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: -27.40,152.78 Latitude: -27.40 Longitude: 152.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 79 23.6 17.9 70 5.7 19.8 90 13 296.8 299.1 292.9 334.4 13.02 1 1000 82 23.5 17.5 69 6.0 19.5 89 14 296.7 299.0 292.6 333.4 12.70 2 950 529 21.9 14.2 62 7.6 16.9 83 23 299.4 301.3 292.0 331.0 10.80 3 900 998 20.6 11.3 55 9.3 14.7 62 14 302.8 304.5 291.9 330.8 9.41 4 850 1490 17.8 8.2 53 9.6 12.0 15 9 304.8 306.3 291.4 329.0 8.04 5 800 2005 13.9 5.4 57 8.5 9.0 318 10 306.0 307.3 291.0 327.4 7.06 6 750 2545 9.5 2.7 62 6.8 5.8 292 15 306.9 308.0 290.5 325.8 6.19 7 700 3113 4.6 0.2 73 4.4 2.3 279 20 307.6 308.6 290.2 324.7 5.57 8 650 3712 -0.3 -2.2 87 1.9 -1.2 272 24 308.6 309.6 290.0 324.2 5.02 9 600 4348 -4.7 -6.1 90 1.4 -5.3 269 28 310.7 311.5 289.8 323.5 4.05 10 550 5028 -8.5 -11.9 76 3.4 -9.8 269 29 314.0 314.6 289.7 323.1 2.80 11 500 5762 -12.8 -18.0 65 5.3 -14.4 279 28 317.5 317.8 289.9 323.6 1.85 12 450 6557 -18.3 -25.1 55 6.8 -20.0 286 31 320.2 320.4 290.0 324.0 1.10 13 400 7425 -24.9 -29.4 67 4.4 -25.8 287 39 322.6 322.7 290.5 325.5 0.84 14 350 8380 -33.0 -35.5 78 2.6 -33.3 294 44 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.2 0.53 15 300 9445 -40.6 -45.6 59 4.9 -41.0 294 48 328.1 328.1 291.4 328.9 0.22 16 250 10671 -46.3 -60.0 20 13.7 -46.8 282 62 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.05 17 200 12130 -52.9 -71.6 9 18.7 -53.2 279 69 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 13952 -59.4 -78.7 6 19.3 -59.6 277 62 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16455 -66.1 -82.5 8 16.4 -66.2 285 34 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.95 m Freezing level: 653.06 mb = 3675.68 m = 12059.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.22 mb = 3501.08 m = 11486.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.91 % Est. max temperature: 31.66 C = 88.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.79 mb = 809.11 m = 2654.52 ft T: 21.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 11.25 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.75 mb = 2338.73 m = 7672.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.43 C = 92.17 F Cap Strength: 5.01 C Lifted Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.28 C Showalter Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.57 C Cross Totals Index: 20.96 C K Index: 34.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 610.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 228.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.84 mb = 1501.37 m = 4925.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.84 mb = 3068.38 m = 10066.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 283.84 mb = 9817.08 m = 32207.88 ft B at Equ Level: 607.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.84 mb = 12328.28 m = 40446.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.5 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 314.5 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.5 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.3 neg: -74.6 tot: -50.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -16.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 2.99 Bulk Shear: 204.45 m/s