MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: -25.97,153.15 Latitude: -25.97 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 1007 32 29.4 15.9 44 13.5 20.3 23 7 301.9 304.0 293.2 335.5 11.38 1 1000 94 27.5 14.3 44 13.2 18.8 16 7 300.7 302.6 292.0 331.0 10.30 2 950 545 24.3 11.5 45 12.7 16.2 297 6 301.8 303.5 291.3 328.6 9.03 3 900 1016 20.7 10.0 50 10.7 14.0 252 9 302.8 304.4 291.3 328.4 8.58 4 850 1506 16.6 8.4 58 8.2 11.6 231 11 303.5 305.1 291.1 327.9 8.15 5 800 2019 12.3 6.7 69 5.5 9.0 209 12 304.2 305.6 291.0 327.4 7.72 6 750 2557 9.1 0.2 54 8.9 4.5 175 17 306.5 307.5 289.5 322.4 5.20 7 700 3125 5.1 -6.4 43 11.5 -0.1 174 23 308.1 308.7 288.3 318.7 3.39 8 650 3724 0.4 -10.9 43 11.3 -4.1 177 26 309.4 309.9 287.9 317.6 2.57 9 600 4361 -3.5 -23.7 19 20.2 -9.2 195 26 312.1 312.2 287.2 315.2 0.94 10 550 5043 -6.9 -33.0 11 26.1 -12.6 220 28 315.9 316.0 287.9 317.4 0.43 11 500 5781 -10.7 -35.4 11 24.6 -15.7 241 25 319.9 320.0 289.2 321.3 0.38 12 450 6582 -16.1 -43.2 8 27.1 -20.1 234 35 323.0 323.1 289.9 323.7 0.19 13 400 7459 -22.1 -41.7 15 19.6 -24.8 229 49 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.2 0.25 14 350 8424 -30.3 -39.6 40 9.4 -31.4 224 59 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.2 0.35 15 300 9502 -37.5 -37.5 100 -0.0 -37.5 217 73 332.5 332.6 292.9 334.4 0.51 16 250 10736 -45.7 -58.0 24 12.3 -46.2 199 98 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.06 17 200 12190 -55.9 -57.5 82 1.6 -55.9 205 118 344.2 344.3 295.4 344.6 0.08 18 150 13987 -61.1 -77.9 9 16.9 -61.2 201 59 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16436 -69.0 -83.3 11 14.3 -69.1 222 41 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.05 m Freezing level: 644.98 mb = 3788.03 m = 12427.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.07 mb = 3112.31 m = 10210.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.14 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.06 mb = 1727.55 m = 5667.74 ft T: 14.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 20.30 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.53 mb = 2661.63 m = 8732.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.26 C = 93.66 F Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lifted Index: 0.75 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: 1.48 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.36 C Cross Totals Index: 19.12 C K Index: 24.28 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 147.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 149.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.86 mb = 2062.33 m = 6766.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.86 mb = 3590.15 m = 11778.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 540.86 mb = 5173.12 m = 16971.99 ft B at Equ Level: 35.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 440.86 mb = 6734.94 m = 22096.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.9 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 235.9 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.8 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.4 neg: -28.2 tot: 1.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 80.86 m/s