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: -27.76,153.25 Latitude: -27.76 Longitude: 153.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 22.5 20.3 88 2.2 21.0 14 10 295.4 298.1 294.0 338.8 15.12 1 1000 78 22.3 20.0 86 2.4 20.7 14 12 295.5 298.1 293.9 338.1 14.83 2 950 523 20.7 16.1 75 4.6 17.7 8 20 298.2 300.4 292.7 333.8 12.23 3 900 991 20.0 12.1 60 7.9 15.0 354 21 302.1 304.0 292.1 331.5 9.92 4 850 1482 16.9 9.2 60 7.8 12.1 339 21 303.9 305.5 291.6 329.6 8.60 5 800 1996 13.3 6.8 65 6.5 9.4 321 22 305.3 306.7 291.3 328.6 7.75 6 750 2536 8.9 4.3 73 4.7 6.3 308 25 306.2 307.5 290.9 327.3 6.94 7 700 3103 4.2 1.0 80 3.2 2.5 299 26 307.1 308.2 290.3 325.1 5.88 8 650 3701 -0.2 -2.6 84 2.4 -1.4 295 26 308.7 309.6 289.9 323.8 4.86 9 600 4338 -3.7 -7.6 74 4.0 -5.4 296 29 311.9 312.5 289.8 323.3 3.59 10 550 5022 -7.1 -11.4 71 4.3 -8.8 290 32 315.6 316.2 290.3 325.0 2.90 11 500 5759 -12.0 -17.2 65 5.2 -13.6 282 35 318.5 318.9 290.3 325.1 1.99 12 450 6556 -17.6 -26.5 45 9.0 -19.7 279 43 321.2 321.3 290.2 324.6 0.97 13 400 7426 -24.4 -32.8 46 8.3 -25.9 270 55 323.2 323.3 290.4 325.4 0.61 14 350 8384 -32.0 -36.3 66 4.2 -32.6 271 63 325.6 325.7 291.0 327.4 0.49 15 300 9454 -39.9 -41.4 85 1.5 -40.0 278 61 329.2 329.2 291.8 330.5 0.34 16 250 10673 -49.0 -50.1 88 1.1 -49.1 279 67 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.8 0.16 17 200 12117 -54.2 -65.4 24 11.3 -54.4 279 88 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.03 18 150 13935 -60.1 -78.2 8 18.1 -60.3 278 67 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.01 19 100 16434 -65.7 -83.2 7 17.6 -65.8 301 37 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.68 m Freezing level: 652.80 mb = 3667.83 m = 12033.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.93 mb = 3481.55 m = 11422.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.09 % Est. max temperature: 30.86 C = 87.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.72 mb = 326.96 m = 1072.71 ft T: 21.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 15.55 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.81 mb = 1913.73 m = 6278.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.14 C = 89.85 F Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.72 C Showalter Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.87 C Cross Totals Index: 21.10 C K Index: 34.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 863.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 154.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.90 mb = 1097.78 m = 3601.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.90 mb = 2602.72 m = 8539.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.90 mb = 10833.09 m = 35541.20 ft B at Equ Level: 856.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.90 mb = 13374.95 m = 43880.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.4 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 336.4 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.3 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -50.4 tot: -50.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -16.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: -3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 11.67 Bulk Shear: 74.00 m/s