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: -28.82,152.57 Latitude: -28.82 Longitude: 152.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 967 351 25.4 12.8 46 12.6 17.2 334 6 301.5 303.2 291.7 330.0 9.67 2 950 501 25.3 10.4 39 15.0 16.0 330 16 302.9 304.4 291.1 327.8 8.33 3 900 974 22.6 7.7 38 14.9 13.6 318 29 304.8 306.1 290.8 326.9 7.35 4 850 1468 18.8 6.3 44 12.6 11.4 310 32 305.9 307.2 290.9 327.2 7.04 5 800 1985 14.7 4.8 52 9.8 9.0 305 32 306.8 308.0 291.0 327.3 6.75 6 750 2526 10.0 3.3 63 6.7 6.2 300 34 307.4 308.6 290.9 327.2 6.46 7 700 3095 5.0 1.6 79 3.3 3.2 296 36 308.0 309.1 290.8 326.9 6.16 8 650 3695 0.2 -1.1 91 1.4 -0.4 294 40 309.2 310.2 290.6 326.0 5.43 9 600 4332 -4.4 -5.5 92 1.1 -4.9 289 44 311.0 311.8 290.1 324.4 4.23 10 550 5011 -9.3 -12.1 80 2.9 -10.4 283 46 313.1 313.6 289.3 322.0 2.74 11 500 5741 -13.6 -23.9 42 10.3 -16.2 282 49 316.5 316.7 288.8 320.3 1.11 12 450 6535 -18.5 -29.1 39 10.6 -20.7 286 47 320.0 320.2 289.6 322.7 0.77 13 400 7402 -25.0 -34.0 43 9.0 -26.4 287 49 322.5 322.6 290.1 324.5 0.54 14 350 8357 -32.6 -38.9 54 6.2 -33.3 288 57 324.8 324.8 290.6 326.2 0.38 15 300 9424 -40.9 -42.2 87 1.3 -41.0 293 68 327.8 327.8 291.4 329.0 0.31 16 250 10638 -50.8 -51.6 91 0.8 -50.8 294 72 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.1 0.13 17 200 12066 -56.6 -67.3 25 10.7 -56.8 277 77 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.02 18 150 13882 -57.6 -79.3 5 21.7 -57.8 273 66 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16417 -62.3 -84.0 4 21.7 -62.5 307 36 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.36 m Freezing level: 647.56 mb = 3725.99 m = 12224.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.18 mb = 3618.25 m = 11870.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.97 % Est. max temperature: 30.35 C = 86.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 803.80 mb = 1944.19 m = 6378.50 ft T: 14.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 7.07 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.80 mb = 3097.15 m = 10161.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.86 C = 89.35 F Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lifted Index: -1.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.55 C Showalter Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.40 C Cross Totals Index: 19.84 C K Index: 35.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 138.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 179.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 739.78 mb = 2639.16 m = 8658.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.78 mb = 3759.01 m = 12332.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 334.78 mb = 8665.05 m = 28428.31 ft B at Equ Level: 136.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 244.78 mb = 10772.68 m = 35343.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.0 at 38.2 knts Storm direction: 324.0 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.7 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.7 neg: -11.8 tot: 2.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.70 Bulk Shear: 81.63 m/s