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: -30.20,150.33 Latitude: -30.20 Longitude: 150.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 953 486 28.1 12.8 39 15.3 18.0 335 14 305.4 307.2 293.0 334.7 9.76 2 950 510 26.5 11.9 40 14.6 17.1 332 17 304.1 305.8 292.2 331.7 9.23 3 900 983 21.6 10.2 48 11.3 14.4 331 27 303.7 305.3 291.6 329.8 8.73 4 850 1474 16.9 9.0 60 7.9 12.1 328 30 303.9 305.4 291.5 329.4 8.52 5 800 1987 12.2 7.9 75 4.3 9.6 325 31 304.2 305.7 291.5 329.2 8.36 6 750 2524 7.3 6.4 94 0.9 6.8 322 33 304.5 306.0 291.3 328.7 8.06 7 700 3088 2.6 2.2 97 0.4 2.4 318 37 305.4 306.5 290.2 324.8 6.41 8 650 3684 -1.7 -2.5 95 0.7 -2.1 309 45 307.0 307.9 289.4 322.1 4.91 9 600 4316 -6.7 -9.2 82 2.5 -7.7 301 50 308.4 309.0 288.2 318.3 3.16 10 550 4989 -10.8 -23.2 35 12.3 -14.1 295 50 311.2 311.4 287.0 314.8 1.08 11 500 5716 -15.2 -25.6 41 10.4 -17.7 293 53 314.5 314.7 288.0 317.8 0.95 12 450 6503 -20.9 -25.4 67 4.6 -21.9 295 55 317.0 317.2 288.9 320.7 1.07 13 400 7363 -26.8 -39.2 30 12.4 -28.3 290 58 320.2 320.3 289.2 321.4 0.32 14 350 8310 -35.0 -40.8 55 5.8 -35.5 290 63 321.6 321.7 289.6 322.7 0.31 15 300 9365 -43.8 -46.2 77 2.4 -43.9 290 70 323.6 323.7 290.1 324.4 0.20 16 250 10567 -50.8 -58.4 40 7.7 -51.0 288 82 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.8 0.06 17 200 12016 -52.3 -73.8 6 21.5 -52.7 289 73 350.0 350.0 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 13855 -57.1 -79.3 4 22.2 -57.3 282 59 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.8 0.00 19 100 16398 -61.2 -84.3 3 23.1 -61.4 304 27 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.16 m Freezing level: 670.07 mb = 3444.74 m = 11301.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.46 mb = 3398.84 m = 11150.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.21 % Est. max temperature: 26.81 C = 80.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 761.83 mb = 2394.15 m = 7854.74 ft T: 8.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 19.89 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.59 mb = 2473.57 m = 8115.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.14 C = 80.86 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -4.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.82 C Showalter Index: -3.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.32 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.10 C Cross Totals Index: 24.22 C K Index: 40.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1051.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.24 mb = 2400.58 m = 7875.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 746.24 mb = 2565.42 m = 8416.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.24 mb = 10404.23 m = 34134.19 ft B at Equ Level: 1051.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.24 mb = 12824.57 m = 42074.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.9 at 41.2 knts Storm direction: 336.9 at 30.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.2 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 32.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 14.69 Bulk Shear: 71.62 m/s