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: -27.76,152.54 Latitude: -27.76 Longitude: 152.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 983 211 27.1 14.4 46 12.7 18.7 17 9 301.7 303.6 292.4 332.8 10.52 2 950 510 25.4 11.9 43 13.5 16.8 359 17 302.9 304.7 291.9 330.5 9.27 3 900 983 22.1 10.0 46 12.1 14.6 328 19 304.3 305.9 291.7 330.0 8.58 4 850 1476 18.4 8.3 52 10.1 12.2 310 21 305.4 306.9 291.6 329.8 8.08 5 800 1992 14.3 6.6 60 7.6 9.7 298 22 306.4 307.8 291.6 329.6 7.68 6 750 2534 9.7 4.6 71 5.1 6.8 288 25 307.1 308.5 291.4 328.8 7.13 7 700 3102 4.8 2.3 84 2.4 3.4 285 28 307.7 309.0 291.0 327.6 6.48 8 650 3702 -0.1 -1.2 92 1.1 -0.6 283 31 308.9 309.9 290.5 325.6 5.41 9 600 4338 -4.3 -5.9 89 1.6 -5.0 280 34 311.2 312.0 290.0 324.2 4.11 10 550 5019 -8.4 -10.2 87 1.8 -9.1 278 37 314.1 314.7 290.1 324.4 3.19 11 500 5752 -12.6 -14.9 83 2.3 -13.5 285 40 317.6 318.1 290.5 325.6 2.40 12 450 6549 -17.9 -20.3 81 2.4 -18.6 291 43 320.7 321.0 290.7 326.4 1.69 13 400 7418 -24.4 -25.7 89 1.2 -24.7 292 46 323.3 323.5 291.0 327.4 1.18 14 350 8376 -31.8 -32.4 95 0.5 -31.9 289 50 325.8 326.0 291.3 328.4 0.72 15 300 9445 -40.6 -41.2 95 0.5 -40.7 284 57 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.4 0.35 16 250 10658 -50.7 -52.2 84 1.5 -50.7 280 69 330.7 330.8 292.0 331.2 0.12 17 200 12091 -55.7 -68.1 20 12.4 -55.9 279 92 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.02 18 150 13914 -57.5 -79.1 5 21.7 -57.7 274 63 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.01 19 100 16428 -64.6 -83.4 6 18.8 -64.7 304 35 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.24 m Freezing level: 651.01 mb = 3689.60 m = 12104.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.73 mb = 3606.11 m = 11830.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.68 % Est. max temperature: 31.08 C = 87.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.62 mb = 1817.24 m = 5962.01 ft T: 15.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 8.62 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.76 mb = 2747.74 m = 9014.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.72 C = 90.89 F Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: -1.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.00 C Cross Totals Index: 20.89 C K Index: 36.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 397.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 146.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 773.10 mb = 2279.14 m = 7477.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 688.10 mb = 3240.90 m = 10632.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.10 mb = 10446.18 m = 34271.81 ft B at Equ Level: 395.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.10 mb = 12150.95 m = 39864.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.3 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 320.3 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.2 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.8 neg: -35.1 tot: -19.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.06 Bulk Shear: 97.90 m/s