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: -28.16,153.09 Latitude: -28.16 Longitude: 153.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 990 159 23.1 18.7 76 4.4 20.1 24 4 297.1 299.6 293.6 337.1 13.85 2 950 518 21.0 15.6 71 5.5 17.4 26 12 298.5 300.7 292.4 332.8 11.78 3 900 986 20.0 11.4 58 8.6 14.6 9 20 302.1 303.8 291.7 330.1 9.44 4 850 1477 17.0 8.3 57 8.6 11.7 348 22 303.9 305.4 291.2 328.3 8.12 5 800 1991 13.1 6.5 64 6.6 9.2 327 26 305.1 306.5 291.2 328.0 7.61 6 750 2530 8.4 4.9 79 3.5 6.4 314 30 305.7 307.1 291.0 327.7 7.27 7 700 3096 3.8 1.8 86 2.1 2.7 299 32 306.7 307.9 290.5 325.7 6.22 8 650 3694 0.1 -2.3 84 2.4 -1.1 288 34 309.1 310.0 290.1 324.5 4.98 9 600 4332 -3.3 -8.5 67 5.3 -5.5 286 36 312.3 313.0 289.7 323.0 3.34 10 550 5016 -6.9 -14.6 54 7.6 -9.7 282 38 315.9 316.3 289.8 323.3 2.25 11 500 5753 -11.6 -20.8 47 9.2 -14.3 274 42 318.9 319.2 289.9 323.9 1.46 12 450 6551 -17.6 -25.7 49 8.1 -19.6 273 47 321.1 321.3 290.2 324.8 1.05 13 400 7420 -24.6 -32.2 49 7.6 -25.9 268 54 323.1 323.2 290.4 325.4 0.64 14 350 8377 -32.1 -35.7 70 3.6 -32.6 269 58 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.4 0.52 15 300 9448 -39.8 -41.2 86 1.4 -39.9 281 55 329.3 329.3 291.9 330.6 0.34 16 250 10668 -49.0 -49.6 93 0.6 -49.0 281 60 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.9 0.16 17 200 12112 -55.0 -62.5 39 7.4 -55.2 275 78 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.04 18 150 13920 -60.7 -77.7 9 17.0 -60.9 276 67 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.01 19 100 16422 -64.5 -83.4 6 18.9 -64.7 299 40 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.17 m Freezing level: 648.67 mb = 3711.40 m = 12176.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.36 mb = 3517.96 m = 11541.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.62 % Est. max temperature: 30.14 C = 86.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.33 mb = 718.13 m = 2356.03 ft T: 20.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 14.14 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.75 mb = 2098.57 m = 6884.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.20 C = 88.16 F Cap Strength: 3.97 C Lifted Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.45 C Showalter Index: 0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.55 C Cross Totals Index: 19.91 C K Index: 34.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 567.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 145.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.42 mb = 1412.33 m = 4633.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 731.42 mb = 2735.51 m = 8974.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.42 mb = 10368.92 m = 34018.34 ft B at Equ Level: 564.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.42 mb = 12724.88 m = 41747.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.9 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 328.9 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.5 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -116.9 tot: -116.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -39.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: -6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.44 Bulk Shear: 127.85 m/s