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: -29.71,151.03 Latitude: -29.71 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 68 1 950 511 SFC 935 653 27.3 12.4 40 14.9 17.5 323 16 306.3 308.1 293.2 335.6 9.72 3 900 984 22.5 10.0 45 12.4 14.7 322 29 304.7 306.3 291.9 330.5 8.61 4 850 1477 17.7 8.6 55 9.1 12.1 322 33 304.7 306.3 291.6 329.6 8.28 5 800 1992 13.1 7.2 67 5.9 9.5 321 34 305.1 306.5 291.5 329.0 7.96 6 750 2530 8.2 5.7 84 2.6 6.7 320 35 305.5 306.9 291.3 328.6 7.65 7 700 3096 3.2 2.6 96 0.6 2.9 316 39 306.0 307.3 290.6 326.1 6.61 8 650 3692 -1.8 -3.4 89 1.6 -2.5 308 44 307.0 307.8 289.1 321.1 4.59 9 600 4323 -6.7 -12.8 62 6.1 -8.9 297 51 308.4 308.9 287.4 316.0 2.38 10 550 4998 -10.2 -30.5 17 20.3 -14.6 291 52 311.9 312.0 286.7 313.9 0.55 11 500 5725 -14.9 -29.5 27 14.7 -18.0 291 55 314.9 315.1 287.8 317.2 0.66 12 450 6513 -20.7 -34.3 28 13.6 -22.9 288 59 317.2 317.3 288.4 318.9 0.46 13 400 7374 -26.3 -44.4 17 18.1 -28.3 292 60 320.8 320.8 289.2 321.5 0.18 14 350 8324 -34.2 -45.7 30 11.5 -35.1 295 67 322.6 322.7 289.8 323.3 0.18 15 300 9381 -43.6 -44.2 94 0.6 -43.6 291 69 323.9 324.0 290.2 324.9 0.25 16 250 10582 -51.8 -55.7 63 3.9 -52.0 286 78 329.0 329.1 291.5 329.4 0.08 17 200 12020 -53.6 -72.8 8 19.2 -53.9 282 75 347.9 347.9 296.1 347.9 0.01 18 150 13856 -56.0 -79.6 4 23.6 -56.3 277 55 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.00 19 100 16396 -61.2 -84.2 3 23.0 -61.4 291 30 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.41 m Freezing level: 667.76 mb = 3479.96 m = 11417.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.19 mb = 3409.80 m = 11186.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.23 % Est. max temperature: 26.22 C = 79.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 751.20 mb = 2516.98 m = 8257.70 ft T: 8.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 21.78 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.65 mb = 2644.18 m = 8675.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.62 C = 79.92 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -4.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.44 C Showalter Index: -3.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.06 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.60 C Cross Totals Index: 23.46 C K Index: 40.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.67 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1094.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 746.17 mb = 2572.27 m = 8439.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 731.17 mb = 2738.70 m = 8985.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.17 mb = 10814.04 m = 35478.72 ft B at Equ Level: 1082.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.17 mb = 13013.79 m = 42695.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.6 at 44.0 knts Storm direction: 332.6 at 33.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.9 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.7 neg: -1.5 tot: 35.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 16.78 Bulk Shear: 65.19 m/s