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: -31.93,152.57 Latitude: -31.93 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 35 SFC 998 52 20.2 15.4 74 4.8 17.1 320 11 293.5 295.5 290.3 325.1 11.08 2 950 480 22.5 8.4 40 14.1 14.0 315 36 300.0 301.3 289.2 321.5 7.27 3 900 948 19.9 7.2 44 12.7 12.4 300 34 302.0 303.3 289.7 323.1 7.08 4 850 1437 15.9 6.1 52 9.9 10.2 292 32 302.8 304.1 289.9 323.7 6.95 5 800 1948 11.5 4.4 61 7.2 7.5 290 36 303.4 304.7 289.7 323.2 6.55 6 750 2483 6.8 2.5 74 4.3 4.5 293 43 303.9 305.1 289.5 322.4 6.10 7 700 3046 2.3 -0.4 82 2.7 0.9 297 50 305.0 306.0 289.1 321.2 5.31 8 650 3641 -1.7 -5.8 74 4.1 -3.5 298 57 307.0 307.7 288.4 318.9 3.82 9 600 4273 -5.7 -13.2 56 7.5 -8.4 297 58 309.5 309.9 287.7 316.9 2.30 10 550 4950 -10.2 -16.9 58 6.7 -12.3 297 59 311.9 312.3 288.1 318.0 1.85 11 500 5678 -14.7 -19.5 67 4.7 -16.1 302 60 315.1 315.4 288.9 320.5 1.64 12 450 6467 -20.0 -25.6 61 5.6 -21.2 301 63 318.2 318.4 289.3 321.8 1.06 13 400 7330 -26.2 -34.0 48 7.8 -27.4 300 68 321.0 321.1 289.6 322.9 0.54 14 350 8280 -34.1 -40.8 51 6.7 -34.8 298 67 322.7 322.8 289.9 323.9 0.31 15 300 9339 -42.7 -44.5 83 1.8 -42.8 304 66 325.2 325.2 290.6 326.1 0.24 16 250 10545 -51.6 -52.5 90 0.9 -51.7 311 68 329.3 329.4 291.6 329.8 0.12 17 200 11966 -57.5 -67.4 27 9.9 -57.6 296 76 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.02 18 150 13794 -56.2 -79.5 4 23.3 -56.5 283 72 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16375 -59.6 -84.6 2 25.0 -59.9 324 31 412.6 412.6 306.8 412.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5642.86 m Freezing level: 671.48 mb = 3385.30 m = 11106.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.78 mb = 3164.11 m = 10380.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.07 % Est. max temperature: 29.54 C = 85.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.20 mb = 661.92 m = 2171.63 ft T: 21.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 6.80 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 745.51 mb = 2532.40 m = 8308.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.70 C = 87.25 F Cap Strength: 4.15 C Lifted Index: 0.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.67 C Showalter Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.67 C Cross Totals Index: 20.82 C K Index: 34.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 245.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.45 mb = 1943.28 m = 6375.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 625.45 mb = 3945.17 m = 12943.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 505.45 mb = 5594.72 m = 18355.15 ft B at Equ Level: 44.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 395.45 mb = 7411.23 m = 24314.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.0 at 47.4 knts Storm direction: 328.0 at 35.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 4.9 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 163.6 neg: -20.2 tot: 143.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.57 Bulk Shear: 79.24 m/s