MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 6Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: -26.97,153.17 Latitude: -26.97 Longitude: 153.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1005 25 25.6 19.4 68 6.2 21.2 17 13 298.3 300.9 294.2 339.6 14.21 1 1000 71 25.1 18.7 68 6.3 20.7 14 19 298.2 300.7 293.9 338.1 13.74 2 950 521 24.3 14.2 53 10.2 17.7 0 23 301.9 303.9 292.7 333.7 10.76 3 900 994 23.2 11.0 46 12.2 15.4 331 20 305.4 307.1 292.5 333.0 9.19 4 850 1489 19.3 8.5 50 10.8 12.6 320 22 306.3 307.9 292.0 331.2 8.21 5 800 2007 14.8 6.4 57 8.4 9.8 312 23 306.9 308.3 291.6 329.8 7.55 6 750 2548 9.7 5.0 72 4.7 7.0 304 24 307.1 308.5 291.5 329.4 7.30 7 700 3117 4.7 2.6 87 2.0 3.5 295 25 307.6 308.9 291.1 327.9 6.62 8 650 3716 -0.4 -2.2 88 1.8 -1.3 287 25 308.5 309.5 290.0 324.1 5.03 9 600 4352 -4.1 -7.3 79 3.2 -5.5 275 30 311.3 312.0 289.7 323.0 3.68 10 550 5034 -8.0 -13.7 63 5.7 -10.1 268 38 314.6 315.1 289.5 322.5 2.41 11 500 5768 -12.4 -26.0 31 13.7 -15.8 276 39 317.9 318.1 289.1 321.1 0.91 12 450 6565 -17.9 -36.2 18 18.4 -21.0 288 38 320.8 320.9 289.4 322.2 0.38 13 400 7433 -24.8 -37.8 29 13.0 -26.6 285 42 322.7 322.8 290.0 324.1 0.37 14 350 8389 -32.5 -37.4 61 4.9 -33.1 274 47 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.6 0.44 15 300 9457 -40.1 -41.1 90 1.0 -40.2 265 48 328.8 328.9 291.7 330.2 0.35 16 250 10678 -48.0 -50.8 73 2.7 -48.1 262 60 334.6 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.14 17 200 12128 -54.5 -66.5 21 12.0 -54.8 275 92 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 13938 -60.7 -77.7 9 16.9 -60.9 278 77 365.4 365.5 299.7 365.5 0.01 19 100 16444 -66.0 -83.2 7 17.1 -66.2 293 35 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.12 m Freezing level: 653.81 mb = 3670.31 m = 12041.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.21 mb = 3553.27 m = 11657.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.26 % Est. max temperature: 33.54 C = 92.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.05 mb = 820.17 m = 2690.82 ft T: 23.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 18.45 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.63 mb = 2331.38 m = 7648.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.36 C = 93.85 F Cap Strength: 4.75 C Lifted Index: -3.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.40 C Showalter Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.64 C Cross Totals Index: 20.87 C K Index: 38.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1001.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 217.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.30 mb = 1668.78 m = 5474.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.30 mb = 2801.43 m = 9190.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.30 mb = 10748.76 m = 35264.53 ft B at Equ Level: 993.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.30 mb = 13639.22 m = 44747.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.6 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 324.6 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: -57.6 tot: -57.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -19.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: -3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.11 Bulk Shear: 109.92 m/s