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: -28.16,151.80 Latitude: -28.16 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 75 1 950 514 SFC 947 545 18.3 13.2 72 5.0 15.1 357 2 296.1 297.9 290.4 325.4 10.15 3 900 981 21.4 6.8 39 14.6 12.7 317 21 303.6 304.9 290.0 324.3 6.89 4 850 1474 18.7 4.4 39 14.3 10.5 306 26 305.8 306.9 290.2 324.6 6.19 5 800 1991 14.8 2.8 44 12.0 8.1 296 30 306.9 308.0 290.2 324.8 5.85 6 750 2532 10.4 1.0 52 9.4 5.4 286 34 307.9 308.9 290.2 324.8 5.48 7 700 3102 5.6 -0.8 63 6.4 2.3 280 40 308.7 309.6 290.2 324.6 5.15 8 650 3703 0.5 -2.9 78 3.4 -1.2 278 45 309.5 310.4 290.0 324.3 4.75 9 600 4340 -4.5 -6.9 83 2.4 -5.6 279 47 310.9 311.6 289.6 322.8 3.79 10 550 5019 -8.9 -13.3 70 4.4 -10.5 280 48 313.5 314.0 289.2 321.6 2.49 11 500 5751 -13.2 -19.4 60 6.2 -15.1 283 53 316.9 317.2 289.5 322.4 1.65 12 450 6546 -18.3 -26.3 49 8.1 -20.1 289 55 320.3 320.5 289.9 323.7 0.99 13 400 7414 -24.6 -36.9 31 12.3 -26.4 293 55 323.0 323.1 290.1 324.5 0.40 14 350 8370 -32.5 -42.2 38 9.7 -33.5 291 57 324.9 324.9 290.5 325.9 0.27 15 300 9436 -41.0 -48.6 43 7.7 -41.4 293 63 327.6 327.7 291.2 328.2 0.15 16 250 10650 -50.4 -55.3 56 4.8 -50.6 292 67 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.08 17 200 12080 -56.7 -67.3 25 10.6 -56.9 283 82 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.02 18 150 13891 -58.6 -78.7 6 20.1 -58.8 275 77 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.01 19 100 16421 -62.9 -83.8 4 21.0 -63.1 304 30 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.37 m Freezing level: 645.32 mb = 3762.59 m = 12344.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.94 mb = 3494.40 m = 11464.44 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.42 % Est. max temperature: 29.06 C = 84.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.27 mb = 1192.15 m = 3911.22 ft T: 20.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 3.26 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 682.71 mb = 3304.89 m = 10842.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.00 C = 87.80 F Cap Strength: 4.97 C Lifted Index: 0.64 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.29 C Showalter Index: 0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.95 C Cross Totals Index: 17.68 C K Index: 29.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6034.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.07 mb = 2564.80 m = 8414.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.1 at 39.9 knts Storm direction: 315.1 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 7.5 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.2 neg: -29.0 tot: 29.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 122.94 m/s