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: -30.38,152.83 Latitude: -30.38 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 58 SFC 975 280 29.1 11.4 34 17.7 17.8 358 7 304.5 306.1 291.9 330.6 8.74 2 950 510 28.2 7.6 27 20.6 15.7 344 16 305.8 307.1 290.7 326.7 6.90 3 900 984 23.5 5.9 32 17.7 13.1 330 22 305.8 307.0 290.4 325.4 6.46 4 850 1478 18.8 4.5 39 14.3 10.6 321 26 305.8 307.0 290.2 324.8 6.22 5 800 1994 14.0 3.1 48 11.0 7.9 315 28 306.1 307.2 290.0 324.3 5.97 6 750 2534 9.0 1.7 60 7.3 5.1 312 29 306.4 307.4 290.0 324.0 5.77 7 700 3100 3.8 0.3 78 3.5 2.0 307 30 306.7 307.7 289.9 323.7 5.58 8 650 3697 -1.1 -2.7 89 1.6 -1.9 301 33 307.7 308.6 289.6 322.6 4.83 9 600 4330 -6.3 -7.0 95 0.7 -6.6 292 39 308.9 309.6 288.9 320.7 3.77 10 550 5004 -11.3 -14.8 75 3.5 -12.5 287 44 310.7 311.1 288.1 317.8 2.21 11 500 5731 -14.7 -26.0 38 11.3 -17.4 286 44 315.1 315.3 288.2 318.2 0.92 12 450 6519 -20.4 -28.2 50 7.8 -22.0 289 45 317.6 317.8 288.9 320.5 0.83 13 400 7381 -26.3 -40.2 26 13.9 -28.0 291 44 320.8 320.9 289.3 321.9 0.29 14 350 8330 -34.4 -43.7 38 9.3 -35.3 292 46 322.3 322.4 289.7 323.2 0.23 15 300 9386 -43.6 -49.8 51 6.2 -43.9 288 55 323.9 323.9 290.1 324.4 0.14 16 250 10588 -51.1 -56.2 54 5.1 -51.3 286 73 330.0 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.08 17 200 12026 -55.0 -71.6 11 16.6 -55.2 287 80 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.7 0.01 18 150 13853 -56.4 -79.8 4 23.4 -56.8 279 63 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.00 19 100 16412 -62.8 -84.0 4 21.2 -63.0 321 34 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.03 m Freezing level: 661.45 mb = 3560.44 m = 11681.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.36 mb = 3400.76 m = 11157.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.22 % Est. max temperature: 30.63 C = 87.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 753.41 mb = 2495.80 m = 8188.21 ft T: 9.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 12.80 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.80 mb = 3195.03 m = 10482.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.48 C = 88.66 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.76 C Showalter Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.52 C Cross Totals Index: 19.22 C K Index: 34.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 387.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.55 mb = 3058.50 m = 10034.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.55 mb = 3470.40 m = 11385.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 278.55 mb = 9875.34 m = 32399.00 ft B at Equ Level: 382.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 208.55 mb = 11755.98 m = 38569.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.4 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 330.4 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.6 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: -13.0 tot: -5.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.97 Bulk Shear: 77.87 m/s