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: -32.15,152.57 Latitude: -32.15 Longitude: 152.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 22 20.5 17.4 83 3.0 18.4 347 8 293.5 295.7 291.6 329.4 12.61 1 1000 33 20.7 16.8 78 4.0 18.1 343 9 293.9 296.0 291.2 328.4 12.08 2 950 477 20.3 12.5 61 7.8 15.4 318 27 297.8 299.6 290.6 325.9 9.66 3 900 942 17.5 9.7 60 7.9 12.7 317 35 299.6 301.1 290.0 324.3 8.40 4 850 1428 13.8 7.3 65 6.5 10.0 314 36 300.6 302.0 289.6 323.0 7.56 5 800 1936 10.0 5.0 71 5.0 7.2 310 35 301.8 303.1 289.5 322.3 6.86 6 750 2470 6.4 2.5 76 3.9 4.3 306 35 303.5 304.6 289.3 321.9 6.12 7 700 3032 3.0 -0.4 78 3.4 1.3 305 35 305.8 306.8 289.3 322.0 5.30 8 650 3629 -0.3 -3.7 78 3.4 -1.9 306 36 308.7 309.5 289.6 322.6 4.49 9 600 4265 -4.2 -7.4 79 3.2 -5.6 306 37 311.2 311.9 289.6 322.8 3.65 10 550 4945 -8.8 -12.6 74 3.8 -10.2 305 41 313.6 314.1 289.4 322.1 2.63 11 500 5676 -13.9 -19.0 66 5.1 -15.4 299 48 316.1 316.4 289.3 321.8 1.71 12 450 6468 -19.0 -24.5 62 5.5 -20.4 294 55 319.3 319.5 289.8 323.3 1.16 13 400 7333 -25.5 -29.1 72 3.6 -26.2 293 58 321.8 322.0 290.2 324.9 0.86 14 350 8287 -32.9 -34.2 88 1.4 -33.1 292 61 324.4 324.5 290.7 326.6 0.60 15 300 9353 -41.2 -41.5 96 0.4 -41.2 299 59 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.6 0.33 16 250 10565 -51.1 -51.3 98 0.1 -51.1 300 73 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.14 17 200 11985 -57.2 -59.5 75 2.3 -57.3 296 83 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.4 0.06 18 150 13813 -57.1 -79.3 4 22.2 -57.4 286 75 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.01 19 100 16381 -60.7 -84.5 3 23.9 -60.9 317 42 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5642.10 m Freezing level: 654.12 mb = 3580.07 m = 11745.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.87 mb = 3267.30 m = 10719.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.04 % Est. max temperature: 27.52 C = 81.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.97 mb = 405.02 m = 1328.79 ft T: 20.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 7.49 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.32 mb = 1859.75 m = 6101.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.61 C = 83.50 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: 0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.69 C Cross Totals Index: 21.21 C K Index: 31.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 79.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 128.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.24 mb = 1326.30 m = 4351.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 625.24 mb = 3937.70 m = 12918.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 375.24 mb = 7789.75 m = 25556.62 ft B at Equ Level: 79.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 285.24 mb = 9688.43 m = 31785.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.3 at 36.2 knts Storm direction: 337.3 at 27.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.3 neg: -20.2 tot: 28.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.68 Bulk Shear: 47.36 m/s