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: 44.82,-91.35 Latitude: 44.82 Longitude: -91.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 971 315 30.1 25.6 77 4.4 26.7 213 4 305.8 309.8 300.8 371.4 21.78 2 950 508 29.5 22.7 67 6.8 24.5 216 9 307.1 310.6 299.3 363.2 18.60 3 900 989 25.0 21.3 80 3.7 22.3 218 8 307.2 310.6 299.0 361.6 18.00 4 850 1489 21.5 18.7 84 2.8 19.5 231 8 308.6 311.7 298.2 357.7 16.17 5 800 2017 23.0 1.6 24 21.4 10.7 244 13 315.7 316.7 292.4 332.7 5.36 6 750 2575 20.3 -7.6 15 27.9 6.5 254 15 318.6 319.1 291.2 328.0 2.87 7 700 3164 15.2 -7.3 20 22.5 4.2 261 19 319.3 320.0 291.6 329.7 3.15 8 650 3785 9.6 -6.1 32 15.7 1.8 259 25 319.8 320.5 292.3 332.0 3.72 9 600 4442 4.3 -9.8 35 14.1 -2.0 271 31 321.1 321.7 292.0 331.2 3.03 10 550 5142 -2.0 -11.3 49 9.3 -6.0 281 30 321.7 322.2 292.1 331.4 2.93 11 500 5890 -9.0 -15.1 61 6.1 -11.3 284 31 322.0 322.5 291.7 330.0 2.36 12 450 6696 -14.6 -25.9 38 11.3 -17.5 288 34 324.9 325.1 291.3 328.5 1.03 13 400 7577 -20.9 -38.1 20 17.2 -23.7 290 32 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.1 0.36 14 350 8550 -27.8 -45.3 17 17.5 -29.7 275 27 331.3 331.4 292.3 332.1 0.19 15 300 9637 -36.7 -44.6 44 7.9 -37.4 278 25 333.6 333.7 292.9 334.6 0.24 16 250 10870 -47.0 -47.7 92 0.7 -47.0 260 28 336.2 336.3 293.6 337.0 0.20 17 200 12313 -55.9 -60.5 56 4.6 -56.0 258 23 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.5 0.06 18 150 14137 -57.1 -78.1 5 21.0 -57.3 255 43 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.8 0.01 19 100 16665 -62.3 -83.7 4 21.4 -62.5 231 21 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.01 m Freezing level: 566.01 mb = 4918.12 m = 16135.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.08 mb = 4092.65 m = 13427.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.55 % Est. max temperature: 36.88 C = 98.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.31 mb = 877.71 m = 2879.58 ft T: 26.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.90 C/km ThetaE index: 43.38 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.27 mb = 2802.71 m = 9195.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.07 C = 109.52 F Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lifted Index: -10.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.37 C Showalter Index: -8.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.25 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.51 C Cross Totals Index: 27.73 C K Index: 26.68 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 455.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4239.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 92.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 196.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.31 mb = 1393.86 m = 4572.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.31 mb = 3477.11 m = 11407.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.31 mb = 13559.41 m = 44485.70 ft B at Equ Level: 4235.56 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.7 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 296.7 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.5 neg: -0.8 tot: 61.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.13 Bulk Rich Number: 110.99 Bulk Shear: 38.20 m/s