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: -30.16,151.54 Latitude: -30.16 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 79 1 950 517 2 900 982 SFC 890 1079 20.2 14.5 70 5.7 16.4 324 14 303.3 305.5 293.9 338.2 11.76 4 850 1472 16.2 9.8 66 6.4 12.2 322 31 303.1 304.8 291.7 329.8 8.96 5 800 1984 11.6 7.8 77 3.8 9.3 319 36 303.6 305.1 291.3 328.5 8.34 6 750 2521 7.7 5.2 85 2.4 6.3 316 41 304.9 306.3 291.0 327.3 7.44 7 700 3086 3.3 1.2 86 2.1 2.2 311 46 306.1 307.2 290.0 324.3 5.96 8 650 3682 -1.5 -4.6 79 3.2 -2.9 303 50 307.3 308.1 288.8 320.3 4.18 9 600 4314 -6.0 -15.4 47 9.4 -9.2 296 54 309.1 309.5 287.2 315.4 1.92 10 550 4990 -10.0 -23.4 33 13.4 -13.6 292 53 312.2 312.4 287.3 315.8 1.05 11 500 5718 -14.7 -25.6 39 10.9 -17.3 292 56 315.1 315.3 288.2 318.4 0.95 12 450 6507 -19.8 -32.8 31 13.0 -22.1 292 58 318.4 318.5 288.8 320.3 0.54 13 400 7370 -26.1 -38.8 29 12.7 -27.8 295 58 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.2 0.33 14 350 8320 -34.2 -42.6 42 8.4 -35.0 296 65 322.7 322.7 289.9 323.6 0.26 15 300 9377 -43.4 -44.1 93 0.7 -43.5 292 67 324.2 324.2 290.3 325.1 0.25 16 250 10579 -51.3 -55.3 63 3.9 -51.5 288 74 329.7 329.8 291.7 330.1 0.08 17 200 12014 -54.0 -72.9 8 18.9 -54.3 283 73 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.3 0.01 18 150 13848 -56.2 -79.6 4 23.3 -56.5 275 55 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16389 -60.9 -84.3 3 23.4 -61.2 294 31 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.13 m Freezing level: 665.35 mb = 3499.24 m = 11480.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.54 mb = 3336.52 m = 10946.47 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.50 % Est. max temperature: 21.99 C = 71.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.01 mb = 1796.25 m = 5893.13 ft T: 13.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 22.88 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.52 mb = 2394.25 m = 7855.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.46 C = 70.63 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -3.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.38 C Showalter Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.36 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.90 C Cross Totals Index: 24.45 C K Index: 38.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 992.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.35 mb = 2244.59 m = 7364.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.35 mb = 2627.13 m = 8619.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.35 mb = 10832.59 m = 35539.56 ft B at Equ Level: 974.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.35 mb = 13037.29 m = 42772.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.5 at 48.3 knts Storm direction: 330.5 at 36.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 6.9 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.5 neg: -16.8 tot: 28.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 10.19 Bulk Shear: 97.40 m/s