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: -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 72 SFC 977 270 18.0 14.5 80 3.5 15.8 356 9 293.1 295.0 289.8 323.5 10.69 2 950 512 19.9 11.7 59 8.2 14.8 338 23 297.3 299.0 289.9 323.9 9.12 3 900 978 18.7 10.3 58 8.5 13.5 325 32 300.8 302.4 290.7 326.6 8.74 4 850 1467 16.4 8.7 60 7.7 11.7 322 35 303.3 304.8 291.2 328.2 8.34 5 800 1980 13.0 6.4 64 6.7 9.1 322 35 305.0 306.4 291.0 327.7 7.53 6 750 2520 8.9 4.1 72 4.8 6.2 321 35 306.3 307.6 290.9 327.2 6.88 7 700 3087 4.6 1.4 79 3.3 2.9 318 37 307.6 308.8 290.6 326.2 6.04 8 650 3687 1.0 -2.7 77 3.7 -0.8 307 39 310.1 311.0 290.3 325.2 4.84 9 600 4327 -3.2 -6.2 80 3.0 -4.6 291 40 312.5 313.2 290.3 325.2 4.01 10 550 5010 -7.8 -10.8 79 3.0 -9.0 284 40 314.8 315.4 290.2 324.6 3.04 11 500 5744 -12.9 -14.2 90 1.3 -13.3 284 39 317.4 317.9 290.5 325.8 2.55 12 450 6539 -18.1 -19.7 87 1.6 -18.6 284 42 320.5 320.9 290.7 326.6 1.79 13 400 7409 -24.1 -26.8 78 2.8 -24.6 285 47 323.7 323.9 291.0 327.4 1.06 14 350 8368 -31.1 -33.4 80 2.3 -31.5 291 45 326.8 326.9 291.5 329.1 0.65 15 300 9442 -38.8 -38.8 100 0.0 -38.8 313 43 330.7 330.8 292.3 332.3 0.44 16 250 10668 -48.3 -48.4 99 0.1 -48.3 325 44 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.9 0.19 17 200 12095 -60.8 -61.3 94 0.4 -60.8 305 33 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.05 18 150 13880 -57.9 -78.8 5 20.9 -58.2 277 59 370.3 370.3 300.7 370.4 0.01 19 100 16417 -62.8 -83.9 4 21.0 -63.0 304 40 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.02 m Freezing level: 638.12 mb = 3839.29 m = 12595.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.84 mb = 3553.38 m = 11657.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.88 % Est. max temperature: 28.92 C = 84.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.22 mb = 712.00 m = 2335.93 ft T: 19.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 3.05 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.89 mb = 2653.41 m = 8705.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.43 C = 88.58 F Cap Strength: 5.20 C Lifted Index: 0.72 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.10 C Showalter Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.23 C Cross Totals Index: 21.57 C K Index: 34.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6075.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.43 mb = 1705.08 m = 5594.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.2 at 36.3 knts Storm direction: 335.2 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.4 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: -16.7 tot: -12.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 62.69 m/s