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: 45.75,-94.13 Latitude: 45.75 Longitude: -94.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 SFC 964 352 29.8 25.8 79 4.0 26.8 121 5 306.1 310.3 301.1 373.2 22.20 2 950 483 29.9 22.8 66 7.1 24.6 132 8 307.5 311.0 299.5 364.2 18.73 3 900 964 25.9 20.9 74 5.1 22.2 142 11 308.2 311.5 299.0 361.3 17.50 4 850 1466 21.7 19.2 86 2.5 19.9 149 12 308.9 312.0 298.6 359.5 16.69 5 800 1991 19.0 13.7 72 5.3 15.4 168 13 311.4 313.7 296.5 349.4 12.41 6 750 2545 18.1 -1.4 27 19.5 7.5 196 17 316.2 317.1 292.0 331.0 4.61 7 700 3131 14.3 -5.0 26 19.3 4.5 216 25 318.3 319.0 291.9 330.6 3.77 8 650 3751 9.7 -6.3 32 16.0 1.8 228 31 319.9 320.6 292.2 331.9 3.68 9 600 4408 4.0 -5.4 50 9.4 -0.6 232 33 320.7 321.6 293.0 334.6 4.26 10 550 5108 -1.9 -8.1 62 6.3 -4.7 238 36 321.9 322.6 292.9 334.3 3.77 11 500 5858 -8.1 -13.6 64 5.5 -10.2 250 42 323.2 323.7 292.3 332.1 2.67 12 450 6666 -14.6 -22.4 52 7.8 -16.9 253 42 324.8 325.1 291.6 329.7 1.41 13 400 7548 -19.6 -38.1 18 18.5 -22.7 257 35 329.5 329.6 292.0 330.9 0.36 14 350 8528 -25.9 -39.4 27 13.5 -27.8 260 35 333.8 333.9 293.1 335.2 0.36 15 300 9624 -34.8 -48.1 25 13.3 -35.9 267 39 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.0 0.16 16 250 10871 -44.1 -55.4 28 11.3 -44.7 265 37 340.4 340.5 294.5 340.8 0.08 17 200 12326 -56.8 -60.0 67 3.2 -56.9 266 35 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.06 18 150 14122 -58.9 -71.3 19 12.4 -59.2 269 44 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.6 0.02 19 100 16658 -60.5 -84.2 3 23.8 -60.7 246 15 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.16 m Freezing level: 565.90 mb = 4885.66 m = 16028.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.69 mb = 4236.26 m = 13898.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.05 % Est. max temperature: 34.26 C = 93.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.46 mb = 861.38 m = 2826.01 ft T: 26.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.21 C/km ThetaE index: 42.63 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.43 mb = 1825.77 m = 5989.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.20 C = 93.56 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: -9.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.44 C Showalter Index: -8.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.07 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.78 C Cross Totals Index: 27.29 C K Index: 29.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 456.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3933.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 88.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.25 mb = 1504.53 m = 4936.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 681.25 mb = 3357.95 m = 11016.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.25 mb = 14070.25 m = 46161.69 ft B at Equ Level: 3874.75 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.4 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 255.4 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 168.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.42 Bulk Rich Number: 40.27 Bulk Shear: 97.68 m/s