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: -31.34,151.05 Latitude: -31.34 Longitude: 151.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 1 950 502 SFC 926 723 23.4 14.2 56 9.2 17.3 317 12 303.1 305.1 293.3 335.9 11.04 3 900 971 20.4 10.4 53 10.0 14.1 316 24 302.5 304.2 291.4 328.8 8.83 4 850 1461 15.7 8.7 63 7.0 11.4 316 32 302.6 304.1 291.0 327.4 8.31 5 800 1972 11.1 7.1 77 4.0 8.8 316 36 302.9 304.4 290.7 326.7 7.94 6 750 2507 6.6 4.6 87 2.0 5.5 318 41 303.7 305.0 290.3 325.0 7.09 7 700 3069 2.2 0.8 90 1.4 1.5 314 47 305.0 306.0 289.5 322.6 5.80 8 650 3664 -2.3 -3.5 92 1.2 -2.9 306 52 306.4 307.2 288.9 320.4 4.55 9 600 4294 -6.9 -9.9 79 3.1 -8.1 303 56 308.2 308.7 287.9 317.6 2.99 10 550 4968 -10.6 -23.1 35 12.5 -13.9 300 56 311.6 311.8 287.2 315.2 1.08 11 500 5695 -14.9 -27.9 32 13.0 -17.8 297 58 314.8 315.0 287.9 317.5 0.77 12 450 6484 -20.1 -30.6 39 10.5 -22.1 298 57 317.9 318.0 288.8 320.3 0.66 13 400 7345 -26.7 -38.5 32 11.8 -28.2 296 59 320.3 320.4 289.2 321.6 0.34 14 350 8292 -35.1 -42.1 49 7.0 -35.7 293 62 321.4 321.5 289.5 322.4 0.27 15 300 9346 -44.2 -52.5 39 8.3 -44.6 293 64 323.1 323.1 289.8 323.5 0.10 16 250 10545 -51.5 -60.5 34 8.9 -51.8 291 74 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.6 0.04 17 200 11991 -52.2 -73.8 6 21.6 -52.6 292 68 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 13833 -56.6 -79.4 4 22.8 -56.9 283 60 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.00 19 100 16379 -60.2 -84.8 3 24.6 -60.4 316 33 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5633.49 m Freezing level: 675.32 mb = 3362.78 m = 11032.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.88 mb = 3267.98 m = 10721.59 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.39 % Est. max temperature: 23.60 C = 74.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 809.06 mb = 1877.03 m = 6158.17 ft T: 11.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 20.67 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.23 mb = 2340.24 m = 7677.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.77 C = 74.79 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.71 C Showalter Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.65 C Cross Totals Index: 23.60 C K Index: 37.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 870.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.44 mb = 2241.13 m = 7352.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.44 mb = 2513.00 m = 8244.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.44 mb = 10559.04 m = 34642.10 ft B at Equ Level: 857.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.44 mb = 12685.48 m = 41618.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.4 at 47.7 knts Storm direction: 335.4 at 35.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 5.4 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.6 neg: -8.6 tot: 96.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 9.54 Bulk Shear: 91.29 m/s