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: -30.00,151.28 Latitude: -30.00 Longitude: 151.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 1 950 515 SFC 905 930 22.5 14.8 62 7.7 17.4 322 13 304.2 306.3 294.1 339.3 11.78 3 900 983 21.1 13.0 60 8.1 15.8 322 19 303.3 305.2 292.9 334.6 10.54 4 850 1474 16.7 9.6 63 7.2 12.3 322 30 303.7 305.3 291.7 330.1 8.84 5 800 1987 12.1 7.8 75 4.3 9.5 321 35 304.0 305.6 291.5 329.0 8.33 6 750 2524 7.8 5.7 87 2.1 6.6 319 39 305.0 306.5 291.2 328.2 7.70 7 700 3089 3.2 2.2 93 1.0 2.7 315 43 306.0 307.2 290.4 325.5 6.42 8 650 3685 -1.7 -3.5 87 1.9 -2.6 307 48 307.1 307.9 289.0 321.0 4.53 9 600 4317 -6.4 -14.1 54 7.7 -9.1 297 53 308.7 309.1 287.3 315.6 2.15 10 550 4992 -10.1 -25.7 27 15.6 -14.0 293 53 312.1 312.3 287.1 315.0 0.86 11 500 5720 -14.8 -27.3 34 12.5 -17.6 292 57 315.0 315.1 288.0 317.8 0.81 12 450 6508 -20.2 -33.4 30 13.2 -22.5 290 59 317.8 317.9 288.6 319.6 0.51 13 400 7370 -26.2 -40.9 24 14.7 -28.0 293 59 320.9 321.0 289.3 321.9 0.27 14 350 8320 -34.1 -43.6 37 9.6 -35.0 295 67 322.8 322.8 289.9 323.7 0.23 15 300 9378 -43.5 -44.0 95 0.5 -43.5 291 69 324.0 324.1 290.3 325.0 0.26 16 250 10579 -51.5 -55.6 62 4.1 -51.6 287 76 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.8 0.08 17 200 12016 -53.8 -73.0 8 19.2 -54.1 283 73 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.6 0.01 18 150 13850 -56.0 -79.6 4 23.5 -56.3 275 55 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.00 19 100 16392 -61.0 -84.3 3 23.2 -61.3 292 30 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.68 m Freezing level: 667.44 mb = 3477.38 m = 11408.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.53 mb = 3387.34 m = 11113.20 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.39 % Est. max temperature: 23.25 C = 73.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.83 mb = 1894.06 m = 6214.02 ft T: 12.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 24.24 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.79 mb = 2427.25 m = 7963.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.18 C = 73.73 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -4.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: -3.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.93 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.55 C Cross Totals Index: 24.37 C K Index: 40.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1100.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.95 mb = 2284.12 m = 7493.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 736.95 mb = 2668.06 m = 8753.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.95 mb = 10924.56 m = 35841.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1077.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.95 mb = 13167.78 m = 43200.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.8 at 46.8 knts Storm direction: 331.8 at 35.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 4.1 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.3 neg: -11.3 tot: 33.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 12.34 Bulk Shear: 89.16 m/s