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: 43.06,-96.11 Latitude: 43.06 Longitude: -96.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 957 420 30.9 26.0 75 4.9 27.1 94 5 307.9 312.2 301.7 376.8 22.62 2 950 481 31.9 22.9 59 9.0 25.1 100 6 309.6 313.1 300.0 366.8 18.77 3 900 967 29.1 18.9 54 10.3 21.7 175 7 311.5 314.4 298.4 358.7 15.40 4 850 1476 28.0 13.8 42 14.2 18.2 212 20 315.5 317.7 297.1 352.0 11.72 5 800 2011 25.5 9.4 36 16.1 15.0 226 28 318.3 320.1 296.1 347.7 9.30 6 750 2575 21.9 3.0 29 18.9 10.6 239 31 320.4 321.6 294.5 340.8 6.35 7 700 3168 17.2 -1.5 28 18.6 6.9 244 30 321.5 322.4 293.7 337.5 4.91 8 650 3794 12.0 -7.0 26 19.0 2.6 260 24 322.5 323.2 292.8 334.0 3.47 9 600 4456 5.9 -9.5 32 15.4 -1.2 264 28 323.0 323.6 292.6 333.3 3.10 10 550 5160 -0.7 -9.9 50 9.1 -4.8 266 32 323.2 323.9 292.8 334.1 3.29 11 500 5911 -8.2 -10.3 84 2.1 -9.1 270 36 323.0 323.7 293.0 334.6 3.48 12 450 6720 -14.0 -14.2 99 0.2 -14.0 270 39 325.6 326.2 293.1 335.2 2.84 13 400 7602 -21.4 -24.0 80 2.6 -22.1 277 37 327.1 327.4 292.2 331.9 1.37 14 350 8573 -27.6 -31.5 69 4.0 -28.3 281 38 331.6 331.8 292.9 334.5 0.78 15 300 9666 -35.2 -37.9 76 2.7 -35.5 287 40 335.7 335.8 293.7 337.6 0.49 16 250 10908 -45.2 -51.4 50 6.2 -45.5 291 35 338.8 338.9 294.1 339.4 0.13 17 200 12361 -56.4 -61.1 56 4.7 -56.5 273 35 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.05 18 150 14158 -59.3 -75.5 10 16.3 -59.5 255 50 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16677 -62.6 -83.6 4 21.0 -62.8 273 14 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5880.44 m Freezing level: 555.53 mb = 5081.89 m = 16672.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.36 mb = 4246.87 m = 13933.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.54 % Est. max temperature: 40.78 C = 105.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.97 mb = 1046.60 m = 3433.68 ft T: 28.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.24 C/km ThetaE index: 43.47 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.95 mb = 3450.79 m = 11321.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.74 C = 112.53 F Cap Strength: 7.01 C Lifted Index: -8.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.95 C Showalter Index: -5.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.15 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.19 C Cross Totals Index: 21.96 C K Index: 31.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 555.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3582.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 405.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.44 mb = 2238.73 m = 7344.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.44 mb = 4125.65 m = 13535.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.44 mb = 13583.67 m = 44565.32 ft B at Equ Level: 3581.77 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.5 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 281.5 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 267.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 267.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.52 Bulk Rich Number: 29.28 Bulk Shear: 122.35 m/s