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: 44.37,-95.16 Latitude: 44.37 Longitude: -95.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 965 343 30.9 25.6 74 5.2 26.9 148 7 307.1 311.2 301.2 373.6 21.94 2 950 483 30.4 23.7 68 6.7 25.4 153 12 308.0 311.8 300.2 368.2 19.84 3 900 966 26.3 21.6 75 4.7 22.9 171 12 308.7 312.1 299.5 364.4 18.37 4 850 1469 22.6 19.3 82 3.3 20.2 190 13 309.8 313.0 298.9 361.1 16.81 5 800 1997 22.9 8.7 40 14.2 13.8 212 21 315.6 317.3 295.1 343.3 8.84 6 750 2557 20.7 1.7 28 18.9 9.7 224 29 319.0 320.2 293.7 337.6 5.79 7 700 3148 16.3 -0.4 32 16.7 6.9 230 33 320.5 321.6 293.7 337.7 5.32 8 650 3772 11.0 -3.8 35 14.8 3.3 235 34 321.4 322.3 293.3 336.0 4.46 9 600 4433 5.6 -10.5 30 16.1 -1.6 252 33 322.6 323.1 292.3 332.1 2.86 10 550 5136 -0.8 -13.5 37 12.7 -6.0 262 41 323.2 323.6 292.1 331.4 2.45 11 500 5887 -7.8 -14.5 59 6.7 -10.3 261 41 323.5 324.0 292.2 331.9 2.49 12 450 6696 -14.6 -17.3 80 2.7 -15.5 262 41 324.8 325.3 292.3 332.3 2.18 13 400 7576 -21.3 -24.8 73 3.6 -22.1 263 39 327.4 327.6 292.2 331.9 1.27 14 350 8550 -26.8 -30.9 68 4.1 -27.5 279 35 332.7 332.9 293.3 335.7 0.83 15 300 9643 -35.4 -38.0 76 2.7 -35.7 291 36 335.5 335.6 293.7 337.4 0.48 16 250 10886 -45.3 -47.9 75 2.6 -45.5 288 37 338.7 338.7 294.2 339.5 0.20 17 200 12337 -56.7 -60.4 62 3.8 -56.8 269 28 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.06 18 150 14141 -56.8 -78.2 5 21.4 -57.1 258 40 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.01 19 100 16673 -61.5 -83.9 4 22.4 -61.7 253 14 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5857.32 m Freezing level: 556.19 mb = 5049.10 m = 16565.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.47 mb = 4209.64 m = 13811.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.78 % Est. max temperature: 37.47 C = 99.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.45 mb = 1010.24 m = 3314.39 ft T: 26.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.80 C/km ThetaE index: 35.96 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.17 mb = 2833.88 m = 9297.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.36 C = 110.05 F Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lifted Index: -9.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.74 C Showalter Index: -8.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.52 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.42 C Cross Totals Index: 27.10 C K Index: 33.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 468.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4506.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 94.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 192.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.34 mb = 1485.61 m = 4873.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.34 mb = 3601.28 m = 11815.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.34 mb = 14003.15 m = 45941.52 ft B at Equ Level: 4461.09 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.1 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 270.1 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 212.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 212.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.41 Bulk Rich Number: 38.12 Bulk Shear: 118.23 m/s