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: -28.82,153.17 Latitude: -28.82 Longitude: 153.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 999 102 24.6 17.0 63 7.6 19.4 33 9 297.8 300.0 292.6 333.3 12.25 2 950 541 22.2 12.2 53 10.0 15.8 1 16 299.7 301.4 291.0 327.5 9.45 3 900 1010 20.5 9.0 48 11.5 13.4 319 18 302.6 304.1 290.7 326.5 8.01 4 850 1501 17.5 6.4 48 11.1 10.9 289 20 304.4 305.8 290.5 325.8 7.10 5 800 2015 13.3 4.6 55 8.7 8.3 274 22 305.3 306.5 290.4 325.4 6.64 6 750 2554 8.6 3.0 68 5.5 5.5 263 25 305.9 307.0 290.3 325.2 6.35 7 700 3120 3.7 1.1 83 2.6 2.3 259 27 306.5 307.6 290.2 324.6 5.91 8 650 3717 -1.1 -1.8 95 0.7 -1.5 262 27 307.7 308.6 289.8 323.6 5.15 9 600 4351 -5.0 -6.2 91 1.3 -5.5 275 25 310.4 311.1 289.6 323.0 4.00 10 550 5030 -8.1 -18.1 44 10.0 -11.3 279 28 314.4 314.8 288.7 320.0 1.67 11 500 5765 -12.4 -26.7 29 14.3 -15.9 273 31 317.9 318.1 289.0 320.9 0.86 12 450 6560 -18.7 -32.6 28 13.9 -21.3 264 30 319.7 319.8 289.3 321.7 0.55 13 400 7426 -25.4 -37.7 31 12.3 -27.1 259 28 321.9 322.0 289.8 323.3 0.37 14 350 8378 -33.6 -40.3 51 6.8 -34.3 268 29 323.5 323.5 290.2 324.7 0.32 15 300 9439 -42.1 -45.7 68 3.5 -42.4 284 31 326.0 326.0 290.8 326.8 0.21 16 250 10649 -49.9 -54.9 55 5.0 -50.1 288 45 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.09 17 200 12091 -55.0 -68.1 18 13.2 -55.2 277 56 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 13915 -57.9 -79.2 5 21.3 -58.2 286 50 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.01 19 100 16435 -64.3 -84.0 5 19.7 -64.5 291 44 403.4 403.4 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.82 m Freezing level: 661.87 mb = 3575.33 m = 11729.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.74 mb = 3476.03 m = 11404.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.77 % Est. max temperature: 31.24 C = 88.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.77 mb = 1069.59 m = 3509.11 ft T: 20.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 13.34 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.32 mb = 2472.97 m = 8113.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.56 C = 90.61 F Cap Strength: 4.65 C Lifted Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Showalter Index: 0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.88 C Cross Totals Index: 18.80 C K Index: 33.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 345.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 217.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.96 mb = 1785.63 m = 5858.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 696.96 mb = 3155.11 m = 10351.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 276.96 mb = 9969.62 m = 32708.34 ft B at Equ Level: 339.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 206.96 mb = 11869.71 m = 38942.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.4 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 307.4 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.9 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: -57.0 tot: -56.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -18.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: -3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.30 Bulk Shear: 104.58 m/s