MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0000Z 26 SEP 25 Station: 37.69,-75.83 Latitude: 37.69 Longitude: -75.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 2 24.6 22.2 87 2.4 22.9 225 9 296.9 300.0 295.7 345.8 16.90 1 1000 85 25.9 20.9 74 5.0 22.4 228 15 299.1 302.0 295.6 345.1 15.78 2 950 538 24.9 18.3 67 6.5 20.3 232 22 302.4 305.0 295.3 344.1 14.10 3 900 1011 21.1 16.4 74 4.7 17.9 232 25 303.3 305.7 294.9 342.4 13.18 4 850 1503 17.4 14.3 82 3.1 15.3 233 27 304.4 306.6 294.4 340.6 12.14 5 800 2020 14.2 11.2 82 3.0 12.3 240 31 306.2 308.2 293.7 337.8 10.48 6 750 2563 11.1 7.7 79 3.4 9.0 247 36 308.6 310.3 293.2 335.5 8.82 7 700 3136 8.1 4.5 78 3.6 6.0 245 35 311.4 312.8 293.0 334.8 7.55 8 650 3745 4.8 0.6 74 4.2 2.5 247 34 314.4 315.6 292.7 333.8 6.16 9 600 4394 0.7 -2.7 78 3.4 -1.0 242 36 317.0 318.0 292.7 333.7 5.24 10 550 5088 -3.1 -6.6 76 3.6 -4.7 236 37 320.5 321.3 292.9 334.3 4.23 11 500 5838 -7.2 -12.5 66 5.2 -9.4 235 44 324.2 324.8 292.8 334.1 2.93 12 450 6651 -12.6 -19.5 57 6.8 -14.9 233 44 327.3 327.7 292.7 333.7 1.82 13 400 7540 -18.4 -24.9 57 6.5 -20.1 233 42 331.1 331.3 293.2 335.6 1.27 14 350 8523 -24.6 -37.0 31 12.3 -26.6 236 44 335.6 335.7 293.6 337.3 0.46 15 300 9627 -32.8 -42.4 38 9.6 -33.9 235 50 339.1 339.2 294.4 340.3 0.30 16 250 10884 -42.1 -49.4 45 7.3 -42.6 239 47 343.5 343.5 295.3 344.2 0.17 17 200 12357 -53.4 -60.4 42 7.1 -53.6 234 45 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.5 0.06 18 150 14153 -65.4 -72.0 39 6.6 -65.4 234 46 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.02 19 100 16576 -68.7 -82.8 11 14.0 -68.8 255 19 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.29 m Freezing level: 590.16 mb = 4530.69 m = 14864.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.89 mb = 4208.59 m = 13807.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.11 % Est. max temperature: 31.86 C = 89.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.44 mb = 304.52 m = 999.09 ft T: 25.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 12.04 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.58 mb = 1578.12 m = 5177.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.34 C = 90.21 F Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lifted Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.92 C Showalter Index: -0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.64 C Cross Totals Index: 21.51 C K Index: 35.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 551.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.55 mb = 1169.59 m = 3837.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.55 mb = 2140.81 m = 7023.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.55 mb = 10652.28 m = 34948.01 ft B at Equ Level: 550.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.55 mb = 14210.77 m = 46622.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.4 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 269.4 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.6 neg: -3.6 tot: 116.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 16.66 Bulk Shear: 33.10 m/s