MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 6Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: -26.58,152.73 Latitude: -26.58 Longitude: 152.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 981 220 28.4 15.2 45 13.2 19.5 44 6 303.2 305.2 293.4 336.2 11.11 2 950 504 26.8 12.1 40 14.6 17.3 31 15 304.3 306.1 292.4 332.4 9.39 3 900 979 24.0 8.6 37 15.4 14.5 17 13 306.2 307.7 291.7 329.9 7.82 4 850 1475 20.1 5.7 39 14.5 11.6 349 12 307.2 308.5 291.1 327.8 6.75 5 800 1994 15.4 4.2 47 11.3 9.0 332 13 307.6 308.8 291.0 327.4 6.46 6 750 2536 10.4 2.7 59 7.7 6.2 316 14 307.9 309.0 290.9 326.9 6.22 7 700 3105 5.1 1.2 76 4.0 3.0 303 16 308.1 309.3 290.7 326.5 5.96 8 650 3705 -0.2 -1.6 90 1.4 -0.9 285 19 308.8 309.8 290.3 325.0 5.24 9 600 4341 -3.8 -10.4 60 6.6 -6.4 286 24 311.8 312.3 289.0 321.0 2.90 10 550 5025 -6.3 -16.5 44 10.2 -9.8 288 37 316.6 317.0 289.6 323.0 1.91 11 500 5764 -11.3 -20.5 46 9.2 -14.0 287 46 319.3 319.6 290.1 324.4 1.49 12 450 6563 -17.2 -26.8 43 9.6 -19.4 294 54 321.6 321.8 290.3 325.0 0.95 13 400 7433 -24.4 -29.3 64 4.9 -25.4 294 62 323.3 323.5 290.6 326.3 0.85 14 350 8392 -31.4 -33.2 85 1.7 -31.7 281 65 326.3 326.5 291.3 328.8 0.67 15 300 9466 -38.9 -41.7 75 2.7 -39.2 274 70 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.7 0.33 16 250 10693 -47.3 -52.7 54 5.4 -47.6 278 87 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.11 17 200 12144 -53.8 -67.5 17 13.7 -54.1 282 101 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 13960 -60.8 -77.6 9 16.8 -61.0 287 76 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16438 -66.7 -82.8 9 16.1 -66.8 285 34 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.66 m Freezing level: 651.63 mb = 3685.74 m = 12092.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.40 mb = 3564.51 m = 11694.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.33 % Est. max temperature: 32.57 C = 90.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 809.20 mb = 1895.84 m = 6219.86 ft T: 16.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 15.13 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.43 mb = 2879.44 m = 9446.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.24 C = 91.83 F Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lifted Index: -0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: 0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.43 C Cross Totals Index: 16.95 C K Index: 33.14 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 138.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 335.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 142.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.36 mb = 2532.08 m = 8307.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.36 mb = 3159.26 m = 10364.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 295.36 mb = 9571.15 m = 31401.04 ft B at Equ Level: 331.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 215.36 mb = 11663.04 m = 38264.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.7 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 330.7 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.8 neg: -42.9 tot: -22.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 3.66 Bulk Shear: 91.69 m/s