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: 43.97,-95.95 Latitude: 43.97 Longitude: -95.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 1 950 486 SFC 947 512 29.3 25.6 80 3.7 26.4 200 5 307.2 311.3 301.4 374.7 22.25 3 900 969 26.3 20.7 71 5.6 22.2 205 11 308.6 311.8 298.9 361.0 17.30 4 850 1471 22.7 17.8 74 4.9 19.2 220 13 309.9 312.8 298.0 356.5 15.28 5 800 1999 22.2 9.4 44 12.7 14.0 230 22 314.8 316.6 295.3 343.8 9.32 6 750 2559 20.8 2.5 30 18.4 10.0 231 29 319.2 320.4 294.0 338.7 6.10 7 700 3151 17.3 -4.9 22 22.1 5.8 237 30 321.6 322.3 292.8 334.1 3.81 8 650 3776 11.6 -8.6 23 20.2 2.0 251 30 322.1 322.7 292.3 332.3 3.08 9 600 4437 5.7 -10.6 30 16.3 -1.6 261 33 322.7 323.3 292.3 332.2 2.83 10 550 5140 -0.9 -11.9 43 11.0 -5.5 265 36 323.0 323.5 292.3 332.3 2.79 11 500 5891 -8.1 -12.8 69 4.7 -9.9 264 41 323.1 323.7 292.4 332.7 2.86 12 450 6699 -14.1 -15.8 87 1.7 -14.7 264 46 325.5 325.9 292.7 333.9 2.47 13 400 7582 -20.2 -25.7 62 5.5 -21.6 264 38 328.7 328.9 292.5 332.9 1.18 14 350 8558 -26.7 -29.0 81 2.3 -27.1 277 35 332.8 333.0 293.4 336.4 1.00 15 300 9651 -35.5 -39.7 66 4.2 -36.0 288 38 335.3 335.4 293.5 336.9 0.41 16 250 10893 -45.3 -51.8 48 6.5 -45.6 283 38 338.7 338.8 294.1 339.3 0.13 17 200 12342 -57.6 -59.9 75 2.3 -57.6 271 34 341.6 341.6 294.8 341.8 0.06 18 150 14145 -56.7 -77.8 5 21.1 -57.0 260 43 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.01 19 100 16672 -61.5 -83.9 4 22.4 -61.7 262 17 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5852.05 m Freezing level: 557.05 mb = 5041.11 m = 16538.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.67 mb = 4130.86 m = 13552.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.95 % Est. max temperature: 37.01 C = 98.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.90 mb = 989.17 m = 3245.28 ft T: 26.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.26 C/km ThetaE index: 42.50 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.93 mb = 3163.89 m = 10380.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.50 C = 110.31 F Cap Strength: 4.56 C Lifted Index: -9.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.41 C Showalter Index: -7.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.74 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.81 C Cross Totals Index: 25.93 C K Index: 26.51 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 436.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4002.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 89.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 252.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.39 mb = 1622.20 m = 5322.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.39 mb = 3899.10 m = 12792.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.39 mb = 13725.23 m = 45029.74 ft B at Equ Level: 3976.47 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.7 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 280.7 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 157.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 157.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.10 Bulk Rich Number: 52.13 Bulk Shear: 76.78 m/s