MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F174.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F174.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 174 hour GFS valid 6Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: -26.40,151.04 Latitude: -26.40 Longitude: 151.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 967 373 30.9 13.5 35 17.4 19.4 38 19 307.0 308.9 293.7 337.6 10.13 2 950 529 28.3 12.9 39 15.4 18.2 33 26 305.9 307.8 293.2 335.6 9.88 3 900 1005 23.8 11.6 46 12.2 16.0 24 24 306.0 307.8 293.0 334.9 9.60 4 850 1500 19.3 10.3 56 9.1 13.6 11 20 306.4 308.1 292.9 334.4 9.27 5 800 2018 15.0 8.0 63 7.1 10.7 349 18 307.2 308.8 292.4 332.7 8.42 6 750 2561 10.4 5.4 71 5.0 7.5 329 17 307.9 309.3 291.9 330.9 7.54 7 700 3131 5.5 3.1 85 2.4 4.2 314 18 308.6 309.9 291.6 329.6 6.86 8 650 3732 0.5 -1.1 88 1.7 -0.3 298 18 309.6 310.6 290.7 326.4 5.42 9 600 4370 -2.6 -16.4 34 13.8 -7.4 272 20 313.1 313.4 288.4 318.9 1.77 10 550 5056 -6.4 -23.3 25 16.9 -11.2 268 26 316.5 316.7 288.8 320.1 1.06 11 500 5793 -11.2 -38.7 8 27.4 -16.2 267 30 319.3 319.4 288.8 320.3 0.27 12 450 6592 -17.0 -40.8 11 23.8 -20.7 263 31 321.8 321.9 289.6 322.7 0.24 13 400 7463 -24.2 -41.6 18 17.5 -26.4 267 29 323.6 323.6 290.1 324.5 0.25 14 350 8421 -31.5 -47.7 19 16.2 -32.9 267 36 326.3 326.3 290.8 326.8 0.15 15 300 9497 -38.1 -55.2 15 17.1 -39.1 270 51 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.07 16 250 10731 -45.8 -64.4 10 18.7 -46.3 272 65 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.1 0.03 17 200 12191 -53.5 -70.6 11 17.1 -53.8 271 89 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.01 18 150 14004 -61.4 -77.3 10 15.8 -61.6 278 77 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16470 -68.4 -82.8 11 14.4 -68.5 290 31 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.10 m Freezing level: 641.36 mb = 3842.66 m = 12607.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.68 mb = 3686.62 m = 12095.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.41 % Est. max temperature: 30.84 C = 87.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 750.90 mb = 2550.90 m = 8369.00 ft T: 10.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 18.71 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.13 mb = 2760.30 m = 9055.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.04 C = 89.68 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: -2.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.67 C Showalter Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.57 C Cross Totals Index: 21.51 C K Index: 38.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 681.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 753.18 mb = 2525.49 m = 8285.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.18 mb = 3035.12 m = 9957.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 278.18 mb = 10008.25 m = 32835.08 ft B at Equ Level: 679.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.18 mb = 12918.65 m = 42383.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.8 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 335.8 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 149.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: -52.5 tot: -52.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -17.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: -2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.12 Bulk Shear: 133.06 m/s