MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 12Z THU 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 1004 70 20.8 20.3 97 0.5 20.5 193 3 293.6 296.3 293.5 336.7 15.12 1 1000 107 20.9 20.1 95 0.8 20.4 202 4 294.0 296.7 293.5 336.7 14.96 2 950 552 20.7 17.4 81 3.3 18.4 213 14 298.2 300.6 293.5 336.7 13.26 3 900 1020 18.7 15.1 80 3.6 16.3 214 22 300.8 303.0 293.4 336.4 12.10 4 850 1509 15.5 13.4 87 2.2 14.1 219 29 302.4 304.5 293.4 336.2 11.42 5 800 2022 12.5 11.4 93 1.0 11.8 220 34 304.4 306.4 293.4 336.4 10.68 6 750 2562 9.3 9.1 99 0.2 9.2 220 37 306.7 308.5 293.3 336.0 9.74 7 700 3132 6.2 6.1 99 0.1 6.1 218 38 309.3 310.9 293.1 335.2 8.46 8 650 3737 3.2 3.2 100 0.1 3.2 219 38 312.6 314.0 293.2 335.7 7.41 9 600 4383 -0.2 -0.3 99 0.1 -0.2 223 38 315.9 317.1 293.2 335.7 6.26 10 550 5076 -3.7 -4.2 97 0.4 -4.0 223 40 319.6 320.6 293.4 336.2 5.12 11 500 5824 -7.8 -8.7 93 0.9 -8.2 228 42 323.5 324.3 293.4 336.6 3.95 12 450 6637 -12.6 -13.5 93 0.9 -12.9 231 42 327.4 328.0 293.7 337.6 3.01 13 400 7526 -18.6 -18.6 100 0.0 -18.6 233 41 330.8 331.3 294.0 338.5 2.20 14 350 8509 -25.3 -25.4 99 0.1 -25.4 250 46 334.6 334.9 294.2 339.6 1.38 15 300 9612 -32.0 -37.2 60 5.2 -32.7 250 60 340.3 340.4 294.9 342.3 0.52 16 250 10872 -42.8 -45.5 75 2.6 -43.0 250 65 342.4 342.4 295.1 343.4 0.26 17 200 12334 -54.8 -55.7 89 0.9 -54.8 254 68 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.4 0.10 18 150 14127 -65.6 -74.7 27 9.1 -65.7 254 62 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16561 -67.4 -83.1 9 15.7 -67.5 264 31 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.44 m Freezing level: 602.79 mb = 4347.06 m = 14261.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.16 mb = 4340.80 m = 14241.30 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.91 % Est. max temperature: 29.50 C = 85.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.56 mb = 128.58 m = 421.84 ft T: 20.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 1.18 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.40 mb = 1424.71 m = 4674.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.36 C = 84.86 F Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lifted Index: 0.38 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.48 C Showalter Index: 0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.33 C Cross Totals Index: 21.17 C K Index: 36.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 304.11 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.38 mb = 854.38 m = 2803.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.38 mb = 2535.01 m = 8316.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 542.38 mb = 5185.33 m = 17012.02 ft B at Equ Level: 52.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 392.38 mb = 7667.51 m = 25155.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.8 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 250.8 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.9 neg: -0.1 tot: 133.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.67 Bulk Shear: 79.58 m/s