MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F087.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: 87 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 6 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 1018 67 26.9 16.7 54 10.2 20.0 49 9 298.5 300.7 292.5 332.9 11.81 1 1000 221 23.9 15.6 60 8.3 18.4 50 12 297.0 299.0 291.6 329.4 11.20 2 950 667 19.5 14.4 72 5.1 16.2 51 12 297.0 299.0 291.3 328.6 10.91 3 900 1129 15.7 12.2 80 3.5 13.6 52 11 297.7 299.5 290.8 326.8 9.98 4 850 1615 14.8 8.5 66 6.4 11.0 48 6 301.7 303.2 290.6 326.1 8.21 5 800 2127 12.9 8.1 73 4.8 10.0 340 3 304.9 306.5 291.9 330.5 8.51 6 750 2669 11.5 6.3 71 5.1 8.4 296 6 309.0 310.5 292.7 333.6 8.02 7 700 3244 8.7 3.8 71 4.9 5.9 299 8 312.1 313.5 292.9 334.4 7.20 8 650 3853 4.8 1.1 77 3.8 2.8 287 9 314.4 315.7 292.9 334.5 6.39 9 600 4502 0.9 -3.6 72 4.5 -1.4 257 9 317.1 318.1 292.4 332.8 4.88 10 550 5197 -3.0 -6.6 76 3.6 -4.7 226 10 320.6 321.4 292.9 334.4 4.25 11 500 5947 -6.5 -12.3 63 5.8 -8.9 223 12 325.1 325.7 293.1 335.1 2.97 12 450 6764 -11.2 -15.4 71 4.2 -12.8 224 13 329.2 329.7 293.8 338.0 2.57 13 400 7660 -16.1 -18.7 81 2.6 -16.9 223 15 334.1 334.5 294.7 341.8 2.19 14 350 8652 -22.9 -24.7 85 1.8 -23.4 222 18 337.8 338.1 295.1 343.2 1.47 15 300 9764 -31.1 -34.5 72 3.4 -31.7 213 24 341.5 341.7 295.3 344.1 0.68 16 250 11029 -41.3 -41.9 94 0.6 -41.4 207 40 344.6 344.7 295.8 346.2 0.38 17 200 12500 -54.3 -55.1 90 0.8 -54.3 213 38 346.8 346.9 296.0 347.3 0.11 18 150 14288 -66.6 -68.1 81 1.5 -66.7 223 11 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.03 19 100 16728 -66.8 -83.3 8 16.5 -66.9 120 8 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.00 m Freezing level: 588.44 mb = 4662.59 m = 15297.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.66 mb = 4279.96 m = 14041.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.54 % Est. max temperature: 28.62 C = 83.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.93 mb = 1350.15 m = 4429.56 ft T: 15.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 6.85 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.59 mb = 2852.98 m = 9360.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.42 C = 101.15 F Cap Strength: 4.67 C Lifted Index: 5.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.67 C Showalter Index: 6.67 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.34 C Cross Totals Index: 14.98 C K Index: 24.94 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 125.69 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.85 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6260.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.30 mb = 1327.20 m = 4354.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.7 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 322.7 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 148.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.9 neg: -5.0 tot: 10.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 38.73 m/s