MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 6Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: -25.76,152.28 Latitude: -25.76 Longitude: 152.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 990 153 29.7 16.1 44 13.6 20.4 12 10 303.7 305.9 294.0 338.5 11.69 2 950 518 25.4 14.4 51 11.0 18.1 9 21 303.0 305.0 293.2 335.5 10.95 3 900 990 22.1 12.0 53 10.1 15.5 356 19 304.3 306.1 292.7 333.6 9.82 4 850 1485 19.0 9.1 52 9.9 12.9 339 15 306.1 307.7 292.2 331.9 8.56 5 800 2002 14.8 7.2 61 7.6 10.2 327 14 306.9 308.4 292.0 331.2 8.00 6 750 2544 10.3 4.7 68 5.6 7.1 309 15 307.8 309.1 291.6 329.6 7.16 7 700 3114 5.8 0.8 70 5.0 3.1 292 17 308.9 310.0 290.8 326.8 5.81 8 650 3716 1.3 -3.5 70 4.9 -1.0 279 20 310.5 311.3 290.2 324.7 4.54 9 600 4356 -2.0 -13.5 41 11.5 -6.4 270 25 313.8 314.2 289.1 321.1 2.25 10 550 5043 -5.1 -22.7 24 17.6 -10.4 273 31 318.0 318.2 289.3 321.8 1.12 11 500 5784 -10.0 -22.2 36 12.1 -13.6 277 39 320.8 321.1 290.3 325.3 1.29 12 450 6586 -16.4 -23.3 55 6.9 -18.2 277 44 322.6 322.9 290.9 327.1 1.30 13 400 7460 -23.2 -28.1 64 4.9 -24.2 274 50 324.8 325.0 291.2 328.2 0.95 14 350 8421 -31.3 -33.0 84 1.8 -31.6 278 56 326.6 326.7 291.5 329.0 0.68 15 300 9494 -39.1 -41.2 80 2.1 -39.3 279 63 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.6 0.35 16 250 10725 -46.2 -53.2 45 6.9 -46.6 284 82 337.3 337.4 293.7 337.8 0.11 17 200 12184 -53.4 -65.9 20 12.6 -53.6 281 103 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.03 18 150 13996 -62.2 -77.0 12 14.9 -62.3 280 91 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16454 -69.5 -82.7 13 13.2 -69.6 294 32 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.06 m Freezing level: 630.10 mb = 3970.79 m = 13027.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.90 mb = 3568.65 m = 11708.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.86 % Est. max temperature: 32.23 C = 90.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.29 mb = 1872.00 m = 6141.66 ft T: 15.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 17.40 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.15 mb = 2520.26 m = 8268.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.73 C = 92.71 F Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lifted Index: -1.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.39 C Showalter Index: 0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.07 C Cross Totals Index: 19.12 C K Index: 33.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 563.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.39 mb = 2029.58 m = 6658.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.39 mb = 3086.07 m = 10124.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 262.39 mb = 10398.44 m = 34115.20 ft B at Equ Level: 555.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.39 mb = 12764.11 m = 41876.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.1 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 324.1 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.0 neg: -36.6 tot: -25.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 7.28 Bulk Shear: 77.44 m/s