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: -27.79,152.75 Latitude: -27.79 Longitude: 152.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 988 172 25.1 16.9 60 8.2 19.5 25 8 299.3 301.5 293.1 335.2 12.32 2 950 514 23.3 14.2 57 9.1 17.3 11 17 300.8 302.8 292.4 332.6 10.78 3 900 984 21.1 11.0 53 10.0 14.7 341 20 303.2 304.9 291.9 330.7 9.22 4 850 1476 17.8 8.9 56 8.9 12.3 323 23 304.8 306.3 291.7 330.1 8.44 5 800 1992 13.9 7.0 63 6.9 9.7 311 24 305.9 307.4 291.6 329.7 7.86 6 750 2532 9.6 4.7 72 4.9 6.8 300 26 307.0 308.3 291.3 328.8 7.16 7 700 3101 4.8 2.1 83 2.7 3.4 291 29 307.8 309.0 291.0 327.4 6.39 8 650 3701 -0.0 -1.6 89 1.6 -0.8 285 33 309.0 309.9 290.3 325.2 5.23 9 600 4337 -4.0 -7.3 78 3.3 -5.4 283 36 311.5 312.2 289.7 323.2 3.69 10 550 5019 -7.8 -12.5 69 4.7 -9.6 280 39 314.8 315.3 289.8 323.5 2.66 11 500 5754 -12.1 -17.7 63 5.6 -13.9 288 40 318.2 318.6 290.2 324.6 1.90 12 450 6551 -17.5 -23.2 61 5.7 -19.0 293 42 321.2 321.5 290.5 325.8 1.32 13 400 7421 -24.3 -28.3 69 4.1 -25.1 292 46 323.5 323.6 290.8 326.7 0.93 14 350 8379 -31.9 -33.7 85 1.7 -32.2 289 51 325.7 325.8 291.2 328.0 0.64 15 300 9449 -40.3 -41.3 90 1.0 -40.4 284 55 328.6 328.7 291.7 329.9 0.34 16 250 10664 -50.3 -52.0 82 1.7 -50.4 282 64 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.8 0.13 17 200 12098 -55.5 -67.3 22 11.8 -55.7 280 87 344.8 344.9 295.5 344.9 0.02 18 150 13916 -59.0 -78.2 7 19.1 -59.3 274 65 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.01 19 100 16427 -64.2 -83.4 6 19.2 -64.4 301 37 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.78 m Freezing level: 650.01 mb = 3700.59 m = 12140.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.62 mb = 3581.75 m = 11751.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.55 % Est. max temperature: 30.83 C = 87.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.95 mb = 1217.35 m = 3993.88 ft T: 19.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 12.05 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.59 mb = 2436.91 m = 7995.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.59 C = 90.66 F Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lifted Index: -2.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Showalter Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.02 C K Index: 36.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 575.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 166.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.11 mb = 1801.38 m = 5909.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.11 mb = 3064.44 m = 10053.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.11 mb = 10843.99 m = 35576.97 ft B at Equ Level: 566.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.11 mb = 12655.26 m = 41519.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.9 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 325.9 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.4 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: -48.6 tot: -47.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -15.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: -1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.96 Bulk Shear: 116.10 m/s