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: 45.05,-95.55 Latitude: 45.05 Longitude: -95.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24 SFC 967 322 30.0 26.5 82 3.5 27.3 126 6 306.0 310.3 301.5 375.8 23.07 2 950 477 29.6 23.8 71 5.8 25.2 128 11 307.2 310.9 300.1 367.3 19.89 3 900 958 25.9 21.6 77 4.3 22.8 153 11 308.2 311.7 299.4 363.8 18.33 4 850 1461 22.2 19.7 86 2.5 20.4 183 13 309.4 312.7 299.1 362.1 17.28 5 800 1987 19.0 16.7 86 2.3 17.4 198 15 311.4 314.3 298.2 357.7 15.11 6 750 2541 18.2 5.4 43 12.8 10.4 211 23 316.3 317.8 294.3 340.1 7.53 7 700 3129 15.0 0.7 38 14.3 6.9 227 31 319.1 320.2 293.7 337.6 5.77 8 650 3751 10.3 -2.8 40 13.0 3.4 230 36 320.6 321.5 293.3 336.1 4.80 9 600 4410 4.8 -9.0 36 13.8 -1.5 244 37 321.7 322.3 292.3 332.4 3.22 10 550 5112 -1.0 -13.9 37 12.9 -6.2 250 40 322.9 323.3 291.9 330.9 2.37 11 500 5863 -7.4 -16.7 48 9.2 -10.8 253 45 324.0 324.4 292.0 331.0 2.08 12 450 6673 -14.0 -22.7 48 8.7 -16.4 251 45 325.7 325.9 291.8 330.4 1.37 13 400 7555 -20.0 -21.2 90 1.2 -20.3 255 37 329.0 329.4 293.1 335.2 1.76 14 350 8534 -25.9 -27.5 87 1.5 -26.3 275 34 333.8 334.0 293.8 338.0 1.15 15 300 9631 -34.3 -36.8 78 2.5 -34.6 283 39 337.0 337.1 294.1 339.1 0.54 16 250 10879 -44.4 -46.7 78 2.3 -44.6 286 41 340.1 340.1 294.6 341.0 0.23 17 200 12334 -56.1 -60.3 59 4.2 -56.2 265 31 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.2 0.06 18 150 14142 -59.0 -64.4 49 5.5 -59.1 301 51 368.5 368.5 300.4 368.7 0.04 19 100 16660 -61.3 -84.2 3 22.9 -61.5 250 15 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5838.96 m Freezing level: 558.76 mb = 4988.90 m = 16367.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.46 mb = 4200.82 m = 13782.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.52 % Est. max temperature: 34.59 C = 94.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.22 mb = 760.34 m = 2494.51 ft T: 27.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.21 C/km ThetaE index: 44.90 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.69 mb = 1670.73 m = 5481.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.10 C = 93.38 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -9.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.52 C Showalter Index: -8.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.87 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.69 C Cross Totals Index: 27.18 C K Index: 35.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 465.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4321.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 92.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.36 mb = 1374.70 m = 4510.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.36 mb = 1950.63 m = 6399.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 793.36 mb = 2058.60 m = 6753.86 ft B at Equ Level: 8.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 753.36 mb = 2502.95 m = 8211.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.2 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 263.2 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 214.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 214.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.53 Bulk Rich Number: 31.57 Bulk Shear: 136.87 m/s