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: -30.60,151.54 Latitude: -30.60 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 71 1 950 510 2 900 978 SFC 896 1013 23.6 11.3 46 12.3 15.7 319 16 306.2 307.9 292.9 334.5 9.41 4 850 1471 17.6 8.0 53 9.6 11.7 319 34 304.6 306.0 291.2 328.4 7.92 5 800 1985 12.7 6.4 66 6.2 9.0 318 38 304.6 306.0 291.0 327.4 7.56 6 750 2522 7.8 4.7 81 3.0 6.1 315 39 305.0 306.4 290.7 326.7 7.17 7 700 3087 2.7 2.1 96 0.6 2.4 312 41 305.5 306.7 290.2 324.9 6.39 8 650 3682 -2.0 -2.6 95 0.6 -2.3 303 45 306.7 307.6 289.2 321.6 4.85 9 600 4314 -6.5 -9.4 80 2.9 -7.7 295 52 308.6 309.2 288.2 318.5 3.12 10 550 4989 -10.1 -26.3 25 16.1 -14.1 293 51 312.1 312.2 287.0 314.8 0.81 11 500 5717 -14.3 -26.9 33 12.6 -17.2 293 50 315.6 315.8 288.3 318.5 0.84 12 450 6506 -20.2 -29.1 45 8.8 -22.0 294 49 317.8 318.0 288.9 320.5 0.77 13 400 7369 -26.4 -41.3 23 15.0 -28.1 294 50 320.7 320.8 289.3 321.7 0.26 14 350 8317 -34.7 -45.2 34 10.5 -35.5 294 53 321.9 322.0 289.6 322.7 0.19 15 300 9373 -43.7 -47.6 65 3.9 -43.9 290 64 323.8 323.8 290.1 324.4 0.17 16 250 10573 -51.1 -58.8 40 7.7 -51.3 288 77 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.06 17 200 12020 -52.8 -73.6 6 20.8 -53.2 289 70 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 13853 -57.5 -79.1 5 21.6 -57.8 281 59 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.01 19 100 16396 -61.4 -84.3 3 22.9 -61.7 307 33 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.44 m Freezing level: 671.22 mb = 3429.39 m = 11251.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.48 mb = 3385.02 m = 11105.57 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.04 % Est. max temperature: 22.51 C = 72.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 747.72 mb = 2547.38 m = 8357.44 ft T: 7.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 19.70 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.38 mb = 2694.70 m = 8840.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.62 C = 72.72 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -2.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.41 C Showalter Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.88 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 39.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 838.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 736.75 mb = 2668.24 m = 8753.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 731.75 mb = 2723.95 m = 8936.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.75 mb = 10526.89 m = 34536.63 ft B at Equ Level: 828.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.75 mb = 12629.43 m = 41434.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.3 at 44.6 knts Storm direction: 331.3 at 33.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.9 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.1 neg: -9.1 tot: 32.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 13.48 Bulk Shear: 62.16 m/s