MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F171.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F171.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 171 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: -30.26,149.71 Latitude: -30.26 Longitude: 149.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 979 272 31.3 13.4 34 17.9 19.4 348 18 306.3 308.1 293.3 336.1 9.89 2 950 532 26.9 12.0 40 14.9 17.2 346 28 304.5 306.2 292.3 332.3 9.31 3 900 1006 22.2 11.0 49 11.1 15.1 344 30 304.3 306.0 292.2 331.9 9.20 4 850 1499 17.5 10.0 62 7.5 12.9 341 31 304.5 306.2 292.2 331.8 9.13 5 800 2013 12.7 9.1 79 3.6 10.4 339 30 304.7 306.4 292.2 331.9 9.08 6 750 2551 8.2 7.2 94 0.9 7.6 335 30 305.4 307.0 292.0 331.2 8.55 7 700 3118 4.1 2.0 86 2.1 3.0 325 31 307.0 308.2 290.7 326.4 6.33 8 650 3716 -0.5 -2.6 86 2.1 -1.5 310 32 308.4 309.3 289.8 323.5 4.88 9 600 4351 -5.5 -6.3 94 0.8 -5.9 297 31 309.7 310.5 289.4 322.2 3.96 10 550 5028 -9.1 -21.7 35 12.6 -12.7 295 26 313.2 313.5 287.9 317.3 1.22 11 500 5760 -13.2 -32.3 18 19.1 -17.1 299 31 317.0 317.1 288.3 318.8 0.51 12 450 6553 -19.0 -25.7 55 6.7 -20.5 295 38 319.4 319.6 289.7 323.0 1.05 13 400 7419 -25.2 -27.5 81 2.3 -25.7 288 46 322.2 322.4 290.5 325.7 1.00 14 350 8374 -32.6 -34.0 87 1.4 -32.8 286 48 324.8 324.9 290.9 327.0 0.61 15 300 9439 -41.6 -41.9 98 0.2 -41.6 287 47 326.7 326.7 291.1 327.9 0.32 16 250 10646 -51.6 -52.9 85 1.4 -51.7 286 56 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.8 0.11 17 200 12071 -56.2 -66.9 25 10.7 -56.4 278 58 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.8 0.02 18 150 13891 -58.4 -79.1 5 20.7 -58.6 287 59 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.01 19 100 16428 -62.5 -84.3 4 21.8 -62.7 314 33 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.86 m Freezing level: 655.25 mb = 3653.58 m = 11986.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.77 mb = 3510.67 m = 11517.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.12 % Est. max temperature: 29.53 C = 85.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 754.56 mb = 2500.77 m = 8204.53 ft T: 8.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 14.58 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.59 mb = 2500.43 m = 8203.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.34 C = 86.61 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.66 C Cross Totals Index: 23.21 C K Index: 38.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 963.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.26 mb = 2416.11 m = 7926.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.26 mb = 2692.04 m = 8832.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.26 mb = 10980.08 m = 36023.43 ft B at Equ Level: 959.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.26 mb = 13592.23 m = 44593.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.7 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 348.7 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: -28.1 tot: -26.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 38.19 Bulk Shear: 25.24 m/s