MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: -25.97,152.25 Latitude: -25.97 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 91 SFC 989 190 33.7 11.4 26 22.3 19.2 289 3 307.8 309.4 292.7 333.8 8.56 2 950 545 26.7 10.2 35 16.5 16.3 278 5 304.3 305.8 291.5 329.0 8.24 3 900 1018 22.0 9.3 44 12.7 14.1 265 5 304.2 305.7 291.3 328.7 8.18 4 850 1511 17.3 8.2 55 9.1 11.8 249 6 304.3 305.8 291.3 328.5 8.05 5 800 2024 12.8 6.5 65 6.3 9.1 216 7 304.8 306.2 291.0 327.7 7.59 6 750 2563 9.9 -2.2 42 12.2 3.8 171 17 307.3 308.1 289.0 320.7 4.32 7 700 3132 5.1 -5.2 47 10.4 0.3 179 23 308.2 308.9 288.6 319.7 3.70 8 650 3731 0.2 -8.3 53 8.5 -3.4 189 27 309.2 309.8 288.5 319.1 3.15 9 600 4368 -3.7 -16.8 35 13.2 -8.1 201 26 311.9 312.2 287.9 317.5 1.71 10 550 5050 -6.8 -31.6 12 24.8 -12.5 230 25 316.0 316.1 288.0 317.8 0.50 11 500 5788 -11.0 -37.6 9 26.5 -16.0 239 25 319.6 319.7 289.0 320.7 0.30 12 450 6589 -15.7 -47.2 5 31.5 -20.0 230 37 323.5 323.5 290.0 324.0 0.12 13 400 7467 -21.5 -42.9 13 21.4 -24.4 225 53 327.1 327.2 291.1 327.9 0.22 14 350 8435 -29.5 -42.9 26 13.3 -31.0 222 62 328.9 329.0 291.7 329.9 0.25 15 300 9516 -36.8 -36.8 100 -0.0 -36.8 215 75 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.5 0.54 16 250 10752 -45.8 -49.1 69 3.4 -46.0 198 97 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.7 0.17 17 200 12208 -55.8 -55.9 99 0.1 -55.8 205 115 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.8 0.10 18 150 14002 -61.1 -77.0 10 15.9 -61.3 202 72 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16448 -71.1 -82.8 16 11.8 -71.1 216 43 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.53 m Freezing level: 647.35 mb = 3764.77 m = 12351.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.80 mb = 3180.41 m = 10434.29 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.16 % Est. max temperature: 30.31 C = 86.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 715.81 mb = 2947.75 m = 9670.97 ft T: 6.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 16.33 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.11 mb = 3036.89 m = 9963.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.91 C = 93.04 F Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lifted Index: 0.34 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.89 C Showalter Index: 0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.34 C Cross Totals Index: 19.20 C K Index: 26.17 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 134.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 70.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 739.67 mb = 2677.74 m = 8785.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.67 mb = 3429.82 m = 11252.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 524.67 mb = 5415.22 m = 17766.25 ft B at Equ Level: 70.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 404.67 mb = 7380.72 m = 24214.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.6 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 240.6 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.8 neg: -2.7 tot: 55.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.83 Bulk Shear: 38.65 m/s