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: -27.77,152.47 Latitude: -27.77 Longitude: 152.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 983 241 28.3 15.5 46 12.8 19.7 39 10 303.0 305.1 293.5 336.7 11.36 2 950 538 25.4 14.7 52 10.7 18.2 30 18 303.0 305.0 293.3 336.0 11.14 3 900 1010 21.1 13.5 62 7.6 16.1 20 18 303.2 305.2 293.2 335.4 10.84 4 850 1503 17.7 10.5 63 7.2 13.1 0 16 304.6 306.4 292.5 332.8 9.41 5 800 2018 13.6 7.9 69 5.7 10.2 343 15 305.6 307.2 291.9 330.9 8.38 6 750 2558 9.0 5.3 78 3.7 6.9 324 16 306.3 307.7 291.5 329.0 7.49 7 700 3125 4.5 2.2 85 2.3 3.3 310 18 307.5 308.7 290.9 327.2 6.43 8 650 3725 0.7 -5.6 63 6.3 -2.2 299 17 309.7 310.5 289.3 321.9 3.87 9 600 4364 -2.4 -24.2 17 21.8 -8.7 286 18 313.4 313.5 287.6 316.4 0.90 10 550 5048 -6.9 -37.8 6 30.9 -12.9 289 19 315.9 316.0 287.7 316.9 0.27 11 500 5785 -11.5 -42.9 6 31.3 -16.6 283 24 319.0 319.0 288.6 319.6 0.17 12 450 6583 -17.3 -44.3 8 27.0 -21.0 275 26 321.5 321.6 289.4 322.2 0.17 13 400 7454 -23.8 -47.0 10 23.2 -26.3 275 23 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.6 0.14 14 350 8413 -31.6 -47.0 20 15.5 -32.9 266 20 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.8 0.16 15 300 9483 -40.6 -49.0 40 8.3 -41.1 268 28 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.7 0.15 16 250 10700 -48.5 -60.4 24 11.9 -48.8 268 49 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.04 17 200 12146 -54.4 -70.4 12 15.9 -54.7 272 73 346.5 346.6 295.9 346.6 0.01 18 150 13965 -59.6 -78.9 6 19.3 -59.8 276 69 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16465 -65.4 -83.3 7 17.9 -65.5 288 28 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.06 m Freezing level: 638.77 mb = 3868.75 m = 12692.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.03 mb = 3479.38 m = 11415.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.59 % Est. max temperature: 30.31 C = 86.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.54 mb = 1854.30 m = 6083.59 ft T: 14.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 20.24 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.27 mb = 2269.67 m = 7446.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.28 C = 88.31 F Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lifted Index: -2.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.81 C Showalter Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.18 C Cross Totals Index: 22.00 C K Index: 37.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 939.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.24 mb = 1930.70 m = 6334.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.24 mb = 2632.13 m = 8635.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.24 mb = 10877.82 m = 35687.95 ft B at Equ Level: 936.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.24 mb = 13430.49 m = 44062.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.3 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 343.3 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -44.1 tot: -44.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -14.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: -3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 15.69 Bulk Shear: 59.87 m/s