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: -30.38,152.06 Latitude: -30.38 Longitude: 152.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 1 950 479 2 900 948 SFC 896 983 23.8 11.1 45 12.7 15.7 277 12 306.4 308.1 292.9 334.4 9.30 4 850 1442 18.8 8.7 52 10.1 12.6 283 33 305.8 307.4 292.0 330.9 8.33 5 800 1959 14.0 6.8 62 7.2 9.7 288 40 306.1 307.5 291.6 329.5 7.76 6 750 2499 9.0 4.5 73 4.5 6.5 293 46 306.4 307.7 291.1 327.9 7.08 7 700 3066 4.1 1.3 82 2.7 2.6 298 51 307.0 308.1 290.4 325.4 6.03 8 650 3664 -0.5 -4.5 74 4.0 -2.4 302 57 308.4 309.2 289.2 321.5 4.20 9 600 4298 -5.0 -13.2 53 8.1 -8.0 300 59 310.3 310.7 288.0 317.7 2.31 10 550 4977 -8.6 -22.0 33 13.4 -12.4 296 61 313.9 314.1 288.1 317.9 1.19 11 500 5709 -12.2 -29.6 22 17.4 -16.2 299 61 318.1 318.3 288.9 320.4 0.66 12 450 6507 -17.3 -36.1 18 18.9 -20.6 300 59 321.5 321.6 289.6 322.9 0.39 13 400 7376 -25.1 -36.0 35 10.9 -26.7 298 61 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.0 0.44 14 350 8329 -33.7 -39.8 54 6.1 -34.4 297 61 323.3 323.3 290.1 324.5 0.34 15 300 9388 -43.3 -45.2 82 1.9 -43.5 296 64 324.3 324.4 290.3 325.2 0.23 16 250 10590 -52.1 -54.9 72 2.8 -52.2 293 72 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.9 0.09 17 200 12019 -55.0 -71.2 12 16.2 -55.3 286 67 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.01 18 150 13841 -58.9 -79.1 6 20.1 -59.2 279 67 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.6 0.01 19 100 16376 -58.6 -85.3 2 26.7 -58.9 291 36 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.54 m Freezing level: 655.58 mb = 3596.95 m = 11800.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.92 mb = 3372.11 m = 11063.22 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.47 % Est. max temperature: 23.85 C = 74.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 743.63 mb = 2568.92 m = 8428.10 ft T: 8.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 16.72 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.05 mb = 2799.52 m = 9184.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.13 C = 75.43 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.00 C Cross Totals Index: 20.92 C K Index: 36.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 765.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 730.31 mb = 2717.35 m = 8915.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 715.31 mb = 2887.87 m = 9474.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.31 mb = 10977.33 m = 36014.41 ft B at Equ Level: 747.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.31 mb = 12853.06 m = 42168.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.8 at 52.3 knts Storm direction: 326.8 at 39.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 350.5 neg: -1.0 tot: 349.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 116.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.42 Bulk Rich Number: 6.16 Bulk Shear: 124.26 m/s