MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F018.gfs Searching the city database file for: KFBG ... Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: KFBG Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 67 34.0 22.2 50 11.8 25.3 110 2 306.4 309.5 298.2 357.3 16.94 1 1000 141 31.7 20.9 53 10.8 23.9 104 2 304.8 307.8 297.0 351.8 15.73 2 950 600 27.1 19.9 65 7.2 21.9 116 1 304.6 307.5 296.8 351.1 15.57 3 900 1075 22.5 18.9 80 3.7 19.9 142 1 304.7 307.6 296.8 350.7 15.41 4 850 1571 18.5 17.0 91 1.5 17.5 207 1 305.6 308.3 296.4 349.0 14.51 5 800 2089 15.2 13.3 88 1.9 13.9 245 4 307.3 309.6 295.2 343.7 12.06 6 750 2635 12.4 9.8 84 2.6 10.8 249 7 310.1 312.0 294.6 341.3 10.21 7 700 3212 9.1 7.2 88 1.9 7.9 252 9 312.5 314.3 294.6 340.9 9.16 8 650 3823 5.6 4.7 94 0.9 5.1 255 11 315.3 316.9 294.6 341.2 8.28 9 600 4475 1.5 0.6 94 0.9 1.0 259 14 317.8 319.1 294.1 339.0 6.66 10 550 5171 -2.4 -3.8 90 1.3 -3.1 257 16 321.2 322.2 293.9 338.3 5.27 11 500 5923 -6.2 -7.0 95 0.7 -6.6 265 18 325.5 326.4 294.4 340.5 4.55 12 450 6742 -10.6 -12.6 86 1.9 -11.4 266 19 329.9 330.5 294.6 340.9 3.23 13 400 7639 -15.9 -20.0 71 4.1 -17.2 265 21 334.3 334.7 294.6 341.3 1.96 14 350 8633 -22.0 -26.6 66 4.7 -23.1 249 20 339.1 339.4 295.2 343.7 1.24 15 300 9751 -29.2 -40.9 31 11.7 -30.8 251 24 344.2 344.3 295.7 345.6 0.36 16 250 11026 -39.2 -49.8 32 10.6 -40.0 249 27 347.8 347.9 296.3 348.5 0.16 17 200 12516 -51.2 -55.2 62 4.1 -51.4 237 29 351.7 351.7 297.1 352.2 0.11 18 150 14320 -66.5 -68.7 74 2.2 -66.5 217 30 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.02 19 100 16718 -71.8 -82.3 19 10.5 -71.8 241 21 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.22 m Freezing level: 580.95 mb = 4740.06 m = 15551.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.16 mb = 4634.18 m = 15203.82 ft Precipitable water: 2.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.89 % Est. max temperature: 33.00 C = 91.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.62 mb = 1554.29 m = 5099.32 ft T: 18.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 16.44 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.77 mb = 1643.85 m = 5393.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.39 C = 92.11 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -3.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.90 C Showalter Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.99 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.76 C Cross Totals Index: 23.23 C K Index: 39.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 918.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.54 mb = 1514.52 m = 4968.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.54 mb = 1768.93 m = 5803.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.54 mb = 12173.15 m = 39937.66 ft B at Equ Level: 916.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.54 mb = 16125.28 m = 52903.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.5 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 285.5 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.5 neg: -0.4 tot: 11.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 68.61 Bulk Shear: 13.39 m/s