MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: -25.58,152.25 Latitude: -25.58 Longitude: 152.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 998 139 17.6 17.2 98 0.4 17.4 117 3 290.9 293.2 290.6 326.2 12.50 2 950 559 16.4 15.8 97 0.5 16.0 57 13 293.8 295.9 291.2 328.0 11.99 3 900 1019 14.1 12.5 90 1.6 13.1 41 12 296.0 297.9 290.4 325.4 10.15 4 850 1502 14.6 9.5 71 5.1 11.5 44 3 301.5 303.1 291.0 327.5 8.80 5 800 2014 12.7 6.9 68 5.8 9.3 221 7 304.7 306.1 291.2 328.2 7.82 6 750 2553 8.6 4.8 77 3.9 6.4 209 14 305.9 307.3 291.0 327.7 7.19 7 700 3120 4.5 0.7 76 3.8 2.5 202 21 307.5 308.5 290.3 325.2 5.76 8 650 3719 -0.5 -7.6 59 7.0 -3.6 216 28 308.4 309.0 288.3 318.8 3.33 9 600 4355 -2.8 -32.3 8 29.5 -9.7 214 35 312.9 313.0 286.9 314.4 0.42 10 550 5040 -6.4 -30.8 13 24.3 -12.2 196 37 316.4 316.5 288.2 318.3 0.53 11 500 5777 -11.2 -36.5 10 25.2 -16.1 190 42 319.3 319.4 288.9 320.6 0.34 12 450 6577 -16.5 -46.1 6 29.5 -20.5 195 50 322.5 322.5 289.6 323.0 0.14 13 400 7449 -23.6 -48.5 8 24.9 -26.2 189 54 324.4 324.4 290.2 324.8 0.12 14 350 8412 -29.8 -56.0 6 26.2 -31.7 192 62 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.8 0.06 15 300 9496 -35.9 -58.8 8 22.9 -37.2 193 85 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.05 16 250 10740 -44.3 -50.1 52 5.8 -44.6 193 121 340.3 340.3 294.6 340.9 0.16 17 200 12201 -54.4 -62.5 36 8.2 -54.6 200 124 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.04 18 150 14001 -62.5 -76.6 13 14.1 -62.6 195 79 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16452 -70.6 -82.9 15 12.3 -70.6 229 39 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.88 m Freezing level: 655.32 mb = 3654.88 m = 11990.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.45 mb = 3360.81 m = 11026.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.41 % Est. max temperature: 28.27 C = 82.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.51 mb = 184.48 m = 605.25 ft T: 17.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 13.78 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.28 mb = 894.14 m = 2933.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.10 C = 71.77 F Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lifted Index: 1.51 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.32 C Showalter Index: 1.22 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.88 C Cross Totals Index: 20.74 C K Index: 31.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 209.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.19 mb = 683.80 m = 2243.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.19 mb = 3580.80 m = 11747.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 631.19 mb = 3952.10 m = 12966.05 ft B at Equ Level: 21.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 571.19 mb = 4742.36 m = 15558.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.1 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 230.1 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.5 neg: -66.2 tot: 6.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 118.68 m/s