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: -27.73,149.31 Latitude: -27.73 Longitude: 149.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 977 269 35.1 8.8 20 26.4 18.4 315 17 310.4 311.8 292.4 332.8 7.27 2 950 513 30.7 7.4 23 23.3 16.4 314 21 308.4 309.6 291.5 329.3 6.83 3 900 992 25.9 6.4 29 19.5 14.1 312 23 308.2 309.5 291.4 328.8 6.70 4 850 1490 21.1 5.2 35 15.9 11.7 309 25 308.3 309.5 291.2 328.3 6.53 5 800 2010 16.2 3.9 44 12.3 9.2 306 26 308.4 309.6 291.1 327.9 6.33 6 750 2554 11.1 2.6 56 8.4 6.4 302 27 308.6 309.8 291.0 327.6 6.18 7 700 3124 5.7 1.2 73 4.5 3.3 299 29 308.8 309.9 290.9 327.2 5.97 8 650 3725 0.2 -1.1 91 1.3 -0.4 294 31 309.2 310.2 290.6 326.1 5.44 9 600 4361 -5.3 -5.5 99 0.2 -5.4 293 32 310.0 310.8 289.8 323.2 4.24 10 550 5037 -11.4 -11.4 100 0.0 -11.4 292 33 310.5 311.1 288.7 319.8 2.90 11 500 5760 -16.0 -21.1 65 5.1 -17.3 287 39 313.6 313.8 288.2 318.3 1.42 12 450 6548 -20.3 -26.3 59 6.0 -21.6 285 46 317.7 317.9 289.1 321.1 0.99 13 400 7411 -25.8 -42.9 19 17.1 -27.8 279 54 321.5 321.5 289.5 322.3 0.22 14 350 8363 -33.5 -43.4 36 9.9 -34.4 279 66 323.6 323.7 290.1 324.5 0.24 15 300 9425 -42.0 -50.1 41 8.1 -42.5 283 70 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.6 0.13 16 250 10640 -48.4 -60.5 23 12.1 -48.8 288 74 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.3 0.04 17 200 12089 -53.9 -69.8 13 15.9 -54.2 287 81 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 13908 -60.0 -78.1 8 18.1 -60.2 283 75 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16430 -62.1 -84.2 4 22.2 -62.3 303 23 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.81 m Freezing level: 648.03 mb = 3750.33 m = 12304.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.99 mb = 3650.94 m = 11978.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.74 % Est. max temperature: 33.13 C = 91.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 666.55 mb = 3521.47 m = 11553.23 ft T: 2.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.23 C/km ThetaE index: 14.50 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 669.24 mb = 3488.78 m = 11446.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.83 C = 92.89 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -4.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.23 C Showalter Index: -3.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.28 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.11 C Cross Totals Index: 21.17 C K Index: 37.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 336.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 658.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 673.97 mb = 3431.61 m = 11258.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.97 mb = 3614.09 m = 11857.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 278.97 mb = 9908.97 m = 32509.35 ft B at Equ Level: 652.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.97 mb = 12447.71 m = 40838.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.2 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 327.2 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.2 neg: -0.2 tot: 12.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 34.73 Bulk Shear: 18.96 m/s