MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: -30.26,150.36 Latitude: -30.26 Longitude: 150.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 953 507 27.7 11.9 37 15.8 17.5 324 11 305.0 306.7 292.4 332.6 9.19 2 950 534 26.1 10.9 38 15.2 16.4 322 14 303.7 305.3 291.6 329.4 8.62 3 900 1006 21.2 9.2 46 12.0 13.8 322 22 303.4 304.9 291.0 327.7 8.13 4 850 1497 16.5 8.0 57 8.5 11.4 319 24 303.5 304.9 290.9 327.2 7.94 5 800 2009 11.8 6.9 72 4.9 8.9 316 25 303.7 305.2 290.9 327.1 7.80 6 750 2545 6.9 5.4 90 1.6 6.0 312 27 304.1 305.5 290.7 326.6 7.50 7 700 3108 2.4 0.9 90 1.5 1.7 303 32 305.2 306.3 289.7 323.0 5.86 8 650 3704 -1.6 -5.8 73 4.2 -3.5 284 39 307.1 307.8 288.4 319.0 3.80 9 600 4335 -6.6 -11.0 71 4.4 -8.2 282 44 308.5 309.0 287.8 317.2 2.75 10 550 5008 -11.7 -15.2 75 3.5 -12.9 282 46 310.2 310.6 287.8 317.1 2.13 11 500 5732 -16.1 -24.9 47 8.8 -18.2 281 40 313.4 313.6 287.7 316.8 1.01 12 450 6518 -20.9 -27.0 58 6.0 -22.2 291 39 316.9 317.1 288.8 320.1 0.93 13 400 7376 -27.8 -35.2 49 7.5 -28.8 295 39 318.9 319.0 288.9 320.6 0.48 14 350 8321 -35.3 -48.2 26 12.9 -36.2 288 41 321.2 321.2 289.3 321.7 0.14 15 300 9377 -42.8 -54.2 28 11.4 -43.3 298 46 325.0 325.0 290.4 325.3 0.08 16 250 10585 -50.1 -62.1 23 12.0 -50.4 294 54 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.8 0.04 17 200 12030 -52.8 -72.2 8 19.4 -53.1 289 65 349.1 349.2 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 13874 -55.4 -80.0 3 24.6 -55.8 283 64 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16414 -64.4 -85.7 4 21.3 -64.6 283 43 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.20 m Freezing level: 670.00 mb = 3465.47 m = 11369.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.90 mb = 3295.25 m = 10811.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.19 % Est. max temperature: 26.41 C = 79.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 756.07 mb = 2478.24 m = 8130.61 ft T: 7.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.07 C/km ThetaE index: 15.77 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.68 mb = 2581.39 m = 8469.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.84 C = 80.31 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -3.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.21 C Showalter Index: -3.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.76 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.65 C Cross Totals Index: 24.11 C K Index: 39.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.39 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 779.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 753.70 mb = 2504.32 m = 8216.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.70 mb = 2669.11 m = 8756.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 278.70 mb = 9864.52 m = 32363.52 ft B at Equ Level: 776.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.70 mb = 12402.97 m = 40691.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.3 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 323.3 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.8 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.0 neg: -7.6 tot: 2.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 13.99 Bulk Shear: 55.72 m/s