5 298.1 293.3 335.8 14.03 2 950 555 20.4 14.2 68 6.2 16.4 349 20 297.9 299.9 291.5 329.3 10.80 3 900 1021 19.1 10.6 58 8.5 13.8 327 15 301.2 302.9 291.1 327.8 8.98 4 850 1510 16.2 8.2 59 8.0 11.4 298 13 303.2 304.6 290.9 327.3 8.07 5 800 2023 12.9 4.2 55 8.8 8.0 282 13 304.9 306.1 290.1 324.5 6.45 6 750 2562 8.6 1.4 61 7.1 4.8 272 14 305.9 306.9 289.7 323.2 5.67 7 700 3127 3.8 -1.0 71 4.7 1.4 264 17 306.7 307.6 289.5 322.3 5.10 8 650 3725 -0.8 -4.7 75 3.9 -2.6 260 20 308.1 308.9 289.0 321.0 4.16 9 600 4359 -4.9 -9.5 70 4.6 -6.8 256 23 310.5 311.0 288.8 320.3 3.10 10 550 5038 -8.8 -14.3 64 5.5 -10.8 257 25 313.6 314.1 289.1 321.1 2.29 11 500 5770 -13.1 -21.6 49 8.5 -15.4 263 28 317.1 317.3 289.3 321.7 1.36 12 450 6564 -18.9 -29.7 38 10.8 -21.1 264 29 319.4 319.6 289.3 322.0 0.72 13 400 7429 -25.2 -40.0 24 14.8 -27.1 257 29 322.3 322.3 289.8 323.4 0.29 14 350 8384 -32.8 -44.5 30 11.7 -33.8 269 33 324.6 324.6 290.4 325.4 0.21 15 300 9449 -41.6 -49.8 41 8.2 -42.1 271 39 326.7 326.8 290.9 327.3 0.13 16 250 10665 -48.4 -57.1 36 8.7 -48.7 276 54 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.07 17 200 12106 -55.7 -67.3 22 11.6 -55.9 273 62 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.02 18 150 13928 -56.9 -79.6 4 22.6 -57.2 280 53 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.00 19 100 16443 -65.5 -83.5 7 18.0 -65.7 289 41 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.67 m Freezing level: 658.60 mb = 3621.99 m = 11883.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.58 mb = 3330.50 m = 10926.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.81 % Est. max temperature: 30.46 C = 86.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.76 mb = 448.15 m = 1470.31 ft T: 20.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 17.35 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.29 mb = 2062.12 m = 6765.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.70 C = 90.86 F Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lifted Index: -2.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.32 C Cross Totals Index: 21.32 C K Index: 32.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 694.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 180.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.51 mb = 1169.85 m = 3838.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.51 mb = 2902.06 m = 9521.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 269.51 mb = 10163.57 m = 33344.65 ft B at Equ Level: 690.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.51 mb = 12790.79 m = 41964.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.8 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 305.8 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.7 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: -30.5 tot: -22.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 9.22 Bulk Shear: 75.37 m/s