MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 1012 33 20.4 18.2 87 2.2 19.0 66 4 292.6 295.0 291.7 329.9 13.15 1 1000 133 20.1 17.6 86 2.5 18.5 63 8 293.3 295.5 291.6 329.6 12.78 2 950 575 17.9 14.0 78 3.9 15.4 79 12 295.4 297.3 290.6 326.0 10.64 3 900 1037 16.2 11.3 73 4.9 13.1 98 14 298.2 299.9 290.5 325.5 9.39 4 850 1521 13.3 8.9 75 4.4 10.6 93 12 300.1 301.6 290.3 325.0 8.44 5 800 2029 10.0 8.3 89 1.7 9.0 90 1 301.8 303.4 291.0 327.4 8.64 6 750 2564 7.1 5.4 89 1.7 6.1 256 12 304.3 305.7 290.8 326.9 7.52 7 700 3128 3.4 1.9 90 1.5 2.6 232 16 306.2 307.4 290.3 325.3 6.27 8 650 3726 -0.2 -1.7 90 1.4 -0.9 236 23 308.7 309.7 290.2 324.8 5.22 9 600 4363 -3.5 -7.2 76 3.6 -5.1 238 26 312.0 312.7 289.9 323.8 3.72 10 550 5047 -7.4 -9.8 82 2.5 -8.4 226 27 315.4 316.0 290.6 326.0 3.30 11 500 5783 -12.2 -13.8 88 1.5 -12.8 221 32 318.1 318.6 290.8 326.8 2.64 12 450 6580 -17.6 -22.6 65 4.9 -19.0 209 42 321.1 321.3 290.5 325.8 1.38 13 400 7451 -23.8 -33.4 41 9.6 -25.4 207 49 324.1 324.2 290.6 326.2 0.57 14 350 8413 -30.8 -53.1 9 22.3 -32.4 205 56 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.6 0.08 15 300 9488 -38.7 -59.3 10 20.6 -39.7 204 70 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.0 0.04 16 250 10723 -44.2 -61.2 13 17.0 -44.9 200 113 340.3 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.04 17 200 12186 -54.3 -61.7 40 7.3 -54.5 205 135 346.7 346.7 296.0 346.9 0.05 18 150 13989 -61.4 -77.2 11 15.8 -61.6 199 78 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16449 -67.9 -83.6 9 15.7 -68.0 226 41 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.12 m Freezing level: 653.15 mb = 3688.39 m = 12100.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.16 mb = 3564.36 m = 11693.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.32 % Est. max temperature: 27.46 C = 81.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.84 mb = 308.32 m = 1011.54 ft T: 19.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 4.99 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.88 mb = 1551.75 m = 5090.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.02 C = 82.43 F Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lifted Index: 0.33 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.08 C Showalter Index: 1.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.53 C Cross Totals Index: 21.14 C K Index: 32.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.73 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 112.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.72 mb = 916.66 m = 3007.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 687.72 mb = 3270.98 m = 10731.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 597.72 mb = 4393.16 m = 14413.07 ft B at Equ Level: 22.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 467.72 mb = 6288.10 m = 20629.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.1 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 252.1 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.3 neg: -30.1 tot: 54.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 94.07 m/s