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: -27.49,152.06 Latitude: -27.49 Longitude: 152.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 962 405 26.8 10.9 37 15.9 16.8 331 15 303.4 304.9 291.4 328.9 8.55 2 950 511 26.2 9.9 36 16.2 16.0 334 21 303.7 305.2 291.2 328.0 8.09 3 900 985 21.8 8.5 42 13.3 13.7 331 26 304.0 305.4 290.9 327.3 7.75 4 850 1478 17.2 7.4 52 9.9 11.3 327 24 304.2 305.6 290.9 327.0 7.60 5 800 1993 12.7 6.0 63 6.8 8.8 320 20 304.7 306.1 290.8 326.8 7.32 6 750 2531 8.1 4.3 77 3.8 5.9 311 17 305.4 306.6 290.7 326.3 6.93 7 700 3097 3.2 2.1 92 1.2 2.6 302 14 306.1 307.2 290.4 325.4 6.35 8 650 3695 -0.6 -0.9 98 0.3 -0.7 292 12 308.3 309.3 290.3 325.3 5.53 9 600 4330 -4.5 -4.8 98 0.3 -4.7 282 11 310.9 311.7 290.2 324.9 4.46 10 550 5009 -9.2 -9.5 98 0.3 -9.3 277 13 313.2 313.8 290.0 324.0 3.39 11 500 5739 -13.5 -13.9 97 0.4 -13.7 282 20 316.5 317.0 290.3 325.1 2.61 12 450 6532 -18.9 -19.0 100 0.1 -19.0 292 26 319.4 319.8 290.5 325.8 1.90 13 400 7398 -25.0 -25.0 100 0.0 -24.9 297 34 322.6 322.8 290.8 326.9 1.26 14 350 8356 -31.3 -31.3 100 -0.0 -31.3 299 44 326.6 326.7 291.6 329.4 0.80 15 300 9430 -39.1 -39.0 100 -0.0 -39.1 298 61 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.9 0.43 16 250 10651 -49.8 -49.8 100 0.0 -49.8 290 86 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.16 17 200 12074 -58.7 -60.0 85 1.3 -58.7 279 106 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.06 18 150 13906 -55.6 -79.4 4 23.8 -55.9 285 73 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.00 19 100 16425 -66.3 -82.9 8 16.6 -66.4 308 32 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.71 m Freezing level: 657.98 mb = 3599.48 m = 11809.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.11 mb = 3558.26 m = 11673.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.20 % Est. max temperature: 28.06 C = 82.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 761.45 mb = 2404.83 m = 7889.76 ft T: 9.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 4.86 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.24 mb = 2829.38 m = 9282.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.19 C = 84.54 F Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lifted Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Showalter Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.79 C Cross Totals Index: 20.90 C K Index: 36.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 157.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 742.05 mb = 2618.78 m = 8591.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 697.05 mb = 3131.43 m = 10273.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 387.05 mb = 7634.28 m = 25046.55 ft B at Equ Level: 157.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 277.05 mb = 9962.83 m = 32686.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.0 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 334.0 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.8 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -86.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: -36.1 tot: -34.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -11.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.19 Bulk Shear: 15.45 m/s