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: -29.52,152.26 Latitude: -29.52 Longitude: 152.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 1 950 503 SFC 928 703 21.7 14.5 64 7.1 17.0 304 7 301.2 303.2 292.9 334.3 11.27 3 900 970 20.8 11.4 55 9.3 14.8 312 12 302.9 304.7 292.0 331.1 9.47 4 850 1461 16.9 9.2 60 7.8 12.1 295 28 303.9 305.5 291.6 329.7 8.61 5 800 1975 12.8 7.1 68 5.7 9.4 293 34 304.8 306.2 291.3 328.6 7.91 6 750 2513 8.5 4.4 76 4.1 6.2 294 37 305.8 307.1 290.9 327.1 7.03 7 700 3080 3.8 1.4 84 2.4 2.5 293 40 306.7 307.8 290.3 325.2 6.06 8 650 3678 -0.2 -4.4 73 4.2 -2.1 289 43 308.7 309.5 289.3 322.0 4.24 9 600 4315 -3.5 -13.0 48 9.6 -7.1 287 43 312.1 312.5 288.6 319.6 2.33 10 550 4998 -7.3 -21.2 32 13.9 -11.4 287 41 315.5 315.7 288.6 319.8 1.28 11 500 5734 -11.8 -27.2 26 15.5 -15.6 288 38 318.7 318.8 289.2 321.5 0.82 12 450 6531 -18.0 -30.2 34 12.2 -20.5 285 38 320.6 320.7 289.7 323.0 0.69 13 400 7398 -25.3 -31.8 55 6.5 -26.4 288 41 322.2 322.3 290.2 324.6 0.67 14 350 8352 -33.2 -35.1 83 1.9 -33.4 291 47 324.0 324.1 290.6 326.0 0.55 15 300 9416 -41.0 -41.2 98 0.2 -41.1 290 58 327.5 327.6 291.4 328.8 0.35 16 250 10633 -49.1 -49.5 96 0.4 -49.1 286 68 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.8 0.17 17 200 12074 -54.7 -67.0 21 12.2 -54.9 282 65 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 18 150 13888 -60.2 -78.3 8 18.1 -60.4 277 56 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16404 -62.8 -83.9 4 21.1 -63.0 306 43 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.46 m Freezing level: 652.61 mb = 3646.62 m = 11963.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.91 mb = 3398.23 m = 11148.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.30 % Est. max temperature: 25.65 C = 78.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.48 mb = 1606.92 m = 5272.00 ft T: 15.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 14.70 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.54 mb = 2529.34 m = 8298.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.25 C = 79.25 F Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lifted Index: -0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.78 C Showalter Index: -0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.72 C Cross Totals Index: 20.96 C K Index: 35.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 453.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.05 mb = 2217.61 m = 7275.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.05 mb = 2825.10 m = 9268.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 272.05 mb = 10069.17 m = 33034.93 ft B at Equ Level: 448.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.05 mb = 12329.91 m = 40451.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.8 at 36.2 knts Storm direction: 319.8 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 3.8 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.5 neg: -5.8 tot: 70.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 5.58 Bulk Shear: 81.21 m/s