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: -30.36,150.39 Latitude: -30.36 Longitude: 150.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 1 950 504 SFC 946 541 27.3 11.3 37 16.1 17.0 323 14 305.3 306.9 292.3 332.1 8.91 3 900 976 21.6 8.7 43 12.9 13.7 321 28 303.8 305.2 290.9 327.3 7.84 4 850 1468 16.9 7.4 53 9.5 11.3 319 31 303.9 305.3 290.8 326.8 7.63 5 800 1981 12.2 6.2 67 6.0 8.8 316 33 304.2 305.6 290.7 326.6 7.47 6 750 2517 7.3 4.8 84 2.5 5.9 314 35 304.5 305.8 290.6 326.2 7.22 7 700 3081 2.6 1.5 92 1.1 2.1 311 41 305.4 306.5 290.0 324.0 6.12 8 650 3676 -2.4 -3.3 94 0.9 -2.9 306 46 306.2 307.1 288.9 320.4 4.61 9 600 4305 -7.7 -10.8 78 3.1 -8.9 301 51 307.2 307.7 287.4 316.0 2.78 10 550 4978 -10.7 -25.4 29 14.8 -14.3 295 56 311.4 311.6 286.9 314.4 0.88 11 500 5703 -15.8 -25.2 45 9.3 -18.0 290 61 313.7 313.9 287.8 317.1 0.99 12 450 6488 -21.4 -28.1 55 6.7 -22.8 293 64 316.3 316.4 288.5 319.2 0.84 13 400 7348 -26.5 -39.5 28 13.0 -28.2 294 69 320.5 320.6 289.3 321.7 0.31 14 350 8297 -34.5 -41.8 48 7.3 -35.2 292 73 322.2 322.2 289.8 323.2 0.28 15 300 9352 -43.9 -45.5 85 1.5 -44.0 293 75 323.5 323.5 290.0 324.3 0.22 16 250 10552 -51.9 -58.2 47 6.3 -52.1 291 84 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.1 0.06 17 200 11990 -52.7 -73.2 7 20.5 -53.1 284 78 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 13835 -55.7 -79.6 4 23.9 -56.1 276 57 374.0 374.0 301.3 374.1 0.00 19 100 16384 -60.4 -84.4 3 24.0 -60.7 295 28 411.0 411.0 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.54 m Freezing level: 674.06 mb = 3389.56 m = 11120.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.97 mb = 3325.81 m = 10911.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.76 % Est. max temperature: 26.27 C = 79.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 747.72 mb = 2542.07 m = 8340.04 ft T: 7.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 17.67 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.13 mb = 2669.72 m = 8758.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.81 C = 80.25 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -3.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.03 C Showalter Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.04 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.78 C Cross Totals Index: 23.26 C K Index: 39.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.02 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 804.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 742.43 mb = 2600.10 m = 8530.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.43 mb = 2766.88 m = 9077.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 257.43 mb = 10359.02 m = 33985.89 ft B at Equ Level: 802.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.43 mb = 12406.33 m = 40702.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.5 at 45.0 knts Storm direction: 332.5 at 33.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.4 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 59.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 9.37 Bulk Shear: 85.91 m/s