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: -28.72,152.22 Latitude: -28.72 Longitude: 152.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 1 950 500 SFC 932 662 23.1 13.8 56 9.2 17.0 327 6 302.2 304.2 292.7 333.9 10.72 3 900 970 23.0 9.7 43 13.3 14.7 325 17 305.2 306.8 291.9 330.5 8.42 4 850 1465 19.1 7.6 47 11.5 12.1 308 25 306.2 307.6 291.6 329.6 7.72 5 800 1982 14.9 5.6 54 9.3 9.5 301 31 307.0 308.3 291.3 328.8 7.15 6 750 2524 10.2 3.5 63 6.7 6.5 298 35 307.7 308.9 291.1 327.8 6.59 7 700 3094 5.2 1.1 75 4.1 3.0 296 39 308.3 309.4 290.7 326.5 5.92 8 650 3694 -0.2 -2.2 86 2.1 -1.2 293 40 308.8 309.7 290.0 324.3 4.99 9 600 4330 -3.6 -8.6 68 5.0 -5.7 288 39 311.9 312.6 289.5 322.5 3.32 10 550 5013 -7.5 -18.7 40 11.3 -11.1 286 39 315.2 315.5 288.9 320.5 1.58 11 500 5748 -12.7 -25.9 32 13.2 -16.0 282 40 317.5 317.7 288.9 320.7 0.92 12 450 6542 -18.7 -33.0 27 14.3 -21.4 276 41 319.7 319.8 289.2 321.6 0.53 13 400 7408 -25.5 -38.9 27 13.4 -27.3 270 46 321.8 321.9 289.7 323.0 0.33 14 350 8361 -32.9 -39.2 53 6.3 -33.6 274 52 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.8 0.37 15 300 9429 -40.0 -41.8 83 1.7 -40.2 285 63 328.9 329.0 291.7 330.2 0.32 16 250 10649 -49.0 -49.5 94 0.5 -49.0 292 68 333.3 333.3 292.8 333.9 0.17 17 200 12088 -55.4 -65.3 28 9.9 -55.6 279 72 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.03 18 150 13906 -58.5 -78.7 6 20.2 -58.7 274 55 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.01 19 100 16417 -64.8 -83.5 6 18.7 -65.0 302 43 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.50 m Freezing level: 651.42 mb = 3676.47 m = 12061.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.35 mb = 3516.78 m = 11537.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.04 % Est. max temperature: 28.01 C = 82.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.09 mb = 1833.42 m = 6015.08 ft T: 16.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 13.39 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 710.45 mb = 2971.34 m = 9748.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.88 C = 83.99 F Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lifted Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.68 C Showalter Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.86 C Cross Totals Index: 20.34 C K Index: 35.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 245.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 436.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 103.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 740.32 mb = 2631.53 m = 8633.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.32 mb = 3384.20 m = 11102.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 295.32 mb = 9534.32 m = 31280.20 ft B at Equ Level: 436.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 195.32 mb = 12238.04 m = 40150.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.1 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 321.1 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 6.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.3 neg: -8.4 tot: 25.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 5.57 Bulk Shear: 78.38 m/s