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: 44.58,-94.33 Latitude: 44.58 Longitude: -94.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 970 307 30.0 26.7 82 3.3 27.4 154 7 305.8 310.2 301.6 376.2 23.28 2 950 488 29.5 24.0 72 5.5 25.4 160 12 307.1 310.9 300.2 368.0 20.15 3 900 969 25.2 22.2 84 2.9 23.0 163 11 307.4 311.0 299.7 365.2 19.10 4 850 1470 22.8 17.1 70 5.7 18.8 181 12 310.1 312.8 297.6 354.6 14.62 5 800 2000 23.2 6.8 35 16.4 13.0 203 20 315.9 317.4 294.4 340.4 7.77 6 750 2560 20.4 -0.6 24 21.0 8.7 218 26 318.7 319.7 292.9 334.5 4.89 7 700 3150 16.1 -3.7 25 19.8 5.7 225 30 320.4 321.2 292.8 333.9 4.16 8 650 3773 10.8 -4.4 34 15.3 3.0 231 32 321.2 322.1 293.1 335.1 4.24 9 600 4433 5.1 -6.8 42 11.9 -0.7 244 32 322.0 322.8 293.0 334.6 3.83 10 550 5136 -1.1 -12.2 43 11.1 -5.7 259 36 322.8 323.3 292.2 331.9 2.73 11 500 5886 -7.9 -14.3 60 6.5 -10.3 265 43 323.5 323.9 292.2 331.9 2.52 12 450 6695 -14.5 -17.1 80 2.6 -15.4 263 43 325.0 325.4 292.4 332.6 2.22 13 400 7575 -21.6 -23.8 82 2.2 -22.2 265 38 326.9 327.2 292.2 331.8 1.39 14 350 8547 -27.1 -42.3 22 15.1 -29.0 268 30 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.2 0.26 15 300 9639 -35.6 -43.5 44 7.8 -36.4 269 31 335.1 335.2 293.4 336.2 0.27 16 250 10879 -45.4 -55.3 32 9.9 -45.8 278 32 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.9 0.08 17 200 12331 -56.9 -61.0 59 4.1 -56.9 280 24 342.7 342.7 295.0 343.0 0.05 18 150 14138 -57.4 -77.4 6 20.0 -57.7 254 40 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.2 0.01 19 100 16673 -61.5 -83.8 4 22.3 -61.7 250 17 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5852.32 m Freezing level: 558.83 mb = 5011.63 m = 16442.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.26 mb = 4307.20 m = 14131.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.52 % Est. max temperature: 37.66 C = 99.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.89 mb = 726.19 m = 2382.49 ft T: 27.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.77 C/km ThetaE index: 42.21 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.43 mb = 2715.91 m = 8910.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.20 C = 109.76 F Cap Strength: 4.01 C Lifted Index: -10.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -15.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.54 C Showalter Index: -6.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.67 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.68 C Cross Totals Index: 24.99 C K Index: 27.98 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 406.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4646.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 96.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 193.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.59 mb = 1300.82 m = 4267.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.59 mb = 3624.66 m = 11891.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.59 mb = 14071.98 m = 46167.34 ft B at Equ Level: 4601.86 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.9 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 266.9 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 186.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 186.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.82 Bulk Rich Number: 47.58 Bulk Shear: 97.65 m/s