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: -29.05,153.34 Latitude: -29.05 Longitude: 153.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1006 26 26.4 18.5 62 7.9 20.9 21 17 299.0 301.4 293.9 338.1 13.43 1 1000 82 26.1 17.7 60 8.4 20.4 17 22 299.3 301.6 293.6 336.9 12.88 2 950 532 24.1 13.5 51 10.7 17.2 3 27 301.7 303.6 292.3 332.1 10.28 3 900 1004 22.0 9.7 46 12.3 14.4 345 19 304.2 305.8 291.6 329.5 8.44 4 850 1497 17.7 7.8 52 10.0 11.7 336 16 304.7 306.1 291.2 328.2 7.80 5 800 2012 14.1 3.1 47 11.0 7.9 328 13 306.2 307.3 290.1 324.4 5.98 6 750 2552 9.9 -0.7 48 10.6 4.5 303 13 307.3 308.2 289.5 322.3 4.86 7 700 3121 5.2 -4.1 51 9.3 0.7 300 14 308.2 309.0 289.0 320.8 4.03 8 650 3721 0.6 -9.0 49 9.6 -3.4 309 18 309.6 310.2 288.5 319.1 2.98 9 600 4358 -3.7 -18.8 30 15.1 -8.6 308 22 311.8 312.1 287.6 316.6 1.44 10 550 5039 -7.9 -38.6 6 30.7 -13.6 298 19 314.7 314.8 287.3 315.6 0.25 11 500 5773 -12.1 -41.2 7 29.1 -16.9 287 22 318.3 318.3 288.4 319.1 0.21 12 450 6570 -17.4 -42.9 9 25.5 -21.1 280 25 321.3 321.4 289.4 322.1 0.19 13 400 7441 -23.8 -42.5 16 18.8 -26.2 274 22 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.9 0.23 14 350 8400 -31.7 -44.0 29 12.2 -32.9 263 24 326.0 326.0 290.8 326.8 0.22 15 300 9469 -41.0 -47.0 52 6.1 -41.4 255 34 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.3 0.18 16 250 10684 -49.6 -56.3 45 6.8 -49.8 266 44 332.3 332.4 292.4 332.6 0.07 17 200 12122 -54.8 -69.7 14 14.8 -55.1 268 60 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 13943 -59.0 -79.2 6 20.2 -59.2 276 59 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.01 19 100 16446 -65.8 -83.3 7 17.4 -66.0 289 36 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.80 m Freezing level: 643.08 mb = 3808.90 m = 12496.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.31 mb = 3221.91 m = 10570.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.92 % Est. max temperature: 32.05 C = 89.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.21 mb = 1031.22 m = 3383.24 ft T: 21.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 22.48 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.77 mb = 2444.14 m = 8018.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.52 C = 94.14 F Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lifted Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: 0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.81 C Cross Totals Index: 19.85 C K Index: 28.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 159.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 660.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 191.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.37 mb = 1767.44 m = 5798.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.37 mb = 3139.69 m = 10300.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.37 mb = 10725.81 m = 35189.24 ft B at Equ Level: 656.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.37 mb = 12846.71 m = 42147.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.8 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 347.8 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 156.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: -62.0 tot: -60.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -20.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: -4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 13.31 Bulk Shear: 49.61 m/s