MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 6Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: -27.33,152.72 Latitude: -27.33 Longitude: 152.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 999 93 24.1 17.7 67 6.4 19.8 89 11 297.3 299.7 292.9 334.6 12.85 2 950 529 22.6 14.2 59 8.3 17.1 77 20 300.1 302.0 292.2 331.7 10.79 3 900 999 20.9 11.0 53 9.9 14.7 52 12 303.0 304.7 291.9 330.5 9.21 4 850 1491 17.8 7.9 52 9.9 11.8 0 7 304.8 306.2 291.3 328.5 7.88 5 800 2006 13.9 5.3 56 8.7 8.9 303 10 306.0 307.3 290.9 327.2 6.98 6 750 2546 9.6 2.5 61 7.0 5.7 282 16 307.0 308.1 290.5 325.7 6.13 7 700 3115 4.7 0.1 72 4.6 2.3 271 20 307.7 308.8 290.2 324.7 5.51 8 650 3714 -0.2 -2.5 85 2.2 -1.3 265 24 308.7 309.6 289.9 323.9 4.90 9 600 4349 -4.8 -6.8 86 2.0 -5.7 265 26 310.6 311.3 289.6 322.6 3.83 10 550 5029 -8.6 -12.8 71 4.2 -10.2 270 26 313.9 314.3 289.5 322.3 2.59 11 500 5762 -12.7 -18.5 62 5.8 -14.5 281 27 317.6 317.9 289.8 323.5 1.77 12 450 6558 -18.3 -25.0 56 6.7 -19.9 286 31 320.2 320.5 290.0 324.1 1.12 13 400 7425 -24.9 -29.3 67 4.4 -25.7 287 38 322.6 322.8 290.5 325.6 0.85 14 350 8381 -32.8 -35.6 76 2.8 -33.2 295 43 324.5 324.6 290.7 326.4 0.53 15 300 9446 -40.6 -45.8 57 5.2 -40.9 293 46 328.2 328.2 291.5 329.0 0.21 16 250 10672 -46.4 -59.0 23 12.6 -46.9 282 61 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.3 0.05 17 200 12132 -52.9 -71.7 9 18.8 -53.2 279 70 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 13954 -59.3 -78.7 6 19.4 -59.5 277 61 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.01 19 100 16455 -66.5 -82.5 9 15.9 -66.7 287 35 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.14 m Freezing level: 652.49 mb = 3683.84 m = 12085.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.28 mb = 3489.53 m = 11448.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.52 % Est. max temperature: 31.54 C = 88.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.44 mb = 907.91 m = 2978.68 ft T: 21.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 12.31 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.50 mb = 2364.13 m = 7756.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.38 C = 92.08 F Cap Strength: 4.56 C Lifted Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.46 C Cross Totals Index: 20.57 C K Index: 33.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 670.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 209.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.56 mb = 1595.76 m = 5235.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.56 mb = 3061.14 m = 10042.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 274.56 mb = 10042.25 m = 32946.60 ft B at Equ Level: 660.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.56 mb = 12306.66 m = 40375.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.1 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 310.1 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.4 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.8 neg: -64.8 tot: -37.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 4.12 Bulk Shear: 162.89 m/s