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: 45.66,-93.55 Latitude: 45.66 Longitude: -93.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 968 321 29.9 25.6 78 4.3 26.7 90 5 305.9 310.0 300.9 371.8 21.86 2 950 488 29.9 22.6 65 7.4 24.5 104 10 307.6 311.0 299.3 363.3 18.43 3 900 970 26.2 20.8 72 5.5 22.2 139 10 308.5 311.8 299.0 361.3 17.39 4 850 1473 21.9 19.4 86 2.5 20.1 157 12 309.1 312.2 298.8 360.4 16.88 5 800 1997 18.1 16.6 91 1.4 17.1 173 14 310.4 313.3 298.0 356.4 15.06 6 750 2551 18.8 -5.5 19 24.3 6.5 208 17 317.0 317.7 291.2 328.0 3.39 7 700 3138 14.6 -6.0 24 20.6 4.3 225 24 318.6 319.3 291.7 330.0 3.49 8 650 3758 9.9 -7.1 29 17.0 1.7 237 31 320.1 320.8 292.1 331.5 3.44 9 600 4416 4.3 -6.8 44 11.1 -1.0 241 32 321.1 321.8 292.7 333.6 3.83 10 550 5117 -1.7 -8.9 58 7.2 -4.9 249 36 322.1 322.8 292.7 333.8 3.55 11 500 5867 -8.2 -13.1 67 5.0 -10.1 259 42 323.1 323.6 292.3 332.4 2.78 12 450 6675 -14.6 -18.3 73 3.7 -15.8 262 45 324.8 325.2 292.2 331.7 2.01 13 400 7555 -21.2 -31.2 40 10.0 -23.2 260 37 327.4 327.6 291.7 330.0 0.70 14 350 8531 -26.6 -40.6 26 14.0 -28.5 262 35 332.9 333.0 292.8 334.1 0.32 15 300 9622 -35.6 -46.6 32 11.0 -36.5 259 33 335.3 335.3 293.3 336.0 0.19 16 250 10867 -44.7 -56.4 26 11.7 -45.2 256 31 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.9 0.07 17 200 12320 -56.7 -61.5 55 4.8 -56.9 267 26 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.05 18 150 14120 -58.2 -76.8 7 18.7 -58.4 261 40 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.01 19 100 16664 -60.5 -84.2 3 23.8 -60.7 237 17 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.55 m Freezing level: 564.15 mb = 4918.68 m = 16137.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.20 mb = 4157.54 m = 13640.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.33 % Est. max temperature: 33.91 C = 93.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.44 mb = 867.32 m = 2845.49 ft T: 27.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.34 C/km ThetaE index: 43.79 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.61 mb = 1735.02 m = 5692.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.74 C = 92.73 F Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lifted Index: -9.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.73 C Showalter Index: -8.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.60 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.05 C Cross Totals Index: 27.55 C K Index: 28.85 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 471.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4059.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 90.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.01 mb = 1523.42 m = 4998.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 810.01 mb = 1889.60 m = 6199.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 790.01 mb = 2105.12 m = 6906.49 ft B at Equ Level: 7.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 770.01 mb = 2325.25 m = 7628.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.5 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 264.5 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 196.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 196.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.40 Bulk Rich Number: 31.49 Bulk Shear: 128.94 m/s