MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F012.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: 12 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 1013 67 21.1 19.3 89 1.8 19.8 25 10 293.2 295.7 292.5 333.0 14.01 1 1000 175 20.2 18.6 91 1.6 19.1 27 16 293.3 295.7 292.3 332.0 13.59 2 950 617 18.3 17.8 97 0.4 18.0 57 25 295.7 298.2 293.0 335.0 13.66 3 900 1081 17.3 16.4 94 0.9 16.7 60 18 299.3 301.7 293.7 337.7 13.15 4 850 1569 15.3 14.3 93 1.1 14.6 42 11 302.2 304.5 293.9 338.0 12.11 5 800 2082 12.6 12.3 98 0.2 12.4 20 9 304.5 306.6 293.9 338.4 11.33 6 750 2624 11.2 9.0 87 2.1 9.8 324 7 308.7 310.5 293.9 338.1 9.67 7 700 3199 8.5 4.8 78 3.6 6.3 304 10 311.9 313.3 293.3 335.8 7.74 8 650 3809 5.2 0.2 70 5.0 2.5 296 13 314.9 316.0 292.7 333.8 5.99 9 600 4458 1.5 -4.6 64 6.2 -1.5 297 15 317.9 318.8 292.4 332.5 4.52 10 550 5155 -2.4 -7.4 69 5.0 -4.7 294 15 321.3 322.0 292.9 334.4 4.00 11 500 5907 -5.9 -12.9 58 7.0 -8.8 279 11 325.8 326.3 293.2 335.4 2.83 12 450 6725 -10.2 -21.7 38 11.5 -13.8 276 9 330.5 330.8 293.3 335.8 1.50 13 400 7623 -16.3 -19.4 77 3.1 -17.3 282 15 333.8 334.2 294.6 341.1 2.05 14 350 8615 -22.6 -25.9 75 3.3 -23.5 273 21 338.2 338.5 295.1 343.1 1.32 15 300 9729 -30.2 -37.4 50 7.1 -31.3 270 24 342.8 342.9 295.4 344.8 0.51 16 250 10998 -40.7 -44.8 65 4.1 -41.0 263 23 345.6 345.7 295.9 346.8 0.28 17 200 12478 -51.6 -59.9 36 8.3 -51.8 257 34 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.4 0.06 18 150 14278 -66.9 -68.0 86 1.1 -66.9 255 38 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.03 19 100 16692 -70.5 -82.0 17 11.4 -70.6 276 13 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.55 m Freezing level: 580.34 mb = 4732.25 m = 15525.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.73 mb = 4208.88 m = 13808.50 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.14 % Est. max temperature: 29.41 C = 84.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.40 mb = 293.14 m = 961.72 ft T: 19.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 5.87 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.03 mb = 1253.55 m = 4112.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.28 C = 82.90 F Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lifted Index: 3.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.62 C Showalter Index: 1.65 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.30 C Cross Totals Index: 20.21 C K Index: 31.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4837.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 948.68 mb = 628.92 m = 2063.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 338.9 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 8.9 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 4.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.6 neg: -4.5 tot: 45.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 37.61 m/s