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: -30.82,151.80 Latitude: -30.82 Longitude: 151.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 1 950 500 SFC 903 940 23.8 11.5 46 12.3 15.9 319 14 305.7 307.5 292.9 334.3 9.48 3 900 969 22.4 10.4 47 11.9 14.8 316 20 304.6 306.2 292.0 331.1 8.85 4 850 1461 17.2 7.9 54 9.3 11.6 317 35 304.2 305.6 291.1 327.9 7.89 5 800 1975 12.5 6.1 65 6.4 8.8 316 40 304.4 305.8 290.8 326.7 7.40 6 750 2512 7.9 4.0 76 3.9 5.7 314 43 305.1 306.4 290.5 325.7 6.79 7 700 3077 3.1 0.3 82 2.8 1.7 309 47 306.0 307.0 289.7 323.0 5.59 8 650 3673 -1.6 -5.7 74 4.1 -3.4 303 52 307.1 307.8 288.4 319.0 3.84 9 600 4304 -6.0 -16.9 42 10.9 -9.6 298 55 309.1 309.4 286.9 314.6 1.69 10 550 4980 -9.7 -24.6 29 14.9 -13.6 294 54 312.6 312.7 287.3 315.8 0.95 11 500 5708 -14.8 -26.5 36 11.6 -17.6 294 56 314.9 315.1 288.1 318.0 0.88 12 450 6497 -19.8 -33.3 29 13.4 -22.2 296 56 318.3 318.4 288.8 320.1 0.51 13 400 7360 -26.3 -37.3 35 11.0 -27.8 297 59 320.8 320.9 289.4 322.2 0.39 14 350 8309 -34.4 -40.3 55 5.9 -35.0 295 65 322.3 322.4 289.8 323.5 0.33 15 300 9365 -43.7 -44.2 95 0.5 -43.7 295 66 323.7 323.8 290.2 324.7 0.25 16 250 10564 -52.3 -55.9 65 3.6 -52.4 291 75 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.6 0.08 17 200 11994 -54.4 -72.6 9 18.2 -54.7 285 75 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.01 18 150 13827 -56.5 -79.5 4 23.0 -56.8 276 60 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.00 19 100 16381 -59.6 -84.8 2 25.1 -59.9 300 29 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5647.56 m Freezing level: 667.13 mb = 3468.48 m = 11379.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.71 mb = 3266.02 m = 10715.14 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.18 % Est. max temperature: 23.17 C = 73.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 753.29 mb = 2475.62 m = 8122.00 ft T: 8.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 19.64 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.30 mb = 2741.14 m = 8993.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.55 C = 74.38 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: -2.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.06 C Cross Totals Index: 22.76 C K Index: 37.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 663.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 740.95 mb = 2611.41 m = 8567.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 715.95 mb = 2892.35 m = 9489.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.95 mb = 10669.02 m = 35002.91 ft B at Equ Level: 650.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.95 mb = 12458.24 m = 40873.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.8 at 48.8 knts Storm direction: 331.8 at 36.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 6.9 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.6 neg: -6.8 tot: 70.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 8.84 Bulk Shear: 75.06 m/s