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: -28.38,153.34 Latitude: -28.38 Longitude: 153.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 994 122 23.1 18.4 75 4.6 19.9 6 5 296.7 299.2 293.3 335.8 13.53 2 950 518 22.3 14.2 60 8.0 17.0 350 13 299.8 301.8 292.1 331.5 10.81 3 900 987 20.7 9.1 48 11.5 13.6 356 17 302.8 304.3 290.9 327.0 8.10 4 850 1478 17.3 5.7 46 11.6 10.6 348 19 304.3 305.5 290.2 324.7 6.77 5 800 1992 13.4 4.3 54 9.2 8.2 328 21 305.5 306.7 290.3 325.2 6.51 6 750 2531 9.1 3.4 67 5.7 5.9 311 26 306.4 307.6 290.6 326.2 6.51 7 700 3099 4.3 2.0 85 2.2 3.1 298 30 307.2 308.4 290.7 326.6 6.34 8 650 3697 0.0 -0.6 96 0.6 -0.3 293 33 309.0 310.0 290.7 326.4 5.63 9 600 4334 -4.4 -5.3 94 0.9 -4.8 293 36 311.0 311.9 290.2 324.6 4.31 10 550 5014 -8.6 -13.1 70 4.5 -10.2 290 38 313.9 314.4 289.4 322.2 2.54 11 500 5747 -12.9 -21.9 47 8.9 -15.4 287 41 317.3 317.5 289.3 321.8 1.33 12 450 6541 -18.3 -30.3 34 12.1 -20.7 285 49 320.3 320.4 289.6 322.7 0.68 13 400 7410 -24.4 -34.2 40 9.8 -26.0 278 61 323.3 323.4 290.3 325.2 0.53 14 350 8368 -31.5 -36.2 63 4.7 -32.1 273 66 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.1 0.50 15 300 9441 -39.3 -41.4 81 2.0 -39.5 272 61 329.9 330.0 292.0 331.2 0.34 16 250 10665 -48.3 -49.4 89 1.1 -48.4 270 67 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.9 0.17 17 200 12104 -56.5 -62.7 46 6.1 -56.7 273 79 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.04 18 150 13907 -60.3 -77.8 8 17.5 -60.4 278 69 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16421 -64.5 -83.4 6 18.9 -64.7 303 39 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.76 m Freezing level: 649.82 mb = 3699.68 m = 12137.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.88 mb = 3636.98 m = 11932.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.65 % Est. max temperature: 30.76 C = 87.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.78 mb = 713.87 m = 2342.06 ft T: 21.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 11.06 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.38 mb = 2339.92 m = 7676.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.42 C = 90.35 F Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lifted Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.39 C Showalter Index: 0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.26 C Cross Totals Index: 18.65 C K Index: 33.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 148.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 424.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 196.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.59 mb = 1622.92 m = 5324.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.59 mb = 3091.60 m = 10142.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 300.59 mb = 9427.33 m = 30929.19 ft B at Equ Level: 421.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 200.59 mb = 12085.12 m = 39648.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.9 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 332.9 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 4.7 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: -30.1 tot: -28.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.84 Bulk Shear: 72.74 m/s