MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: -27.23,152.74 Latitude: -27.23 Longitude: 152.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 998 98 33.4 12.0 27 21.3 19.5 49 6 306.7 308.4 292.7 333.6 8.88 2 950 534 27.2 9.6 33 17.6 16.2 24 6 304.8 306.2 291.3 328.6 7.90 3 900 1008 23.4 7.0 35 16.4 13.6 343 5 305.6 306.9 290.8 326.8 7.00 4 850 1503 19.1 4.8 39 14.3 10.9 315 6 306.2 307.3 290.4 325.5 6.36 5 800 2019 14.5 2.5 45 11.9 7.9 308 6 306.6 307.6 290.0 324.1 5.75 6 750 2559 9.6 -0.3 50 10.0 4.5 294 7 307.1 308.0 289.5 322.4 4.98 7 700 3127 4.4 -1.4 66 5.9 1.5 278 10 307.4 308.3 289.5 322.5 4.92 8 650 3725 -0.6 -3.5 81 2.8 -2.0 270 19 308.3 309.1 289.5 322.4 4.56 9 600 4359 -5.1 -7.4 84 2.3 -6.1 269 30 310.2 310.9 289.3 321.7 3.65 10 550 5039 -8.4 -17.9 46 9.4 -11.5 277 32 314.1 314.4 288.6 319.7 1.70 11 500 5772 -12.8 -25.7 33 12.8 -16.0 279 34 317.4 317.6 288.9 320.7 0.95 12 450 6567 -18.2 -32.1 28 14.0 -20.8 279 42 320.4 320.5 289.5 322.4 0.57 13 400 7435 -24.6 -36.5 32 11.9 -26.3 282 50 323.0 323.1 290.2 324.6 0.42 14 350 8391 -32.5 -38.6 54 6.1 -33.2 279 57 324.9 325.0 290.7 326.4 0.39 15 300 9458 -40.8 -41.9 89 1.1 -40.8 284 72 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.1 0.32 16 250 10682 -47.4 -59.3 24 11.9 -47.8 289 87 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.8 0.05 17 200 12130 -54.6 -70.6 12 16.0 -54.8 284 101 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.01 18 150 13947 -59.2 -78.1 7 18.9 -59.5 283 85 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16452 -67.4 -82.7 10 15.3 -67.5 291 32 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.55 m Freezing level: 656.12 mb = 3651.78 m = 11980.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.53 mb = 3378.27 m = 11083.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.82 % Est. max temperature: 32.84 C = 91.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.57 mb = 2752.72 m = 9031.13 ft T: 7.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 11.20 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.42 mb = 3040.05 m = 9973.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.99 C = 93.18 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.35 C Showalter Index: 0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.93 C Cross Totals Index: 17.64 C K Index: 30.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 115.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 281.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 726.29 mb = 2823.50 m = 9263.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 681.29 mb = 3345.44 m = 10975.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 301.29 mb = 9428.59 m = 30933.30 ft B at Equ Level: 280.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 231.29 mb = 11186.29 m = 36699.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.1 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 311.1 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.5 neg: -5.1 tot: 14.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 5.07 Bulk Shear: 55.58 m/s