MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 25 SEP 25 Station: 39.38,-77.05 Latitude: 39.38 Longitude: -77.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 994 170 19.8 19.4 97 0.4 19.5 181 3 293.5 296.0 292.9 334.4 14.38 2 950 563 21.1 17.2 78 3.9 18.5 216 17 298.6 301.0 293.5 336.8 13.13 3 900 1031 19.3 15.0 76 4.3 16.4 223 21 301.4 303.5 293.4 336.6 11.96 4 850 1520 15.7 12.7 82 3.0 13.8 232 23 302.6 304.6 293.0 335.0 10.92 5 800 2033 12.4 10.4 88 1.9 11.2 234 26 304.3 306.2 292.8 334.1 9.97 6 750 2573 9.4 7.8 90 1.6 8.5 237 27 306.8 308.4 292.7 333.7 8.91 7 700 3143 6.7 4.8 88 1.9 5.6 235 27 309.9 311.4 292.7 333.7 7.75 8 650 3750 3.5 1.9 90 1.6 2.6 234 25 312.9 314.2 292.8 334.0 6.77 9 600 4396 -0.0 -1.8 88 1.8 -0.9 234 24 316.1 317.2 292.7 333.9 5.60 10 550 5088 -4.1 -5.8 88 1.7 -4.9 235 26 319.2 320.1 292.7 333.9 4.52 11 500 5834 -8.5 -11.9 76 3.5 -9.9 241 25 322.7 323.3 292.5 332.9 3.06 12 450 6645 -13.0 -19.6 58 6.6 -15.2 254 32 326.9 327.2 292.6 333.1 1.79 13 400 7531 -19.3 -22.2 78 2.9 -20.1 240 42 330.0 330.3 293.2 335.7 1.62 14 350 8515 -24.7 -24.7 100 0.0 -24.7 245 54 335.4 335.7 294.5 340.7 1.47 15 300 9618 -33.1 -33.0 100 -0.0 -33.0 244 63 338.8 339.0 294.7 341.8 0.79 16 250 10871 -43.5 -43.6 99 0.1 -43.5 256 68 341.3 341.4 295.0 342.6 0.32 17 200 12333 -54.2 -54.8 94 0.5 -54.2 269 76 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.4 0.11 18 150 14128 -64.2 -75.8 19 11.7 -64.3 255 63 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16574 -68.3 -83.2 10 14.9 -68.4 247 30 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.34 m Freezing level: 600.35 mb = 4391.07 m = 14406.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.05 mb = 4221.91 m = 13851.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.66 % Est. max temperature: 29.14 C = 84.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.01 mb = 222.43 m = 729.76 ft T: 19.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 3.11 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.77 mb = 1592.58 m = 5224.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.17 C = 84.51 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.26 C Showalter Index: 0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.17 C Cross Totals Index: 21.16 C K Index: 34.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 268.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.65 mb = 1043.66 m = 3424.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 623.65 mb = 4083.68 m = 13397.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 483.65 mb = 6090.02 m = 19980.14 ft B at Equ Level: 38.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 373.65 mb = 8033.31 m = 26355.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.8 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 263.8 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.2 neg: -1.0 tot: 106.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.55 Bulk Shear: 24.84 m/s