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: 39.39,-76.38 Latitude: 39.39 Longitude: -76.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 81 20.6 20.3 98 0.3 20.4 177 2 293.4 296.1 293.4 336.4 15.11 1 1000 119 21.1 20.3 95 0.8 20.5 194 4 294.3 297.0 293.7 337.4 15.12 2 950 567 22.2 16.8 71 5.4 18.6 216 19 299.8 302.1 293.6 337.1 12.79 3 900 1035 19.2 15.2 78 4.0 16.5 220 22 301.3 303.5 293.6 337.0 12.13 4 850 1525 15.7 13.6 87 2.1 14.3 228 24 302.6 304.7 293.6 336.9 11.60 5 800 2038 12.1 11.4 95 0.7 11.7 233 26 304.1 306.0 293.3 335.8 10.63 6 750 2577 8.9 8.4 97 0.5 8.6 235 26 306.2 307.9 292.9 334.2 9.27 7 700 3146 6.7 5.0 89 1.7 5.7 233 25 309.9 311.3 292.7 333.9 7.83 8 650 3753 3.6 1.7 87 1.9 2.5 235 24 313.0 314.3 292.7 333.9 6.67 9 600 4399 -0.1 -1.6 89 1.5 -0.9 241 23 316.0 317.1 292.8 334.0 5.67 10 550 5092 -4.1 -5.0 94 0.9 -4.6 238 27 319.2 320.1 293.0 334.7 4.80 11 500 5838 -8.5 -12.7 71 4.2 -10.1 241 27 322.7 323.3 292.3 332.4 2.88 12 450 6648 -13.0 -19.9 56 6.8 -15.2 255 30 326.9 327.2 292.5 333.0 1.76 13 400 7536 -18.8 -23.9 64 5.1 -20.1 247 39 330.6 330.8 293.2 335.5 1.39 14 350 8519 -24.7 -24.9 98 0.2 -24.8 253 52 335.4 335.7 294.5 340.6 1.45 15 300 9621 -33.1 -33.1 99 0.1 -33.1 240 63 338.8 338.9 294.7 341.7 0.78 16 250 10875 -43.5 -43.5 100 -0.0 -43.5 255 65 341.4 341.5 295.0 342.7 0.33 17 200 12336 -54.5 -54.9 95 0.4 -54.5 272 74 346.5 346.5 296.0 347.0 0.11 18 150 14130 -64.2 -75.1 21 10.9 -64.3 257 63 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16574 -68.3 -83.1 10 14.8 -68.4 251 31 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.37 m Freezing level: 601.19 mb = 4383.99 m = 14382.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.64 mb = 4230.97 m = 13880.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.48 % Est. max temperature: 29.71 C = 85.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.07 mb = 118.80 m = 389.77 ft T: 21.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 3.57 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.20 mb = 1522.89 m = 4996.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.83 C = 85.69 F Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lifted Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: -0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.16 C Cross Totals Index: 22.07 C K Index: 36.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 89.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.14 mb = 1014.61 m = 3328.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.14 mb = 2067.45 m = 6782.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 447.14 mb = 6695.82 m = 21967.66 ft B at Equ Level: 88.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 327.14 mb = 9001.64 m = 29532.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.6 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 263.6 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.8 neg: -6.1 tot: 106.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 3.40 Bulk Shear: 26.24 m/s