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: -26.84,153.03 Latitude: -26.84 Longitude: 153.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 42 26.7 19.4 64 7.3 21.6 27 10 299.6 302.2 294.7 341.4 14.30 1 1000 69 26.1 19.2 66 6.9 21.2 20 14 299.2 301.8 294.4 340.4 14.10 2 950 519 25.1 14.9 53 10.2 18.2 0 24 302.6 304.7 293.3 336.0 11.25 3 900 992 22.4 11.9 51 10.6 15.6 338 21 304.6 306.4 292.7 333.8 9.76 4 850 1486 18.9 9.5 55 9.4 13.0 319 20 305.9 307.6 292.4 332.5 8.82 5 800 2003 14.5 7.4 62 7.1 10.2 312 21 306.6 308.1 292.0 331.1 8.10 6 750 2545 9.9 4.8 70 5.1 7.0 307 23 307.3 308.7 291.5 329.3 7.21 7 700 3114 5.2 0.4 71 4.8 2.7 299 24 308.3 309.3 290.5 325.6 5.63 8 650 3714 0.5 -5.8 62 6.3 -2.3 292 25 309.6 310.3 289.2 321.6 3.81 9 600 4353 -3.0 -14.0 42 11.0 -7.1 280 29 312.7 313.1 288.6 319.7 2.15 10 550 5036 -7.2 -18.5 40 11.3 -10.8 274 32 315.5 315.8 289.0 320.9 1.62 11 500 5772 -12.0 -20.7 49 8.7 -14.6 273 34 318.4 318.6 289.8 323.4 1.47 12 450 6570 -17.7 -23.6 60 5.9 -19.2 270 38 321.0 321.2 290.4 325.4 1.26 13 400 7440 -24.2 -27.8 72 3.6 -25.0 270 45 323.5 323.7 290.8 326.9 0.97 14 350 8399 -31.5 -32.9 88 1.3 -31.7 274 51 326.2 326.4 291.3 328.7 0.69 15 300 9471 -39.7 -39.8 99 0.1 -39.7 274 57 329.5 329.5 292.0 331.0 0.40 16 250 10693 -48.8 -50.2 85 1.4 -48.8 274 67 333.5 333.6 292.9 334.2 0.15 17 200 12142 -53.1 -70.2 11 17.0 -53.5 281 103 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.01 18 150 13961 -61.1 -77.8 9 16.6 -61.3 284 78 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16444 -66.9 -83.1 8 16.2 -67.0 291 33 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.76 m Freezing level: 642.41 mb = 3811.36 m = 12504.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.06 mb = 3431.98 m = 11259.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.64 % Est. max temperature: 32.97 C = 91.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.22 mb = 970.41 m = 3183.71 ft T: 22.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 21.70 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.07 mb = 2258.14 m = 7408.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.07 C = 93.33 F Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lifted Index: -3.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.41 C Showalter Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.93 C Cross Totals Index: 21.58 C K Index: 35.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1121.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 160.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.73 mb = 1681.94 m = 5518.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.73 mb = 2703.34 m = 8869.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.73 mb = 11074.59 m = 36333.52 ft B at Equ Level: 1111.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.73 mb = 13723.88 m = 45025.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.7 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 327.7 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -66.9 tot: -66.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -22.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: -4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 12.46 Bulk Shear: 90.00 m/s