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: 39.50,-76.21 Latitude: 39.50 Longitude: -76.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 70 20.4 20.1 99 0.2 20.2 151 3 293.0 295.7 293.2 335.4 14.90 1 1000 120 20.9 20.2 96 0.6 20.4 170 5 294.0 296.7 293.6 337.1 15.08 2 950 567 22.2 16.8 71 5.4 18.5 218 19 299.7 302.0 293.6 337.1 12.77 3 900 1036 19.1 15.2 78 3.9 16.5 221 22 301.2 303.4 293.6 336.9 12.13 4 850 1525 15.5 13.7 89 1.8 14.4 225 24 302.4 304.5 293.6 337.0 11.70 5 800 2037 12.0 11.7 98 0.4 11.8 229 26 304.0 306.0 293.4 336.3 10.83 6 750 2576 8.9 8.7 99 0.2 8.8 235 26 306.2 308.0 293.0 334.7 9.46 7 700 3146 6.5 5.0 90 1.5 5.6 233 23 309.7 311.2 292.7 333.8 7.85 8 650 3752 3.5 1.9 89 1.6 2.6 236 23 312.9 314.2 292.8 334.0 6.75 9 600 4399 -0.2 -1.3 92 1.2 -0.8 240 24 315.9 317.0 292.9 334.3 5.79 10 550 5091 -4.2 -5.0 94 0.8 -4.6 238 25 319.1 320.0 293.0 334.6 4.81 11 500 5837 -8.7 -11.4 81 2.7 -9.8 240 27 322.5 323.1 292.6 333.1 3.20 12 450 6647 -13.0 -19.7 57 6.7 -15.2 254 30 326.9 327.2 292.6 333.1 1.78 13 400 7535 -18.8 -23.1 69 4.3 -20.0 250 39 330.6 330.9 293.3 335.9 1.49 14 350 8517 -24.7 -24.7 100 0.0 -24.7 256 55 335.5 335.8 294.5 340.8 1.48 15 300 9620 -33.2 -33.2 100 -0.0 -33.3 240 64 338.5 338.7 294.7 341.4 0.77 16 250 10874 -43.5 -43.5 100 -0.0 -43.5 256 65 341.4 341.4 295.0 342.6 0.32 17 200 12334 -54.6 -54.8 98 0.2 -54.6 273 74 346.3 346.3 295.9 346.8 0.11 18 150 14126 -64.1 -75.0 21 10.9 -64.3 258 63 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16573 -68.0 -83.1 10 15.1 -68.1 251 31 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.79 m Freezing level: 602.16 mb = 4370.69 m = 14339.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.78 mb = 4241.68 m = 13916.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.41 % Est. max temperature: 29.59 C = 85.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.68 mb = 96.85 m = 317.76 ft T: 20.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 3.24 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.10 mb = 1483.69 m = 4867.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.64 C = 85.35 F Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lifted Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Showalter Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.16 C Cross Totals Index: 22.40 C K Index: 36.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 92.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.14 mb = 986.14 m = 3235.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.14 mb = 2140.95 m = 7024.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 450.14 mb = 6644.12 m = 21798.04 ft B at Equ Level: 91.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 330.14 mb = 8935.12 m = 29314.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.8 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 262.8 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.6 neg: -7.4 tot: 120.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 3.48 Bulk Shear: 26.71 m/s