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: -30.78,151.03 Latitude: -30.78 Longitude: 151.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 1 950 533 SFC 931 708 27.3 11.3 37 16.0 17.0 335 12 306.6 308.3 292.8 334.0 9.06 3 900 1006 22.8 9.0 41 13.8 14.3 338 22 305.0 306.5 291.5 329.3 8.04 4 850 1499 18.0 7.6 50 10.4 11.7 340 25 305.0 306.5 291.2 328.3 7.73 5 800 2014 13.3 6.2 62 7.1 9.1 339 24 305.3 306.7 291.1 327.8 7.45 6 750 2553 9.0 2.4 63 6.6 5.4 327 25 306.3 307.4 290.2 324.9 6.08 7 700 3120 4.6 -3.2 57 7.9 0.8 310 25 307.6 308.4 289.0 320.9 4.30 8 650 3718 -0.3 -7.7 57 7.4 -3.5 285 29 308.6 309.2 288.4 318.9 3.29 9 600 4353 -4.9 -19.8 30 14.9 -9.5 279 31 310.5 310.7 287.1 314.9 1.32 10 550 5031 -9.0 -36.7 9 27.7 -14.3 294 27 313.4 313.5 286.9 314.5 0.30 11 500 5761 -14.2 -42.2 7 28.0 -18.4 306 28 315.8 315.8 287.6 316.5 0.19 12 450 6551 -19.5 -43.2 10 23.7 -22.7 303 31 318.7 318.8 288.5 319.4 0.19 13 400 7417 -24.9 -43.2 17 18.3 -27.1 293 37 322.7 322.7 289.8 323.4 0.21 14 350 8372 -32.8 -41.4 42 8.7 -33.7 294 33 324.6 324.6 290.5 325.7 0.29 15 300 9437 -41.8 -42.3 96 0.4 -41.9 278 52 326.4 326.4 291.0 327.5 0.31 16 250 10643 -51.1 -56.1 55 5.0 -51.2 279 50 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.08 17 200 12068 -58.4 -65.2 41 6.8 -58.5 283 58 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.03 18 150 13890 -56.6 -79.8 4 23.2 -56.9 282 52 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.00 19 100 16425 -63.3 -84.3 4 21.0 -63.4 304 33 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.65 m Freezing level: 653.48 mb = 3676.73 m = 12062.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.31 mb = 3232.48 m = 10605.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.36 % Est. max temperature: 26.38 C = 79.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 736.89 mb = 2697.64 m = 8850.43 ft T: 7.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 19.52 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 710.74 mb = 2994.71 m = 9825.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.97 C = 82.34 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.46 C Showalter Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.21 C Cross Totals Index: 21.77 C K Index: 31.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 470.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 731.20 mb = 2761.40 m = 9059.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.20 mb = 3280.76 m = 10763.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 266.20 mb = 10227.43 m = 33554.15 ft B at Equ Level: 469.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.20 mb = 12521.15 m = 41079.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.3 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 337.3 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 4.2 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: -41.7 tot: -41.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -13.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: -3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 17.85 Bulk Shear: 26.33 m/s