MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F009.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 SUN 3 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 1011 67 18.7 13.1 70 5.5 15.2 36 7 290.9 292.5 287.9 317.5 9.40 1 1000 163 18.7 12.6 68 6.1 14.9 41 14 291.8 293.4 288.1 317.9 9.19 2 950 603 17.2 9.7 61 7.5 12.7 61 27 294.6 296.1 288.0 317.7 7.98 3 900 1062 14.7 6.3 57 8.5 10.0 56 25 296.7 297.9 287.5 316.1 6.65 4 850 1544 13.2 4.3 55 8.9 8.2 37 15 299.9 301.0 288.1 318.1 6.11 5 800 2054 12.2 7.8 74 4.5 9.6 349 9 304.2 305.7 291.5 329.1 8.31 6 750 2594 10.1 6.2 77 3.9 7.8 318 10 307.6 309.1 292.2 331.8 7.96 7 700 3166 8.1 3.7 74 4.4 5.6 297 11 311.4 312.8 292.7 333.6 7.16 8 650 3775 5.0 0.1 71 4.9 2.3 284 8 314.6 315.7 292.6 333.3 5.93 9 600 4424 1.0 -5.5 62 6.5 -2.1 292 9 317.2 318.1 291.9 330.9 4.23 10 550 5119 -3.0 -10.5 56 7.5 -6.2 291 10 320.5 321.1 291.9 330.8 3.12 11 500 5868 -6.9 -15.2 51 8.3 -10.0 267 13 324.7 325.1 292.4 332.6 2.34 12 450 6683 -11.9 -17.5 63 5.5 -13.9 264 18 328.2 328.7 293.2 335.7 2.16 13 400 7576 -16.8 -26.2 44 9.4 -19.2 269 24 333.2 333.4 293.6 337.3 1.13 14 350 8566 -23.4 -29.1 59 5.7 -24.6 266 33 337.3 337.5 294.6 340.9 0.98 15 300 9675 -31.2 -36.4 60 5.2 -32.0 255 46 341.4 341.5 295.2 343.6 0.57 16 250 10941 -41.0 -48.1 46 7.1 -41.5 258 50 345.1 345.2 295.7 345.9 0.20 17 200 12417 -53.1 -55.1 78 2.1 -53.1 260 57 348.7 348.7 296.4 349.2 0.11 18 150 14224 -63.7 -75.5 18 11.8 -63.8 273 39 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16671 -68.4 -82.3 12 13.8 -68.5 281 9 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.12 m Freezing level: 587.93 mb = 4592.12 m = 15065.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.12 mb = 4104.89 m = 13467.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.43 % Est. max temperature: 26.99 C = 80.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.45 mb = 770.35 m = 2527.37 ft T: 16.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 1.79 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 643.55 mb = 3856.27 m = 12651.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.77 C = 108.98 F Cap Strength: 9.59 C Lifted Index: 10.92 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.70 C Showalter Index: 10.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.03 C Cross Totals Index: 11.12 C K Index: 19.93 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 93.78 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10817.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.52 mb = 1401.33 m = 4597.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 345.9 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 15.9 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 5.6 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: -36.8 tot: -30.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: -3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 39.78 m/s