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: -28.60,152.83 Latitude: -28.60 Longitude: 152.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 975 302 31.8 10.9 28 20.9 18.4 344 10 307.2 308.8 292.4 332.7 8.41 2 950 527 27.9 9.4 31 18.4 16.4 339 19 305.5 306.9 291.5 329.1 7.83 3 900 1001 23.2 8.1 38 15.1 14.0 333 22 305.4 306.8 291.2 328.1 7.53 4 850 1495 18.6 6.7 46 11.9 11.5 326 22 305.7 307.0 291.0 327.6 7.25 5 800 2012 14.8 2.8 44 12.1 8.1 314 23 306.9 308.0 290.2 324.8 5.84 6 750 2553 9.9 1.7 57 8.2 5.5 304 23 307.3 308.4 290.3 325.0 5.78 7 700 3121 4.7 0.1 72 4.6 2.3 295 25 307.7 308.7 290.2 324.7 5.52 8 650 3720 -0.6 -2.8 85 2.2 -1.7 288 28 308.3 309.2 289.7 323.2 4.80 9 600 4353 -6.3 -6.9 95 0.7 -6.5 282 32 308.9 309.6 289.0 320.8 3.79 10 550 5027 -10.9 -17.0 61 6.1 -12.8 282 35 311.2 311.5 287.8 317.2 1.84 11 500 5756 -13.7 -31.3 21 17.5 -17.4 282 37 316.3 316.4 288.2 318.3 0.56 12 450 6548 -19.6 -33.7 27 14.2 -22.1 285 37 318.6 318.7 288.9 320.4 0.49 13 400 7410 -26.0 -42.1 21 16.1 -27.9 282 40 321.2 321.3 289.4 322.1 0.24 14 350 8362 -33.7 -47.6 24 13.8 -34.8 281 47 323.3 323.3 289.9 323.8 0.15 15 300 9422 -42.3 -50.5 40 8.2 -42.8 282 58 325.7 325.8 290.6 326.2 0.12 16 250 10637 -48.8 -59.6 28 10.7 -49.1 284 71 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.05 17 200 12079 -54.5 -69.1 15 14.5 -54.8 283 84 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 13905 -58.3 -79.0 5 20.7 -58.5 281 67 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.7 0.01 19 100 16434 -64.7 -83.4 6 18.7 -64.8 312 36 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.58 m Freezing level: 655.58 mb = 3652.86 m = 11984.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.86 mb = 3464.46 m = 11366.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.71 % Est. max temperature: 30.91 C = 87.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 719.15 mb = 2898.69 m = 9510.02 ft T: 6.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 7.91 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.98 mb = 3109.43 m = 10201.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.28 C = 90.10 F Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lifted Index: -2.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.76 C Showalter Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.39 C Cross Totals Index: 20.44 C K Index: 34.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 562.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 721.15 mb = 2875.74 m = 9434.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 676.15 mb = 3400.97 m = 11157.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 276.15 mb = 9974.12 m = 32723.08 ft B at Equ Level: 554.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.15 mb = 12202.72 m = 40034.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.6 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 325.6 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: -21.8 tot: -21.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: -2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 11.65 Bulk Shear: 48.31 m/s