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: 44.98,-96.01 Latitude: 44.98 Longitude: -96.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23 SFC 967 322 29.5 26.2 82 3.3 27.0 137 5 305.6 309.8 301.2 374.0 22.67 2 950 475 29.6 23.5 70 6.1 25.0 132 8 307.3 310.9 299.9 366.5 19.58 3 900 957 26.2 21.6 76 4.6 22.8 165 10 308.5 311.9 299.5 364.2 18.35 4 850 1460 22.2 19.8 87 2.3 20.5 185 14 309.4 312.6 299.1 362.3 17.39 5 800 1986 19.2 16.7 86 2.5 17.4 197 17 311.6 314.4 298.3 357.9 15.12 6 750 2540 16.8 10.8 68 6.0 12.9 217 20 314.8 316.9 296.4 348.7 10.91 7 700 3127 14.6 1.9 42 12.7 7.3 232 31 318.7 319.9 294.0 338.9 6.30 8 650 3748 10.1 -3.9 37 14.0 2.9 242 34 320.4 321.3 293.0 334.8 4.41 9 600 4407 4.8 -8.0 39 12.8 -1.2 251 36 321.7 322.4 292.6 333.2 3.48 10 550 5109 -0.9 -12.4 41 11.5 -5.7 252 41 323.0 323.5 292.3 332.0 2.67 11 500 5861 -7.2 -15.1 53 7.9 -10.2 251 47 324.2 324.7 292.3 332.3 2.37 12 450 6671 -13.8 -19.9 60 6.1 -15.7 250 44 325.9 326.2 292.2 331.9 1.76 13 400 7554 -19.7 -20.2 95 0.5 -19.8 261 41 329.4 329.8 293.3 336.1 1.91 14 350 8534 -25.6 -25.9 97 0.3 -25.6 277 36 334.3 334.6 294.1 339.1 1.32 15 300 9632 -34.2 -34.6 96 0.4 -34.3 285 38 337.2 337.3 294.3 339.8 0.68 16 250 10879 -44.5 -45.6 88 1.1 -44.6 290 37 339.9 340.0 294.6 341.0 0.26 17 200 12334 -55.4 -58.4 69 3.0 -55.5 278 29 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.3 0.07 18 150 14150 -58.9 -63.5 55 4.6 -59.0 314 47 368.6 368.6 300.4 368.8 0.05 19 100 16655 -61.7 -84.1 4 22.5 -61.9 257 15 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5838.02 m Freezing level: 557.92 mb = 4997.93 m = 16397.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.76 mb = 4207.14 m = 13802.80 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.37 % Est. max temperature: 34.67 C = 94.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.04 mb = 741.32 m = 2432.12 ft T: 27.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.00 C/km ThetaE index: 41.98 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.76 mb = 1700.46 m = 5578.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.23 C = 93.61 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -9.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: -8.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.44 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.39 C Cross Totals Index: 27.05 C K Index: 36.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 461.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4198.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 91.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.63 mb = 1401.71 m = 4598.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.63 mb = 2307.30 m = 7569.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 730.63 mb = 2762.68 m = 9063.80 ft B at Equ Level: 9.40 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.7 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 267.7 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 207.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 207.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.32 Bulk Rich Number: 33.54 Bulk Shear: 125.17 m/s