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: -28.82,151.54 Latitude: -28.82 Longitude: 151.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 519 SFC 950 523 30.4 10.1 28 20.3 17.4 307 17 308.1 309.6 292.5 333.0 8.19 3 900 995 24.0 8.0 36 16.0 14.2 310 30 306.3 307.6 291.4 329.0 7.49 4 850 1490 19.3 6.8 44 12.5 11.8 312 32 306.3 307.7 291.3 328.5 7.29 5 800 2007 14.5 5.4 54 9.1 9.2 314 32 306.6 307.9 291.2 328.0 7.05 6 750 2548 9.4 4.1 69 5.3 6.4 312 32 306.8 308.1 291.0 327.7 6.87 7 700 3115 4.3 2.2 86 2.1 3.1 309 34 307.2 308.4 290.8 326.8 6.40 8 650 3713 -1.0 -2.1 93 1.0 -1.5 304 37 307.8 308.8 289.8 323.4 5.07 9 600 4346 -6.7 -7.7 93 0.9 -7.1 300 38 308.3 309.0 288.6 319.6 3.58 10 550 5019 -11.1 -21.5 42 10.4 -13.9 290 43 311.0 311.2 287.1 315.1 1.25 11 500 5746 -14.5 -32.4 20 17.9 -18.0 287 45 315.3 315.4 287.8 317.1 0.50 12 450 6535 -20.1 -37.4 20 17.3 -22.7 290 50 318.0 318.1 288.5 319.3 0.34 13 400 7399 -25.7 -46.1 13 20.4 -27.8 293 55 321.6 321.7 289.4 322.2 0.15 14 350 8350 -33.9 -46.0 29 12.1 -34.9 290 58 323.1 323.1 289.9 323.7 0.18 15 300 9408 -43.3 -47.5 63 4.2 -43.6 287 61 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.0 0.17 16 250 10614 -51.0 -58.0 43 7.0 -51.2 284 76 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.5 0.06 17 200 12053 -53.8 -71.0 10 17.2 -54.1 279 78 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.01 18 150 13882 -58.2 -79.1 5 20.9 -58.4 282 63 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.01 19 100 16413 -61.6 -84.1 4 22.5 -61.9 298 28 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.10 m Freezing level: 659.66 mb = 3597.80 m = 11803.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.24 mb = 3514.21 m = 11529.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.22 % Est. max temperature: 28.94 C = 84.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 706.39 mb = 3040.56 m = 9975.49 ft T: 4.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 17.93 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.61 mb = 3073.01 m = 10081.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.51 C = 85.12 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Showalter Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.06 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.79 C Cross Totals Index: 21.27 C K Index: 38.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 800.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 708.18 mb = 3019.73 m = 9907.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 693.18 mb = 3194.31 m = 10479.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.18 mb = 10529.90 m = 34546.50 ft B at Equ Level: 795.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.18 mb = 12611.41 m = 41375.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.3 at 37.0 knts Storm direction: 330.3 at 27.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.5 neg: -1.1 tot: 43.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 33.12 Bulk Shear: 24.18 m/s