MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F009.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: 9 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 2 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 1012 67 21.0 19.9 93 1.1 20.3 27 9 293.2 295.8 293.0 334.8 14.63 1 1000 167 20.3 19.3 94 1.0 19.6 30 15 293.4 295.9 292.7 333.9 14.21 2 950 610 18.3 18.2 99 0.1 18.2 61 24 295.7 298.2 293.3 335.9 13.96 3 900 1074 17.2 16.8 97 0.5 17.0 69 17 299.3 301.7 294.0 338.6 13.47 4 850 1562 15.4 15.2 99 0.2 15.3 60 10 302.2 304.6 294.4 340.2 12.85 5 800 2076 13.6 12.3 92 1.3 12.8 11 6 305.7 307.8 294.3 339.7 11.34 6 750 2619 11.3 9.0 86 2.3 9.9 329 6 308.9 310.7 293.9 338.4 9.69 7 700 3194 8.2 6.1 86 2.1 6.9 305 8 311.6 313.2 293.7 337.7 8.47 8 650 3803 4.6 3.1 90 1.5 3.8 302 9 314.2 315.6 293.6 337.3 7.38 9 600 4452 1.0 0.2 94 0.8 0.5 299 10 317.2 318.5 293.8 337.8 6.47 10 550 5148 -1.7 -5.5 75 3.8 -3.6 301 10 322.0 322.9 293.6 337.1 4.61 11 500 5903 -5.2 -16.0 43 10.7 -9.2 320 9 326.7 327.1 292.9 334.2 2.20 12 450 6723 -9.9 -20.3 42 10.4 -13.3 308 12 330.8 331.1 293.5 336.8 1.69 13 400 7621 -15.6 -18.6 78 3.0 -16.6 285 16 334.7 335.1 294.9 342.4 2.20 14 350 8617 -21.7 -25.9 68 4.3 -22.8 273 21 339.6 339.8 295.4 344.4 1.32 15 300 9735 -29.6 -36.6 51 7.0 -30.7 269 24 343.6 343.7 295.7 345.8 0.55 16 250 11006 -40.4 -43.6 71 3.2 -40.7 271 25 346.0 346.1 296.0 347.3 0.32 17 200 12489 -51.6 -58.4 44 6.9 -51.8 260 35 351.1 351.1 297.0 351.4 0.07 18 150 14291 -66.6 -68.3 78 1.7 -66.6 249 38 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.03 19 100 16703 -70.9 -82.1 18 11.2 -70.9 246 13 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.06 m Freezing level: 582.13 mb = 4701.03 m = 15423.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.33 mb = 4541.61 m = 14900.10 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.00 % Est. max temperature: 29.39 C = 84.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.77 mb = 203.99 m = 669.25 ft T: 20.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 2.93 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 943.75 mb = 666.34 m = 2186.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.00 C = 75.19 F Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lifted Index: 3.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.93 C Showalter Index: 1.51 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.58 C Cross Totals Index: 20.36 C K Index: 33.61 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4907.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 954.31 mb = 570.65 m = 1872.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 354.2 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 24.2 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 3.8 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -154.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.8 neg: -0.8 tot: 55.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.83 Bulk Shear: 24.05 m/s