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: -30.78,151.03 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 60 1 950 501 SFC 928 707 23.8 13.4 52 10.4 17.0 290 8 303.4 305.3 292.9 334.6 10.48 3 900 971 22.0 11.8 52 10.2 15.4 305 16 304.1 305.9 292.6 333.0 9.68 4 850 1465 18.1 9.3 57 8.8 12.7 333 23 305.1 306.7 292.0 331.2 8.69 5 800 1980 13.4 7.6 67 5.9 9.9 342 29 305.5 307.0 291.7 330.2 8.19 6 750 2520 8.6 5.7 82 2.9 6.9 344 33 305.9 307.4 291.5 329.2 7.69 7 700 3086 3.8 2.7 92 1.1 3.2 340 35 306.7 307.9 290.8 326.9 6.65 8 650 3684 -0.9 -1.5 96 0.6 -1.2 332 35 307.9 308.9 290.0 324.3 5.29 9 600 4318 -5.5 -8.3 81 2.8 -6.7 328 31 309.8 310.4 288.9 320.6 3.42 10 550 4996 -8.9 -18.3 46 9.4 -11.9 324 30 313.5 313.8 288.4 319.0 1.64 11 500 5726 -14.4 -17.7 76 3.3 -15.4 311 33 315.5 315.8 289.3 321.8 1.91 12 450 6518 -18.8 -19.2 97 0.4 -18.9 294 40 319.6 320.0 290.5 325.9 1.86 13 400 7387 -23.7 -23.9 98 0.2 -23.8 286 49 324.2 324.4 291.4 329.0 1.39 14 350 8349 -30.8 -30.9 99 0.1 -30.8 285 56 327.2 327.4 291.7 330.2 0.83 15 300 9423 -39.3 -39.3 100 0.0 -39.3 283 62 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.6 0.42 16 250 10645 -49.3 -49.3 100 0.0 -49.3 278 67 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.4 0.17 17 200 12069 -60.6 -60.7 98 0.1 -60.6 267 63 336.8 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.05 18 150 13871 -54.9 -77.8 4 23.0 -55.2 284 54 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6 0.01 19 100 16417 -62.9 -84.0 4 21.1 -63.1 301 37 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.53 m Freezing level: 659.56 mb = 3569.85 m = 11711.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.78 mb = 3515.04 m = 11532.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.31 % Est. max temperature: 26.06 C = 78.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 796.16 mb = 2020.53 m = 6628.96 ft T: 13.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 15.60 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.17 mb = 2550.90 m = 8369.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.35 C = 79.43 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: -4.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.23 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.50 C Cross Totals Index: 23.73 C K Index: 40.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 335.88 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 644.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.85 mb = 2377.80 m = 7801.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.85 mb = 2766.00 m = 9074.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.85 mb = 9937.53 m = 32603.05 ft B at Equ Level: 644.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.85 mb = 13166.40 m = 43196.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 324.4 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 354.4 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.1 neg: -22.1 tot: 68.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 16.07 Bulk Shear: 40.11 m/s