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: -27.27,153.03 Latitude: -27.27 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 29.7 17.5 48 12.2 21.3 42 10 302.3 304.7 294.2 339.7 12.63 1 1000 92 27.9 16.8 51 11.1 20.4 33 12 301.1 303.3 293.5 336.7 12.12 2 950 544 24.1 14.6 55 9.5 17.8 4 12 301.6 303.6 292.9 334.2 11.05 3 900 1015 21.4 11.7 54 9.7 15.2 331 14 303.6 305.3 292.3 332.4 9.66 4 850 1507 17.4 9.7 60 7.7 12.6 320 16 304.4 306.0 292.0 331.1 8.91 5 800 2022 13.6 6.1 60 7.5 9.2 319 18 305.6 307.0 291.2 328.0 7.39 6 750 2562 9.9 0.6 52 9.4 4.9 312 19 307.3 308.3 289.9 323.7 5.31 7 700 3131 5.4 -3.6 52 9.0 1.1 297 21 308.4 309.2 289.2 321.5 4.19 8 650 3731 0.0 -4.7 71 4.7 -2.1 283 24 309.0 309.8 289.3 322.0 4.15 9 600 4366 -5.3 -7.3 86 2.0 -6.2 271 29 309.9 310.6 289.2 321.5 3.67 10 550 5043 -9.3 -23.2 31 13.9 -13.0 279 32 313.1 313.3 287.6 316.7 1.07 11 500 5775 -13.2 -37.1 12 23.8 -17.5 278 32 316.9 317.0 288.1 318.1 0.32 12 450 6568 -18.8 -39.8 14 21.0 -21.9 277 36 319.6 319.7 288.9 320.6 0.27 13 400 7434 -25.0 -48.1 10 23.1 -27.3 279 42 322.5 322.5 289.6 323.0 0.12 14 350 8389 -33.1 -48.6 20 15.5 -34.3 280 48 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.6 0.13 15 300 9452 -41.3 -53.1 27 11.8 -41.9 278 65 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.5 0.09 16 250 10674 -47.0 -62.0 16 15.1 -47.4 284 82 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.04 17 200 12130 -53.5 -71.0 10 17.5 -53.8 284 97 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.01 18 150 13948 -59.7 -78.4 7 18.7 -59.9 279 79 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16450 -66.7 -83.1 8 16.4 -66.8 309 29 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.35 m Freezing level: 649.95 mb = 3731.61 m = 12242.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.33 mb = 3326.16 m = 10912.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.51 % Est. max temperature: 31.64 C = 88.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.96 mb = 1578.07 m = 5177.32 ft T: 16.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 18.18 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.51 mb = 2336.41 m = 7665.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.98 C = 93.17 F Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lifted Index: -4.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.63 C Cross Totals Index: 22.90 C K Index: 31.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1110.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 129.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.30 mb = 1767.99 m = 5800.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.30 mb = 3022.20 m = 9915.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 259.30 mb = 10429.30 m = 34216.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1106.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.30 mb = 13567.66 m = 44512.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.0 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 324.0 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.2 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: -20.4 tot: -17.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 13.73 Bulk Shear: 80.91 m/s