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: 43.82,-95.42 Latitude: 43.82 Longitude: -95.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 954 449 29.8 26.0 80 3.7 26.9 157 5 307.0 311.3 301.6 376.0 22.74 2 950 484 30.1 24.5 72 5.7 25.9 161 7 307.8 311.6 300.7 370.6 20.73 3 900 966 26.8 20.3 68 6.4 22.1 184 12 309.1 312.3 298.8 360.6 16.94 4 850 1470 24.8 15.0 54 9.8 18.0 208 19 312.1 314.6 296.9 351.2 12.70 5 800 2003 24.9 6.7 31 18.2 13.4 225 27 317.7 319.1 294.8 342.1 7.71 6 750 2566 22.0 0.3 24 21.7 9.6 235 32 320.5 321.5 293.6 337.3 5.21 7 700 3158 17.1 -3.0 25 20.1 6.3 241 35 321.4 322.3 293.3 335.8 4.38 8 650 3783 11.3 -5.2 31 16.5 2.9 246 33 321.8 322.6 293.0 334.9 3.99 9 600 4444 5.4 -8.9 35 14.3 -1.2 256 31 322.4 323.0 292.6 333.2 3.25 10 550 5147 -1.0 -11.7 44 10.7 -5.5 266 33 322.9 323.4 292.3 332.4 2.84 11 500 5898 -8.1 -12.5 71 4.3 -9.9 267 34 323.1 323.7 292.5 332.9 2.93 12 450 6706 -14.6 -15.0 97 0.4 -14.7 265 35 324.9 325.4 292.7 333.9 2.66 13 400 7587 -21.0 -21.6 95 0.6 -21.1 266 39 327.7 328.0 292.7 333.7 1.71 14 350 8561 -27.4 -29.3 84 1.9 -27.8 275 36 331.8 332.0 293.2 335.4 0.97 15 300 9653 -35.6 -38.7 73 3.1 -36.0 294 37 335.2 335.3 293.6 336.9 0.45 16 250 10893 -45.7 -48.7 71 3.0 -45.8 293 35 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.9 0.18 17 200 12343 -56.7 -60.8 60 4.1 -56.8 276 33 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.05 18 150 14147 -57.2 -77.5 6 20.3 -57.5 251 46 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.6 0.01 19 100 16675 -61.8 -83.7 4 21.9 -62.0 256 15 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5863.22 m Freezing level: 557.89 mb = 5036.07 m = 16522.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.65 mb = 4245.08 m = 13927.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.16 % Est. max temperature: 39.81 C = 103.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.18 mb = 925.05 m = 3034.89 ft T: 27.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.22 C/km ThetaE index: 43.66 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 693.26 mb = 3240.02 m = 10629.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.00 C = 111.21 F Cap Strength: 6.62 C Lifted Index: -8.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.60 C Showalter Index: -5.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.09 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.97 C Cross Totals Index: 23.12 C K Index: 27.85 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 524.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3826.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 87.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 364.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.57 mb = 1801.27 m = 5909.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.57 mb = 3994.74 m = 13105.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.57 mb = 13603.87 m = 44631.56 ft B at Equ Level: 3809.52 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.4 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 276.4 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 242.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 242.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.91 Bulk Rich Number: 38.74 Bulk Shear: 98.77 m/s