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: -30.82,151.54 Latitude: -30.82 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 67 1 950 505 2 900 971 SFC 893 1038 21.1 13.0 60 8.1 15.8 319 15 303.9 305.8 293.2 335.4 10.57 4 850 1461 16.2 9.0 62 7.2 11.8 317 34 303.1 304.7 291.3 328.5 8.51 5 800 1973 11.6 7.1 74 4.4 8.9 315 39 303.5 304.9 290.9 327.3 7.96 6 750 2509 7.3 4.8 84 2.5 5.9 314 43 304.6 305.9 290.7 326.3 7.23 7 700 3073 2.7 0.8 87 2.0 1.7 309 47 305.5 306.6 289.7 323.1 5.78 8 650 3669 -1.8 -6.1 73 4.3 -3.7 301 53 306.9 307.6 288.3 318.6 3.74 9 600 4300 -6.0 -18.2 37 12.2 -9.8 297 57 309.2 309.5 286.8 314.2 1.52 10 550 4976 -10.0 -23.9 31 14.0 -13.6 294 57 312.3 312.5 287.3 315.7 1.01 11 500 5704 -15.1 -25.7 40 10.7 -17.6 293 60 314.7 314.9 288.1 317.9 0.94 12 450 6492 -19.8 -32.5 32 12.7 -22.1 297 59 318.3 318.4 288.8 320.3 0.55 13 400 7355 -26.2 -36.4 38 10.1 -27.7 296 62 320.9 321.0 289.5 322.4 0.43 14 350 8304 -34.3 -40.1 56 5.8 -34.9 295 67 322.4 322.5 289.9 323.7 0.33 15 300 9361 -43.7 -44.8 89 1.1 -43.7 297 67 323.8 323.8 290.2 324.7 0.24 16 250 10560 -51.8 -56.9 54 5.1 -52.0 292 77 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.07 17 200 11994 -53.5 -73.3 7 19.8 -53.8 285 73 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.01 18 150 13832 -56.3 -79.5 4 23.2 -56.6 275 57 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16377 -60.4 -84.5 3 24.1 -60.7 296 32 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.45 m Freezing level: 669.88 mb = 3432.02 m = 11259.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.06 mb = 3258.46 m = 10690.37 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.03 % Est. max temperature: 21.83 C = 71.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.21 mb = 2054.45 m = 6740.23 ft T: 10.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 21.23 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.32 mb = 2472.77 m = 8112.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.64 C = 70.94 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -3.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.39 C Showalter Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.31 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.24 C Cross Totals Index: 24.07 C K Index: 38.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 825.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.08 mb = 2344.00 m = 7690.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.08 mb = 2618.27 m = 8590.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 250.08 mb = 10558.24 m = 34639.47 ft B at Equ Level: 821.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.08 mb = 12664.39 m = 41549.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.0 at 50.9 knts Storm direction: 331.0 at 38.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 7.2 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.5 neg: -5.2 tot: 69.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 8.62 Bulk Shear: 95.81 m/s