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: 43.17,-95.77 Latitude: 43.17 Longitude: -95.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34 SFC 955 438 30.9 25.8 74 5.1 27.0 117 4 308.1 312.3 301.6 376.1 22.35 2 950 484 31.6 23.2 61 8.4 25.3 121 5 309.2 312.8 300.1 367.5 19.14 3 900 969 28.6 18.9 56 9.7 21.6 179 10 311.0 313.9 298.4 358.2 15.43 4 850 1477 27.2 14.2 45 13.0 18.2 214 21 314.6 317.0 297.1 352.2 12.09 5 800 2011 25.2 9.2 36 15.9 14.8 229 30 318.0 319.7 296.0 347.0 9.19 6 750 2575 22.0 1.7 26 20.3 10.1 241 30 320.4 321.6 294.1 339.1 5.78 7 700 3168 17.2 -1.9 27 19.0 6.7 245 28 321.5 322.4 293.6 337.0 4.77 8 650 3793 11.7 -5.3 30 17.0 3.0 253 24 322.2 323.0 293.1 335.2 3.96 9 600 4455 5.7 -8.8 34 14.5 -1.0 264 26 322.7 323.4 292.7 333.6 3.28 10 550 5158 -0.8 -10.8 47 10.0 -5.1 268 30 323.1 323.7 292.6 333.4 3.06 11 500 5909 -8.2 -11.3 78 3.1 -9.5 267 33 323.1 323.7 292.7 333.8 3.23 12 450 6718 -14.3 -14.7 97 0.4 -14.5 267 36 325.3 325.8 292.9 334.5 2.72 13 400 7599 -21.4 -23.1 86 1.7 -21.8 274 38 327.2 327.5 292.4 332.4 1.49 14 350 8571 -27.6 -30.6 76 3.0 -28.2 285 36 331.5 331.7 293.0 334.6 0.85 15 300 9663 -35.3 -38.3 74 3.0 -35.7 292 40 335.6 335.7 293.7 337.4 0.47 16 250 10905 -45.3 -50.2 58 4.9 -45.6 291 33 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.3 0.15 17 200 12357 -56.3 -61.4 53 5.0 -56.4 274 35 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.8 0.05 18 150 14157 -58.8 -75.9 9 17.1 -59.0 253 47 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16677 -62.3 -83.7 4 21.3 -62.6 269 13 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5875.65 m Freezing level: 556.10 mb = 5072.62 m = 16642.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.80 mb = 4280.50 m = 14043.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.58 % Est. max temperature: 40.32 C = 104.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.29 mb = 1095.21 m = 3593.17 ft T: 28.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.24 C/km ThetaE index: 42.74 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.91 mb = 3426.03 m = 11240.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.43 C = 111.98 F Cap Strength: 7.00 C Lifted Index: -8.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.02 C Showalter Index: -5.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.79 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.38 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 30.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 546.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3538.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 398.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.65 mb = 2180.54 m = 7153.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 619.65 mb = 4188.61 m = 13741.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.65 mb = 13767.09 m = 45167.07 ft B at Equ Level: 3499.95 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.2 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 280.2 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 243.3 neg: -0.2 tot: 243.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.20 Bulk Rich Number: 35.28 Bulk Shear: 100.29 m/s