MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: -28.16,152.83 Latitude: -28.16 Longitude: 152.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 980 254 31.4 11.7 30 19.7 18.7 357 8 306.3 307.9 292.5 333.0 8.85 2 950 531 27.1 10.3 35 16.8 16.5 346 14 304.7 306.2 291.6 329.6 8.30 3 900 1005 22.5 9.0 42 13.5 14.2 337 17 304.7 306.2 291.4 329.0 8.05 4 850 1498 18.0 7.8 51 10.2 11.9 326 18 305.0 306.5 291.3 328.6 7.83 5 800 2013 14.6 3.7 48 10.9 8.4 314 24 306.7 307.9 290.5 325.7 6.22 6 750 2554 9.8 1.7 57 8.1 5.4 305 26 307.2 308.3 290.2 324.9 5.78 7 700 3122 4.4 -0.2 72 4.6 2.0 298 27 307.4 308.4 289.9 323.9 5.38 8 650 3720 -0.8 -2.8 86 2.0 -1.7 292 31 308.1 309.0 289.6 322.9 4.79 9 600 4354 -5.3 -7.3 86 2.0 -6.1 286 35 310.0 310.7 289.3 321.7 3.69 10 550 5032 -9.4 -16.9 54 7.5 -11.9 284 37 312.9 313.2 288.4 319.0 1.85 11 500 5762 -14.0 -30.9 23 16.9 -17.5 283 38 316.0 316.1 288.1 318.0 0.58 12 450 6554 -18.6 -41.1 12 22.4 -21.9 286 38 319.8 319.8 288.9 320.7 0.23 13 400 7420 -25.6 -42.8 18 17.2 -27.6 284 38 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.6 0.22 14 350 8372 -33.4 -46.9 24 13.5 -34.5 282 47 323.8 323.8 290.1 324.4 0.16 15 300 9434 -42.4 -50.2 42 7.8 -42.9 283 54 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.1 0.13 16 250 10643 -50.1 -58.5 37 8.4 -50.4 282 71 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.8 0.06 17 200 12082 -55.0 -69.6 15 14.6 -55.2 280 84 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 13901 -59.3 -78.7 6 19.4 -59.5 278 72 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16430 -63.4 -83.7 5 20.2 -63.6 314 30 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.88 m Freezing level: 657.42 mb = 3631.46 m = 11914.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.17 mb = 3437.57 m = 11277.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.07 % Est. max temperature: 30.81 C = 87.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 736.65 mb = 2702.20 m = 8865.36 ft T: 8.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 14.97 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.75 mb = 2950.68 m = 9680.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.44 C = 90.40 F Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lifted Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.03 C Cross Totals Index: 21.80 C K Index: 35.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 265.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 571.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 739.01 mb = 2675.96 m = 8779.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.01 mb = 3191.64 m = 10471.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.01 mb = 10281.55 m = 33731.72 ft B at Equ Level: 565.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.01 mb = 12274.34 m = 40269.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.6 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 326.6 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: -14.7 tot: -9.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 8.51 Bulk Shear: 67.14 m/s