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: -31.49,151.80 Latitude: -31.49 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 43 1 950 481 SFC 920 759 19.0 13.4 70 5.7 15.4 316 6 299.3 301.2 291.7 330.1 10.53 3 900 945 18.7 9.8 56 9.0 13.3 313 17 300.8 302.4 290.5 325.9 8.46 4 850 1433 15.7 6.2 53 9.5 10.2 291 33 302.6 303.9 289.8 323.6 7.02 5 800 1944 11.3 4.0 61 7.3 7.3 288 42 303.2 304.4 289.5 322.5 6.39 6 750 2479 6.7 2.2 73 4.6 4.3 293 50 303.9 305.0 289.3 322.0 5.98 7 700 3041 2.3 -1.1 79 3.3 0.6 298 57 305.0 305.9 288.9 320.4 5.06 8 650 3636 -1.9 -5.7 75 3.8 -3.6 301 61 306.8 307.5 288.3 318.8 3.85 9 600 4268 -5.4 -11.3 63 6.0 -7.7 301 62 309.9 310.4 288.2 318.4 2.68 10 550 4946 -9.6 -15.0 65 5.4 -11.4 302 63 312.7 313.1 288.7 319.8 2.17 11 500 5676 -14.2 -21.3 55 7.0 -16.2 305 65 315.7 316.0 288.9 320.4 1.40 12 450 6467 -19.1 -33.3 27 14.2 -21.7 304 68 319.2 319.3 289.0 321.0 0.51 13 400 7332 -25.7 -39.5 26 13.8 -27.5 304 70 321.6 321.6 289.6 322.7 0.31 14 350 8283 -34.0 -46.6 27 12.5 -35.1 301 69 322.8 322.9 289.8 323.5 0.17 15 300 9340 -43.4 -51.5 40 8.1 -43.7 302 70 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.7 0.11 16 250 10543 -51.5 -59.2 39 7.7 -51.7 301 73 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.05 17 200 11979 -54.3 -71.2 11 16.9 -54.6 294 73 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.8 0.01 18 150 13815 -57.6 -79.3 5 21.7 -57.8 286 65 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.01 19 100 16367 -58.0 -85.4 2 27.3 -58.4 293 37 415.6 415.6 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5632.32 m Freezing level: 672.82 mb = 3364.66 m = 11038.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.72 mb = 3125.35 m = 10253.66 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.54 % Est. max temperature: 23.30 C = 73.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.41 mb = 1478.93 m = 4852.07 ft T: 15.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 11.65 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.40 mb = 2617.17 m = 8586.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.83 C = 74.89 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: 0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.90 C Cross Totals Index: 20.43 C K Index: 32.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 79.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.31 mb = 2333.20 m = 7654.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.31 mb = 3060.83 m = 10041.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 468.31 mb = 6167.39 m = 20233.97 ft B at Equ Level: 79.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 268.31 mb = 10076.63 m = 33059.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.2 at 54.5 knts Storm direction: 330.2 at 40.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 5.7 tot: 10.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 380.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 380.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 126.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 175.06 m/s