MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 95 SFC 995 139 21.3 15.5 69 5.8 17.5 18 5 294.9 296.9 290.8 326.9 11.16 2 950 539 21.4 13.4 60 8.0 16.3 2 15 298.9 300.8 291.4 328.8 10.22 3 900 1010 23.1 8.7 40 14.4 14.3 309 8 305.4 306.8 291.5 329.1 7.86 4 850 1505 19.4 6.7 44 12.6 11.8 250 9 306.4 307.8 291.3 328.5 7.28 5 800 2023 14.8 5.2 53 9.6 9.2 229 11 306.9 308.2 291.2 328.1 6.94 6 750 2564 10.0 3.1 62 6.9 6.2 215 16 307.4 308.6 290.9 326.9 6.39 7 700 3133 4.7 1.4 79 3.3 2.9 212 22 307.7 308.8 290.7 326.4 6.08 8 650 3732 -0.5 -1.3 94 0.9 -0.9 209 25 308.4 309.4 290.3 325.0 5.35 9 600 4368 -3.7 -4.7 93 1.0 -4.1 216 29 311.8 312.7 290.6 326.0 4.51 10 550 5053 -6.4 -8.5 85 2.1 -7.3 222 36 316.5 317.2 291.2 328.3 3.65 11 500 5793 -10.6 -16.1 64 5.6 -12.5 223 44 320.2 320.6 291.0 327.4 2.17 12 450 6595 -16.0 -30.2 29 14.1 -19.1 220 51 323.1 323.2 290.5 325.6 0.69 13 400 7471 -22.4 -40.0 19 17.6 -24.9 216 57 325.8 325.9 290.8 326.9 0.29 14 350 8438 -28.8 -41.3 29 12.5 -30.3 216 62 330.0 330.0 292.0 331.1 0.29 15 300 9524 -36.2 -53.5 15 17.2 -37.4 201 75 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.6 0.09 16 250 10769 -44.2 -49.9 52 5.8 -44.5 201 108 340.4 340.5 294.6 341.1 0.16 17 200 12231 -54.5 -59.4 54 4.9 -54.6 204 124 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.7 0.06 18 150 14023 -63.3 -76.1 16 12.9 -63.4 202 91 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16460 -71.9 -82.8 18 11.0 -71.9 218 50 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.84 m Freezing level: 654.44 mb = 3678.50 m = 12068.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.87 mb = 3585.48 m = 11763.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.18 % Est. max temperature: 32.89 C = 91.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.07 mb = 884.72 m = 2902.57 ft T: 22.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 4.11 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.96 mb = 2686.33 m = 8813.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.87 C = 92.97 F Cap Strength: 6.32 C Lifted Index: 1.36 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.95 C Showalter Index: 1.36 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.93 C Cross Totals Index: 17.31 C K Index: 33.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 69.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 357.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.93 mb = 1802.35 m = 5913.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.93 mb = 3415.60 m = 11205.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 575.93 mb = 4690.50 m = 15388.59 ft B at Equ Level: 68.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 455.93 mb = 6495.58 m = 21310.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.1 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 253.1 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.6 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.0 neg: -60.8 tot: -1.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 137.75 m/s