MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: -27.91,154.05 Latitude: -27.91 Longitude: 154.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 1 20.8 17.8 83 3.0 18.8 22 4 292.8 295.1 291.5 329.1 12.77 1 1000 113 19.6 16.8 84 2.7 17.8 28 5 292.7 294.9 290.9 327.2 12.15 2 950 554 17.6 12.9 74 4.6 14.7 69 4 295.0 296.8 289.8 323.5 9.91 3 900 1016 16.3 9.5 64 6.8 12.2 135 6 298.3 299.8 289.5 322.6 8.30 4 850 1501 14.2 7.2 63 7.0 10.1 173 12 301.0 302.4 289.8 323.3 7.52 5 800 2010 11.0 5.1 67 5.9 7.7 189 14 302.9 304.2 289.9 323.6 6.90 6 750 2546 7.4 3.0 73 4.5 5.0 214 17 304.7 305.8 289.9 323.8 6.33 7 700 3110 3.1 1.3 88 1.8 2.1 231 22 305.9 307.0 290.0 324.2 6.01 8 650 3707 -1.1 -1.5 97 0.4 -1.3 232 30 307.7 308.7 289.9 323.9 5.26 9 600 4341 -4.7 -5.2 97 0.5 -5.0 238 34 310.6 311.5 290.0 324.3 4.34 10 550 5020 -9.2 -9.8 96 0.6 -9.5 243 35 313.1 313.7 289.9 323.7 3.30 11 500 5752 -13.4 -15.5 84 2.1 -14.1 245 33 316.7 317.1 290.0 324.2 2.28 12 450 6546 -18.2 -19.2 91 1.0 -18.5 243 41 320.4 320.7 290.7 326.6 1.85 13 400 7416 -23.9 -24.8 92 0.9 -24.1 236 42 323.9 324.2 291.3 328.4 1.28 14 350 8377 -31.2 -32.4 89 1.2 -31.3 232 38 326.7 326.9 291.5 329.3 0.72 15 300 9448 -40.6 -41.3 93 0.7 -40.6 230 39 328.2 328.3 291.6 329.5 0.34 16 250 10666 -47.4 -57.7 30 10.3 -47.7 207 83 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.06 17 200 12123 -53.8 -70.4 11 16.6 -54.1 204 116 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.6 0.01 18 150 13934 -61.1 -76.7 11 15.6 -61.2 207 76 364.8 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16413 -64.0 -84.5 4 20.5 -64.1 203 36 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.08 m Freezing level: 663.16 mb = 3549.80 m = 11646.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.21 mb = 3472.43 m = 11392.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.19 % Est. max temperature: 28.26 C = 82.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.25 mb = 372.85 m = 1223.25 ft T: 18.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 6.50 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.47 mb = 1952.90 m = 6407.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.68 C = 87.23 F Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lifted Index: 0.33 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.68 C Showalter Index: 1.18 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.60 C Cross Totals Index: 20.63 C K Index: 33.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.93 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 221.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.90 mb = 969.37 m = 3180.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.90 mb = 3585.15 m = 11762.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 519.90 mb = 5452.17 m = 17887.49 ft B at Equ Level: 31.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 439.90 mb = 6713.65 m = 22026.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.6 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 260.6 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 154.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 154.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 91.07 m/s