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: 44.75,-94.43 Latitude: 44.75 Longitude: -94.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 968 321 29.9 26.6 82 3.4 27.4 152 7 305.9 310.2 301.6 375.9 23.16 2 950 486 29.4 24.1 73 5.4 25.4 156 11 307.1 310.8 300.2 368.2 20.24 3 900 967 25.1 22.3 84 2.8 23.0 158 12 307.4 310.9 299.7 365.2 19.12 4 850 1468 23.1 16.0 65 7.0 18.2 175 12 310.3 312.9 297.0 351.9 13.62 5 800 1997 22.9 6.0 33 16.9 12.5 199 18 315.6 317.0 294.0 338.7 7.36 6 750 2556 20.0 0.7 27 19.3 9.0 215 25 318.2 319.3 293.2 335.4 5.36 7 700 3146 15.9 -4.2 25 20.1 5.4 223 30 320.1 320.9 292.6 333.2 4.00 8 650 3769 10.6 -3.8 36 14.4 3.1 229 32 321.0 321.8 293.2 335.4 4.43 9 600 4429 4.9 -5.8 46 10.7 -0.4 239 34 321.8 322.6 293.2 335.3 4.12 10 550 5131 -1.1 -12.0 43 11.0 -5.7 253 37 322.8 323.4 292.3 332.1 2.76 11 500 5881 -7.8 -15.0 56 7.2 -10.5 261 44 323.5 324.0 292.2 331.6 2.38 12 450 6690 -14.6 -18.0 75 3.4 -15.7 261 44 324.9 325.3 292.3 332.0 2.07 13 400 7570 -21.2 -26.9 60 5.7 -22.5 263 38 327.4 327.6 292.0 331.2 1.05 14 350 8544 -26.6 -43.1 20 16.5 -28.6 268 30 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.8 0.24 15 300 9638 -35.5 -44.0 41 8.5 -36.2 275 32 335.4 335.4 293.4 336.4 0.26 16 250 10879 -45.2 -55.2 32 10.0 -45.6 278 33 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.2 0.09 17 200 12331 -56.9 -60.3 65 3.4 -57.0 277 26 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.06 18 150 14137 -57.6 -77.4 6 19.8 -57.8 258 41 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.01 19 100 16672 -61.3 -83.9 3 22.6 -61.6 248 17 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.95 m Freezing level: 559.01 mb = 5004.06 m = 16417.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.55 mb = 4352.67 m = 14280.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.64 % Est. max temperature: 37.59 C = 99.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.65 mb = 745.48 m = 2445.76 ft T: 27.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.68 C/km ThetaE index: 42.70 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.23 mb = 2668.27 m = 8754.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.50 C = 108.50 F Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lifted Index: -9.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.44 C Showalter Index: -5.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.87 C Cross Totals Index: 23.86 C K Index: 26.77 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 375.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4507.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 94.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 187.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.36 mb = 1321.18 m = 4334.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.36 mb = 3522.19 m = 11555.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.36 mb = 14163.92 m = 46469.00 ft B at Equ Level: 4444.11 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.6 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 263.6 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 181.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.49 Bulk Rich Number: 44.49 Bulk Shear: 101.33 m/s