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: -31.05,151.58 Latitude: -31.05 Longitude: 151.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 1 950 505 2 900 972 SFC 895 1024 22.7 11.6 50 11.1 15.5 321 13 305.4 307.2 292.9 334.4 9.64 4 850 1464 17.2 7.9 54 9.3 11.6 320 33 304.2 305.6 291.1 327.9 7.90 5 800 1977 12.2 6.3 67 6.0 8.8 319 38 304.2 305.6 290.7 326.7 7.48 6 750 2514 7.5 4.3 80 3.2 5.7 316 40 304.7 306.0 290.5 325.7 6.94 7 700 3078 2.5 1.8 95 0.8 2.1 311 42 305.3 306.5 290.0 324.2 6.22 8 650 3673 -2.0 -2.7 95 0.7 -2.3 302 48 306.7 307.6 289.2 321.5 4.81 9 600 4304 -6.6 -9.5 80 2.8 -7.8 296 55 308.4 309.0 288.2 318.2 3.11 10 550 4979 -10.0 -24.4 30 14.5 -13.7 294 54 312.3 312.5 287.3 315.5 0.96 11 500 5708 -14.2 -26.0 36 11.7 -17.0 295 52 315.7 315.9 288.3 318.9 0.92 12 450 6498 -19.8 -29.9 40 10.1 -21.8 295 51 318.4 318.5 289.0 320.9 0.71 13 400 7361 -26.6 -38.7 31 12.2 -28.1 295 50 320.5 320.5 289.3 321.7 0.34 14 350 8308 -34.8 -43.0 43 8.2 -35.5 295 55 321.8 321.9 289.6 322.7 0.24 15 300 9363 -44.1 -48.4 63 4.2 -44.3 292 62 323.2 323.2 289.9 323.8 0.16 16 250 10561 -51.4 -59.6 37 8.2 -51.5 289 75 329.7 329.7 291.7 329.9 0.05 17 200 12005 -53.1 -73.5 7 20.5 -53.4 290 69 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.01 18 150 13841 -56.8 -79.3 4 22.5 -57.1 282 60 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16387 -61.0 -84.6 3 23.6 -61.2 311 34 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5642.73 m Freezing level: 672.01 mb = 3411.03 m = 11190.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.09 mb = 3356.95 m = 11013.49 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.11 % Est. max temperature: 22.07 C = 71.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 759.49 mb = 2409.52 m = 7905.14 ft T: 8.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 18.88 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.70 mb = 2649.33 m = 8691.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.15 C = 71.86 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -2.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.40 C Showalter Index: -2.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.45 C Cross Totals Index: 22.17 C K Index: 38.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 776.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.85 mb = 2603.38 m = 8541.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.85 mb = 2770.33 m = 9088.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.85 mb = 10383.61 m = 34066.56 ft B at Equ Level: 773.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.85 mb = 12438.54 m = 40808.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.9 at 46.3 knts Storm direction: 331.9 at 34.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 6.9 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.5 neg: -7.0 tot: 46.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 9.97 Bulk Shear: 77.93 m/s