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: 44.64,-95.32 Latitude: 44.64 Longitude: -95.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 SFC 967 324 31.0 25.8 74 5.2 27.0 146 7 307.1 311.2 301.3 374.1 22.13 2 950 480 30.5 23.7 67 6.8 25.3 151 12 308.1 311.8 300.2 368.0 19.73 3 900 963 26.3 21.8 77 4.4 23.0 164 12 308.6 312.1 299.7 365.2 18.63 4 850 1466 22.2 20.1 88 2.0 20.7 182 11 309.4 312.7 299.3 363.3 17.70 5 800 1993 21.2 11.8 55 9.4 15.0 205 17 313.8 315.9 296.1 347.7 10.96 6 750 2550 19.8 2.8 32 16.9 9.8 218 27 318.0 319.3 293.9 338.0 6.27 7 700 3140 15.9 -0.3 33 16.1 6.8 227 33 320.0 321.1 293.7 337.4 5.37 8 650 3764 10.8 -3.5 36 14.3 3.4 231 34 321.2 322.1 293.3 336.1 4.56 9 600 4424 5.4 -11.2 29 16.6 -1.9 251 36 322.4 322.9 292.1 331.5 2.72 10 550 5127 -0.8 -13.9 36 13.1 -6.1 257 42 323.1 323.6 292.0 331.1 2.37 11 500 5878 -7.7 -15.7 53 8.0 -10.6 256 43 323.7 324.1 292.1 331.3 2.25 12 450 6687 -14.3 -20.6 59 6.3 -16.2 257 43 325.3 325.6 292.0 331.0 1.65 13 400 7569 -20.7 -25.2 67 4.5 -21.8 261 38 328.0 328.3 292.4 332.4 1.23 14 350 8545 -26.5 -30.0 72 3.6 -27.2 279 36 333.1 333.3 293.4 336.4 0.90 15 300 9640 -34.9 -38.4 71 3.4 -35.3 289 37 336.2 336.3 293.8 337.9 0.46 16 250 10884 -45.0 -49.1 63 4.1 -45.3 284 39 339.1 339.2 294.3 339.8 0.18 17 200 12336 -56.6 -60.6 61 3.9 -56.7 264 30 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.05 18 150 14141 -57.0 -72.6 12 15.6 -57.3 273 41 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.9 0.01 19 100 16669 -61.4 -84.0 3 22.7 -61.6 255 14 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5851.51 m Freezing level: 556.51 mb = 5035.23 m = 16519.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.15 mb = 4178.32 m = 13708.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.86 % Est. max temperature: 36.10 C = 96.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.74 mb = 984.84 m = 3231.05 ft T: 26.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.60 C/km ThetaE index: 43.01 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.38 mb = 2637.71 m = 8653.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.15 C = 107.87 F Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lifted Index: -10.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.13 C Showalter Index: -9.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.61 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.82 C Cross Totals Index: 27.78 C K Index: 33.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 479.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4547.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 95.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 119.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.32 mb = 1441.55 m = 4729.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.32 mb = 3542.54 m = 11622.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.32 mb = 13842.20 m = 45413.50 ft B at Equ Level: 4540.76 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.2 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 267.2 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 200.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.68 Bulk Rich Number: 38.00 Bulk Shear: 119.67 m/s