MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: -29.07,153.15 Latitude: -29.07 Longitude: 153.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 46 18.8 17.7 93 1.1 18.1 154 6 291.2 293.5 290.9 327.2 12.74 1 1000 120 18.6 17.1 91 1.5 17.6 148 10 291.7 293.9 290.7 326.6 12.34 2 950 559 15.9 15.0 94 0.9 15.4 137 19 293.3 295.4 290.5 325.8 11.39 3 900 1018 14.5 12.4 87 2.1 13.1 130 13 296.4 298.3 290.5 325.6 10.07 4 850 1501 13.9 7.5 65 6.4 10.2 192 13 300.7 302.1 289.8 323.4 7.66 5 800 2011 12.0 4.1 58 7.9 7.6 214 18 303.9 305.1 289.8 323.3 6.42 6 750 2548 7.8 1.9 66 5.9 4.6 220 22 305.1 306.2 289.6 322.9 5.86 7 700 3113 3.2 -0.4 77 3.6 1.4 227 30 306.0 307.0 289.5 322.3 5.32 8 650 3709 -1.3 -3.6 85 2.2 -2.4 228 37 307.5 308.3 289.2 321.5 4.52 9 600 4342 -5.4 -9.1 75 3.7 -6.9 234 35 309.9 310.5 288.8 320.0 3.20 10 550 5021 -8.6 -11.5 80 2.8 -9.7 240 31 313.9 314.4 289.8 323.2 2.89 11 500 5755 -12.9 -15.0 84 2.1 -13.6 246 29 317.3 317.8 290.3 325.2 2.38 12 450 6550 -18.5 -25.3 55 6.8 -20.1 227 32 320.0 320.2 289.9 323.8 1.09 13 400 7416 -25.3 -33.8 45 8.5 -26.7 220 40 322.1 322.2 290.0 324.1 0.55 14 350 8370 -32.6 -45.1 28 12.5 -33.7 224 53 324.8 324.8 290.5 325.5 0.19 15 300 9440 -39.6 -58.8 11 19.1 -40.5 209 66 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.05 16 250 10670 -45.1 -65.5 8 20.4 -45.7 206 103 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.1 0.02 17 200 12131 -54.5 -66.0 23 11.5 -54.7 208 132 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.03 18 150 13941 -60.9 -76.8 11 15.8 -61.1 205 82 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16412 -65.8 -83.9 6 18.0 -66.0 217 56 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5634.83 m Freezing level: 664.83 mb = 3532.34 m = 11588.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.77 mb = 3325.20 m = 10909.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.64 % Est. max temperature: 27.54 C = 81.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.56 mb = 183.90 m = 603.33 ft T: 18.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 7.16 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.34 mb = 1728.71 m = 5671.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.74 C = 85.53 F Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lifted Index: 0.25 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.28 C Showalter Index: 1.66 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.81 C Cross Totals Index: 20.40 C K Index: 30.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.82 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 70.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 173.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.98 mb = 648.98 m = 2129.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 684.98 mb = 3287.42 m = 10785.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 514.98 mb = 5527.72 m = 18135.35 ft B at Equ Level: 70.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 314.98 mb = 9102.25 m = 29862.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.0 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 253.0 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.6 neg: -30.5 tot: 121.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.75 Bulk Shear: 94.08 m/s