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: -29.27,151.54 Latitude: -29.27 Longitude: 151.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 524 SFC 931 700 26.4 11.7 40 14.6 16.9 303 12 305.7 307.4 292.7 333.8 9.34 3 900 996 22.3 9.8 45 12.6 14.5 307 23 304.5 306.1 291.7 329.9 8.47 4 850 1489 17.5 8.4 55 9.1 12.0 311 28 304.5 306.0 291.5 329.0 8.17 5 800 2003 12.8 7.0 68 5.8 9.3 314 31 304.8 306.3 291.3 328.5 7.86 6 750 2541 7.9 5.4 84 2.5 6.5 314 33 305.2 306.6 291.1 327.9 7.53 7 700 3106 3.8 1.8 87 2.0 2.7 313 37 306.6 307.8 290.5 325.6 6.22 8 650 3704 -0.3 -2.5 85 2.2 -1.4 308 39 308.6 309.6 289.9 323.8 4.89 9 600 4339 -5.3 -8.1 80 2.9 -6.5 303 39 310.0 310.7 289.0 320.9 3.45 10 550 5016 -10.0 -18.5 50 8.4 -12.6 296 38 312.2 312.5 287.9 317.5 1.62 11 500 5744 -14.6 -31.2 23 16.6 -18.0 288 40 315.2 315.4 287.8 317.2 0.56 12 450 6533 -20.2 -34.3 27 14.1 -22.5 290 43 317.9 318.0 288.6 319.5 0.47 13 400 7396 -25.9 -43.4 18 17.5 -27.9 286 46 321.3 321.3 289.4 322.0 0.20 14 350 8347 -34.0 -45.1 32 11.1 -35.0 287 51 322.9 322.9 289.9 323.6 0.20 15 300 9406 -42.8 -51.0 40 8.2 -43.2 288 59 325.0 325.0 290.4 325.5 0.12 16 250 10614 -49.7 -58.7 34 8.9 -50.0 288 74 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.3 0.06 17 200 12059 -54.2 -71.7 10 17.4 -54.5 285 74 346.9 346.9 296.0 346.9 0.01 18 150 13881 -58.8 -79.0 6 20.2 -59.0 281 64 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16421 -62.7 -84.0 4 21.3 -62.9 318 34 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.05 m Freezing level: 653.58 mb = 3661.42 m = 12012.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.90 mb = 3497.11 m = 11473.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.81 % Est. max temperature: 25.63 C = 78.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 751.46 mb = 2524.41 m = 8282.08 ft T: 8.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.96 C/km ThetaE index: 16.55 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.94 mb = 2695.83 m = 8844.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.27 C = 79.28 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -3.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.14 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.14 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 38.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 748.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.24 mb = 2592.90 m = 8506.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.24 mb = 2872.62 m = 9424.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.24 mb = 10348.39 m = 33950.98 ft B at Equ Level: 739.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.24 mb = 12718.18 m = 41725.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.2 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 332.2 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.7 neg: -5.5 tot: 64.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 22.59 Bulk Shear: 33.12 m/s