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: -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 54 SFC 995 98 28.1 15.5 47 12.5 19.6 53 7 301.6 303.7 293.0 334.8 11.23 2 950 505 25.5 12.7 45 12.8 17.2 37 17 303.0 304.8 292.3 332.0 9.76 3 900 979 23.6 7.5 36 16.1 13.8 25 13 305.9 307.2 291.1 327.8 7.24 4 850 1475 19.4 6.0 41 13.4 11.4 359 11 306.5 307.8 291.0 327.4 6.89 5 800 1992 14.6 4.6 51 10.0 8.9 338 11 306.7 308.0 290.9 327.0 6.65 6 750 2533 9.6 3.1 64 6.4 6.0 323 13 306.9 308.1 290.7 326.5 6.39 7 700 3100 4.3 1.6 82 2.7 2.8 314 14 307.3 308.4 290.6 326.0 6.13 8 650 3699 -0.4 -0.9 96 0.5 -0.6 304 18 308.5 309.6 290.5 325.6 5.52 9 600 4335 -4.3 -5.7 90 1.4 -5.0 291 20 311.1 311.9 290.0 324.2 4.16 10 550 5016 -7.7 -11.8 72 4.1 -9.3 281 26 314.9 315.5 290.0 324.1 2.81 11 500 5752 -12.0 -16.7 68 4.8 -13.5 287 33 318.5 318.9 290.4 325.3 2.06 12 450 6549 -17.5 -21.7 69 4.3 -18.6 294 45 321.3 321.6 290.7 326.4 1.49 13 400 7418 -25.0 -27.8 77 2.8 -25.6 298 52 322.5 322.7 290.5 325.9 0.97 14 350 8373 -32.3 -32.5 98 0.2 -32.3 292 57 325.2 325.3 291.1 327.8 0.71 15 300 9444 -39.8 -40.6 93 0.7 -39.9 281 65 329.2 329.3 291.9 330.6 0.37 16 250 10663 -49.5 -50.7 88 1.1 -49.6 280 88 332.4 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.15 17 200 12105 -52.3 -66.1 18 13.7 -52.7 280 106 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.03 18 150 13941 -59.5 -78.1 7 18.6 -59.6 290 63 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16433 -67.4 -82.8 9 15.4 -67.5 292 34 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.85 m Freezing level: 653.92 mb = 3651.96 m = 11981.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.04 mb = 3587.41 m = 11769.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.65 % Est. max temperature: 32.90 C = 91.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.13 mb = 1686.62 m = 5533.47 ft T: 17.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 10.72 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.72 mb = 2679.68 m = 8791.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.44 C = 92.20 F Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lifted Index: -1.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: 0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.36 C Cross Totals Index: 17.93 C K Index: 34.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 131.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 458.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 168.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 773.29 mb = 2276.28 m = 7468.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.29 mb = 3003.51 m = 9853.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 278.29 mb = 9946.38 m = 32632.07 ft B at Equ Level: 456.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.29 mb = 12160.00 m = 39894.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.6 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 338.6 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.9 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.9 neg: -38.3 tot: -23.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 6.75 Bulk Shear: 67.88 m/s