MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 98 18.5 16.9 90 1.6 17.4 42 3 291.5 293.7 290.5 325.9 12.15 1 1000 106 18.9 16.4 86 2.4 17.2 8 2 292.0 294.1 290.4 325.5 11.83 2 950 547 19.5 12.9 66 6.6 15.3 305 13 297.0 298.8 290.5 325.6 9.87 3 900 1012 18.1 9.7 58 8.4 12.9 289 22 300.1 301.6 290.2 324.9 8.39 4 850 1499 15.3 7.4 59 7.9 10.6 278 27 302.2 303.6 290.2 324.9 7.61 5 800 2010 12.1 4.8 61 7.2 7.9 278 31 304.0 305.3 290.1 324.4 6.76 6 750 2548 8.2 2.7 68 5.6 5.2 273 34 305.5 306.7 290.1 324.4 6.20 7 700 3114 4.0 0.7 79 3.3 2.2 274 36 306.9 308.0 290.1 324.5 5.75 8 650 3713 0.4 -2.1 83 2.5 -0.9 279 41 309.4 310.3 290.3 325.0 5.04 9 600 4351 -3.5 -4.8 90 1.3 -4.1 278 42 312.1 312.9 290.6 326.1 4.46 10 550 5034 -7.4 -8.2 94 0.9 -7.7 281 43 315.3 316.1 291.0 327.4 3.74 11 500 5771 -11.7 -12.7 92 1.0 -12.1 284 43 318.8 319.4 291.2 328.3 2.88 12 450 6569 -17.0 -17.6 95 0.6 -17.2 287 45 321.8 322.3 291.5 329.1 2.14 13 400 7442 -23.0 -23.3 98 0.3 -23.1 294 43 325.1 325.4 291.7 330.2 1.47 14 350 8406 -30.2 -30.2 100 -0.0 -30.2 306 40 328.0 328.2 292.0 331.2 0.89 15 300 9483 -39.0 -38.9 100 -0.0 -38.9 316 35 330.5 330.5 292.3 332.1 0.44 16 250 10707 -48.2 -48.4 98 0.2 -48.2 334 48 334.4 334.4 293.1 335.1 0.19 17 200 12141 -57.7 -66.3 32 8.7 -57.8 292 78 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.03 18 150 13940 -61.5 -77.9 10 16.3 -61.7 285 83 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16439 -65.9 -83.0 7 17.1 -66.0 282 36 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.79 m Freezing level: 645.41 mb = 3771.25 m = 12372.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.83 mb = 3542.53 m = 11622.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.85 % Est. max temperature: 29.10 C = 84.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.60 mb = 300.73 m = 986.63 ft T: 19.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 0.74 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.88 mb = 2308.44 m = 7573.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.78 C = 89.21 F Cap Strength: 4.68 C Lifted Index: 1.81 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.40 C Showalter Index: 2.10 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.01 C Cross Totals Index: 19.06 C K Index: 31.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5577.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.92 mb = 1301.57 m = 4270.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.2 at 33.8 knts Storm direction: 310.2 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 6.2 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.1 neg: -9.0 tot: 67.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 98.12 m/s