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: 44.51,-94.85 Latitude: 44.51 Longitude: -94.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 969 313 30.8 26.1 76 4.7 27.2 138 7 306.7 310.9 301.4 374.8 22.48 2 950 484 30.2 23.9 69 6.3 25.4 146 12 307.8 311.5 300.3 368.4 20.00 3 900 967 25.9 22.0 79 3.9 23.0 161 13 308.2 311.8 299.7 365.4 18.85 4 850 1469 22.1 19.7 86 2.5 20.4 181 12 309.3 312.6 299.1 361.8 17.22 5 800 1997 22.8 8.3 39 14.5 13.6 208 20 315.4 317.1 294.9 342.4 8.61 6 750 2557 20.6 0.3 26 20.3 9.0 221 29 318.9 319.9 293.2 335.7 5.21 7 700 3148 16.2 -0.1 33 16.3 7.0 227 33 320.4 321.4 293.8 337.9 5.43 8 650 3771 10.9 -3.5 36 14.4 3.4 231 34 321.3 322.2 293.4 336.2 4.56 9 600 4432 5.5 -9.1 34 14.6 -1.3 246 33 322.5 323.1 292.6 333.1 3.19 10 550 5135 -0.8 -13.9 36 13.1 -6.1 261 41 323.1 323.6 292.0 331.1 2.37 11 500 5886 -7.7 -14.6 58 6.9 -10.4 260 42 323.6 324.1 292.2 331.9 2.46 12 450 6695 -14.7 -17.1 82 2.4 -15.5 261 42 324.8 325.2 292.3 332.4 2.23 13 400 7575 -21.6 -24.8 75 3.2 -22.4 263 39 327.0 327.2 292.1 331.5 1.28 14 350 8547 -26.7 -34.8 46 8.1 -28.0 277 33 332.7 332.8 293.0 334.8 0.57 15 300 9641 -35.4 -39.4 66 4.0 -35.8 286 33 335.5 335.6 293.6 337.1 0.42 16 250 10883 -45.3 -48.4 70 3.1 -45.4 286 37 338.7 338.8 294.2 339.5 0.19 17 200 12335 -56.7 -60.3 63 3.7 -56.8 272 25 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.06 18 150 14139 -57.3 -77.9 6 20.6 -57.6 255 40 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.01 19 100 16673 -61.5 -83.9 4 22.4 -61.8 251 14 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5855.66 m Freezing level: 556.38 mb = 5045.09 m = 16551.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.71 mb = 4245.48 m = 13928.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.84 % Est. max temperature: 37.10 C = 98.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.56 mb = 911.67 m = 2991.00 ft T: 26.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.73 C/km ThetaE index: 39.14 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.98 mb = 2741.57 m = 8994.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.33 C = 110.00 F Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lifted Index: -10.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -15.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.38 C Showalter Index: -8.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.30 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.88 C Cross Totals Index: 27.42 C K Index: 33.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 468.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4703.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 96.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 164.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.65 mb = 1379.86 m = 4527.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.65 mb = 3596.31 m = 11798.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.65 mb = 13987.98 m = 45891.78 ft B at Equ Level: 4678.55 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.2 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 267.2 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 218.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 218.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.76 Bulk Rich Number: 36.95 Bulk Shear: 127.30 m/s