MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: -26.84,153.03 Latitude: -26.84 Longitude: 153.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1006 42 31.0 17.3 44 13.8 21.5 33 9 303.7 306.0 294.4 340.6 12.42 1 1000 92 29.3 16.5 46 12.8 20.6 23 12 302.5 304.6 293.7 337.6 11.87 2 950 546 25.3 14.0 50 11.3 17.9 351 14 302.9 304.9 292.9 334.6 10.66 3 900 1018 21.6 11.9 54 9.7 15.4 330 15 303.8 305.6 292.5 332.9 9.77 4 850 1510 17.4 10.0 62 7.4 12.8 319 16 304.4 306.1 292.2 331.7 9.12 5 800 2025 13.8 6.0 60 7.7 9.2 319 15 305.8 307.2 291.2 328.1 7.36 6 750 2566 10.2 -0.4 47 10.7 4.6 314 16 307.7 308.6 289.6 322.9 4.94 7 700 3135 5.6 -4.3 49 9.9 0.8 294 18 308.6 309.4 289.0 321.0 3.97 8 650 3735 0.2 -5.1 68 5.3 -2.3 278 21 309.1 309.9 289.3 321.7 4.02 9 600 4370 -5.1 -7.7 82 2.6 -6.2 271 28 310.2 310.9 289.2 321.6 3.58 10 550 5048 -9.2 -21.6 36 12.4 -12.7 278 31 313.2 313.4 287.9 317.3 1.24 11 500 5780 -13.2 -33.4 16 20.2 -17.2 278 33 316.9 317.0 288.3 318.6 0.45 12 450 6574 -18.4 -41.7 11 23.3 -21.7 277 37 320.1 320.2 289.0 320.9 0.22 13 400 7441 -24.7 -48.6 9 23.9 -27.1 280 44 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.3 0.12 14 350 8397 -32.9 -49.8 17 16.9 -34.1 281 49 324.4 324.4 290.2 324.9 0.12 15 300 9461 -40.8 -48.6 43 7.8 -41.3 277 67 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.5 0.15 16 250 10688 -46.0 -64.1 11 18.1 -46.6 283 89 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.8 0.03 17 200 12146 -53.4 -71.0 10 17.6 -53.7 284 101 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 13963 -60.4 -78.3 8 17.9 -60.6 279 82 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.01 19 100 16454 -67.3 -83.0 9 15.6 -67.5 303 28 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.59 m Freezing level: 648.52 mb = 3753.71 m = 12315.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.47 mb = 3292.80 m = 10803.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.24 % Est. max temperature: 31.64 C = 88.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.92 mb = 1774.94 m = 5823.24 ft T: 15.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 19.57 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.38 mb = 2461.53 m = 8075.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.67 C = 94.40 F Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lifted Index: -4.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.60 C Cross Totals Index: 23.22 C K Index: 30.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 281.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1097.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 98.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.40 mb = 1946.84 m = 6387.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.40 mb = 2989.93 m = 9809.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 262.40 mb = 10362.22 m = 33996.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1091.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.40 mb = 13461.20 m = 44163.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.0 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 323.0 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: -23.7 tot: -22.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 17.26 Bulk Shear: 63.62 m/s