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: -28.38,151.03 Latitude: -28.38 Longitude: 151.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 74 SFC 970 332 18.9 15.9 83 3.0 16.9 332 18 294.5 296.6 291.2 328.2 11.75 2 950 514 17.9 13.8 77 4.2 15.3 328 30 295.4 297.3 290.5 325.6 10.48 3 900 977 16.9 10.3 65 6.6 12.9 317 31 299.0 300.6 290.2 324.7 8.79 4 850 1464 15.1 8.1 63 7.0 10.9 314 23 302.0 303.5 290.5 325.8 8.00 5 800 1976 11.9 5.6 65 6.3 8.2 306 18 303.8 305.1 290.3 325.2 7.12 6 750 2513 7.9 2.9 71 5.0 5.2 294 17 305.2 306.3 290.0 324.3 6.31 7 700 3080 4.1 -0.2 74 4.2 1.9 285 20 307.0 308.0 289.9 323.6 5.41 8 650 3680 0.5 -3.1 77 3.6 -1.2 287 24 309.6 310.4 290.0 324.1 4.68 9 600 4318 -3.4 -6.4 80 3.0 -4.7 289 32 312.2 313.0 290.2 324.8 3.96 10 550 5001 -7.8 -10.1 84 2.3 -8.8 288 37 314.8 315.4 290.3 325.2 3.22 11 500 5735 -12.6 -13.7 91 1.1 -13.0 289 42 317.7 318.2 290.7 326.5 2.66 12 450 6531 -17.6 -17.9 98 0.3 -17.7 291 44 321.1 321.5 291.2 328.1 2.08 13 400 7402 -23.5 -23.5 100 0.0 -23.5 293 41 324.5 324.8 291.6 329.5 1.44 14 350 8364 -30.9 -31.0 100 0.0 -30.9 294 40 327.0 327.2 291.7 330.0 0.83 15 300 9435 -40.5 -40.5 100 0.0 -40.5 295 43 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.7 0.37 16 250 10650 -50.5 -50.6 100 0.0 -50.5 296 51 330.9 331.0 292.1 331.5 0.15 17 200 12077 -55.9 -61.1 52 5.2 -56.0 287 79 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.05 18 150 13904 -58.0 -78.6 5 20.7 -58.2 278 65 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.01 19 100 16429 -64.6 -83.5 6 18.9 -64.8 326 31 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.08 m Freezing level: 643.21 mb = 3766.37 m = 12356.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.49 mb = 3440.41 m = 11287.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.95 % Est. max temperature: 27.31 C = 81.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.23 mb = 712.32 m = 2336.99 ft T: 17.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 3.45 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.41 mb = 2332.91 m = 7653.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.94 C = 84.09 F Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lifted Index: 0.89 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.41 C Showalter Index: 0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.72 C Cross Totals Index: 20.68 C K Index: 31.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.78 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5847.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.52 mb = 1478.60 m = 4850.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.9 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 325.9 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.5 neg: -39.8 tot: -24.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: -4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.76 Bulk Shear: 28.87 m/s