MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 42.96,-96.03 Latitude: 42.96 Longitude: -96.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 SFC 957 417 30.9 26.1 76 4.8 27.2 92 5 307.9 312.1 301.8 377.2 22.76 2 950 481 32.0 23.0 59 9.1 25.3 100 8 309.7 313.3 300.1 367.4 18.92 3 900 967 29.5 18.7 52 10.9 21.7 167 8 311.9 314.8 298.4 358.7 15.22 4 850 1476 28.4 13.5 40 14.9 18.1 207 21 315.9 318.1 297.0 351.8 11.49 5 800 2012 25.8 9.3 35 16.5 15.0 223 28 318.6 320.4 296.1 347.8 9.23 6 750 2577 22.1 2.8 28 19.3 10.6 241 30 320.6 321.8 294.5 340.7 6.25 7 700 3170 17.2 -1.5 28 18.7 6.9 247 29 321.5 322.5 293.7 337.5 4.91 8 650 3796 12.1 -7.1 25 19.2 2.6 264 24 322.6 323.3 292.8 334.0 3.44 9 600 4458 5.9 -9.2 33 15.1 -1.1 266 27 323.0 323.6 292.7 333.5 3.17 10 550 5162 -0.8 -9.7 51 9.0 -4.7 268 32 323.2 323.8 292.9 334.2 3.32 11 500 5913 -8.1 -10.4 84 2.3 -9.1 271 34 323.1 323.8 293.0 334.7 3.47 12 450 6722 -13.9 -14.3 97 0.4 -14.0 272 38 325.8 326.3 293.1 335.3 2.81 13 400 7604 -21.5 -23.6 83 2.1 -22.0 280 37 327.1 327.4 292.3 332.1 1.43 14 350 8576 -27.6 -32.1 65 4.5 -28.4 282 38 331.5 331.7 292.9 334.2 0.74 15 300 9668 -35.3 -37.4 81 2.2 -35.5 287 40 335.7 335.8 293.7 337.6 0.51 16 250 10910 -45.3 -51.2 52 5.9 -45.6 292 35 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.3 0.14 17 200 12362 -56.2 -61.3 53 5.0 -56.3 272 35 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.05 18 150 14160 -59.5 -75.1 11 15.6 -59.7 255 51 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.01 19 100 16678 -62.6 -83.6 4 21.0 -62.9 276 13 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5883.12 m Freezing level: 555.73 mb = 5081.04 m = 16669.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.81 mb = 4256.28 m = 13963.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.14 % Est. max temperature: 41.09 C = 105.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.71 mb = 1029.18 m = 3376.52 ft T: 29.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.24 C/km ThetaE index: 43.67 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.10 mb = 3475.78 m = 11403.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.89 C = 112.80 F Cap Strength: 7.11 C Lifted Index: -8.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.94 C Showalter Index: -5.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.10 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.50 C Cross Totals Index: 21.59 C K Index: 31.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 557.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3610.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 412.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.27 mb = 2286.97 m = 7503.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 620.27 mb = 4183.17 m = 13724.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.27 mb = 13746.23 m = 45098.63 ft B at Equ Level: 3591.42 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.7 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 282.7 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 296.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 296.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.18 Bulk Rich Number: 27.88 Bulk Shear: 129.53 m/s