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: 44.87,-95.11 Latitude: 44.87 Longitude: -95.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 SFC 966 332 30.1 26.2 80 3.9 27.1 138 7 306.3 310.5 301.4 375.1 22.74 2 950 479 29.7 24.1 72 5.6 25.4 141 12 307.3 311.1 300.3 368.4 20.22 3 900 961 25.6 21.9 80 3.7 22.9 154 12 307.9 311.4 299.5 364.5 18.69 4 850 1463 22.3 19.1 82 3.2 20.0 186 12 309.5 312.7 298.7 360.0 16.60 5 800 1990 21.0 11.8 56 9.2 14.9 200 16 313.5 315.6 296.1 347.4 10.95 6 750 2547 19.5 2.9 33 16.5 9.7 212 25 317.7 318.9 293.7 337.8 6.30 7 700 3136 15.5 -1.3 32 16.8 6.3 223 31 319.6 320.6 293.3 335.7 4.98 8 650 3759 10.5 -2.2 41 12.7 3.7 228 35 320.8 321.8 293.6 337.1 4.99 9 600 4419 5.1 -8.0 38 13.1 -1.1 239 35 322.0 322.7 292.7 333.5 3.48 10 550 5121 -1.0 -14.7 34 13.7 -6.4 253 41 322.9 323.4 291.9 330.5 2.23 11 500 5872 -7.6 -16.3 50 8.7 -10.8 252 43 323.7 324.1 292.0 331.0 2.14 12 450 6681 -14.3 -21.3 55 7.0 -16.4 253 44 325.3 325.6 291.9 330.7 1.55 13 400 7563 -20.2 -25.8 61 5.6 -21.6 260 38 328.7 328.9 292.5 332.9 1.17 14 350 8541 -26.1 -31.7 59 5.7 -27.1 281 34 333.6 333.8 293.4 336.5 0.77 15 300 9637 -34.7 -39.7 60 5.0 -35.3 288 38 336.5 336.6 293.9 338.1 0.41 16 250 10883 -44.9 -48.5 67 3.6 -45.1 284 40 339.3 339.4 294.3 340.1 0.19 17 200 12336 -56.4 -59.8 65 3.5 -56.5 266 29 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.8 0.06 18 150 14139 -58.0 -71.8 16 13.8 -58.3 282 42 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.2 0.02 19 100 16665 -61.2 -84.1 3 22.9 -61.4 243 15 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5845.35 m Freezing level: 557.93 mb = 5009.51 m = 16435.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.52 mb = 4261.95 m = 13982.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.05 % Est. max temperature: 35.99 C = 96.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.76 mb = 825.54 m = 2708.44 ft T: 26.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.45 C/km ThetaE index: 39.35 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.41 mb = 2553.92 m = 8378.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.45 C = 106.60 F Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lifted Index: -9.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.87 C Showalter Index: -8.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.70 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.96 C Cross Totals Index: 26.74 C K Index: 32.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 451.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4435.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 94.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.51 mb = 1354.94 m = 4445.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.51 mb = 3435.52 m = 11271.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.51 mb = 13913.47 m = 45647.30 ft B at Equ Level: 4425.85 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.8 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 261.8 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 192.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 192.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.42 Bulk Rich Number: 35.52 Bulk Shear: 124.89 m/s