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: 45.39,-94.54 Latitude: 45.39 Longitude: -94.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28 SFC 963 358 29.6 26.1 81 3.5 26.9 161 6 306.0 310.2 301.3 374.1 22.55 2 950 480 29.7 23.7 70 6.0 25.2 162 11 307.3 311.0 300.0 367.0 19.75 3 900 961 25.6 21.6 79 4.0 22.6 147 12 307.9 311.3 299.4 363.4 18.33 4 850 1463 22.1 18.3 79 3.8 19.4 136 12 309.3 312.3 298.1 357.2 15.74 5 800 1989 20.9 7.3 41 13.6 12.4 170 15 313.4 314.9 293.9 338.4 8.05 6 750 2545 18.9 -2.1 24 21.0 7.6 201 21 317.1 317.9 292.0 331.1 4.37 7 700 3132 14.6 -2.2 31 16.9 5.6 216 28 318.7 319.6 292.7 333.6 4.64 8 650 3753 9.9 -5.0 35 14.9 2.4 224 33 320.2 321.0 292.6 333.4 4.05 9 600 4412 4.2 -4.2 54 8.4 -0.1 228 36 320.9 321.9 293.3 336.1 4.66 10 550 5112 -1.5 -9.5 55 8.0 -5.0 239 39 322.3 323.0 292.7 333.6 3.39 11 500 5863 -7.9 -16.7 49 8.8 -11.0 248 44 323.5 323.9 291.9 330.5 2.08 12 450 6671 -14.5 -24.6 42 10.1 -17.1 252 42 325.1 325.3 291.5 329.1 1.16 13 400 7554 -19.4 -35.0 24 15.6 -22.3 260 36 329.8 329.9 292.2 331.6 0.49 14 350 8534 -25.7 -39.1 27 13.4 -27.7 270 33 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.4 0.37 15 300 9631 -34.7 -45.0 34 10.3 -35.7 279 37 336.5 336.5 293.7 337.4 0.23 16 250 10877 -44.4 -54.6 31 10.2 -44.9 275 39 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.5 0.09 17 200 12332 -56.7 -58.8 77 2.1 -56.8 276 37 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.3 0.07 18 150 14131 -58.9 -71.4 18 12.5 -59.1 276 45 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.7 0.02 19 100 16659 -61.0 -84.2 3 23.2 -61.3 240 13 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.24 m Freezing level: 563.18 mb = 4927.48 m = 16166.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.98 mb = 4384.43 m = 14384.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.18 % Est. max temperature: 35.81 C = 96.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.77 mb = 806.61 m = 2646.34 ft T: 26.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.23 C/km ThetaE index: 42.96 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.91 mb = 2500.53 m = 8203.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.25 C = 104.45 F Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lifted Index: -9.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.42 C Showalter Index: -7.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.13 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.99 C Cross Totals Index: 26.14 C K Index: 31.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 430.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4165.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 91.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 108.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.41 mb = 1417.61 m = 4650.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.41 mb = 3382.44 m = 11097.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.41 mb = 14155.05 m = 46439.88 ft B at Equ Level: 4110.69 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.3 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 253.3 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.7 neg: -15.6 tot: 172.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.98 Bulk Rich Number: 47.74 Bulk Shear: 87.26 m/s