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: -28.38,151.54 Latitude: -28.38 Longitude: 151.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 951 507 21.2 13.1 60 8.0 16.0 313 31 298.6 300.4 291.1 327.8 10.03 2 950 518 21.0 12.6 59 8.4 15.6 315 33 298.5 300.2 290.7 326.7 9.68 3 900 983 17.4 10.6 64 6.8 13.2 319 49 299.5 301.1 290.5 325.7 8.95 4 850 1470 14.9 8.9 67 6.0 11.2 318 43 301.7 303.3 290.8 326.7 8.43 5 800 1981 12.0 6.9 71 5.1 9.0 314 34 304.0 305.4 291.0 327.5 7.84 6 750 2520 8.5 4.5 76 4.1 6.2 308 26 305.8 307.2 290.9 327.2 7.05 7 700 3087 4.4 2.0 84 2.4 3.1 300 23 307.4 308.6 290.8 326.8 6.35 8 650 3687 0.5 -1.3 87 1.8 -0.4 288 23 309.6 310.6 290.6 326.2 5.36 9 600 4325 -4.1 -5.8 88 1.7 -4.8 279 26 311.4 312.2 290.1 324.5 4.15 10 550 5005 -9.2 -12.0 80 2.8 -10.2 275 29 313.2 313.7 289.4 322.1 2.76 11 500 5735 -13.8 -16.2 82 2.4 -14.6 274 31 316.2 316.7 289.8 323.4 2.16 12 450 6528 -18.9 -20.4 87 1.6 -19.3 279 35 319.5 319.8 290.3 325.2 1.67 13 400 7395 -24.6 -25.4 93 0.8 -24.8 290 41 323.0 323.2 290.9 327.2 1.22 14 350 8354 -31.1 -31.2 99 0.1 -31.1 298 49 326.8 327.0 291.6 329.7 0.81 15 300 9427 -39.7 -39.7 100 -0.0 -39.7 303 59 329.4 329.5 292.0 331.0 0.41 16 250 10646 -49.6 -50.0 96 0.3 -49.7 304 63 332.3 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.16 17 200 12083 -54.3 -61.7 40 7.4 -54.5 289 80 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.05 18 150 13905 -58.9 -78.2 7 19.3 -59.2 274 63 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.6 0.01 19 100 16423 -65.7 -83.4 7 17.7 -65.8 305 36 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.33 m Freezing level: 644.20 mb = 3760.97 m = 12339.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.55 mb = 3618.08 m = 11870.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.79 % Est. max temperature: 26.46 C = 79.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.67 mb = 1523.14 m = 4997.10 ft T: 14.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 5.41 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.82 mb = 2620.89 m = 8598.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.63 C = 83.54 F Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lifted Index: -0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.49 C Showalter Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.64 C Cross Totals Index: 22.65 C K Index: 35.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 268.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 62.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 196.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.75 mb = 1868.85 m = 6131.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 595.75 mb = 4380.37 m = 14371.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 435.75 mb = 6764.76 m = 22193.82 ft B at Equ Level: 61.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 355.75 mb = 8236.53 m = 27022.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.0 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 326.0 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 5.2 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -64.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.2 neg: -62.5 tot: -26.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: -1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.62 Bulk Shear: 38.44 m/s