MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F081.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: 81 hour GFS valid 9Z THU 7 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 1015 67 21.1 19.5 91 1.6 20.0 22 7 293.0 295.6 292.6 333.4 14.19 1 1000 193 21.1 19.3 90 1.8 19.9 32 14 294.2 296.8 293.0 334.9 14.22 2 950 639 20.5 17.9 85 2.6 18.7 58 17 298.0 300.5 293.8 337.8 13.72 3 900 1105 18.2 15.6 85 2.6 16.5 59 14 300.2 302.5 293.5 336.8 12.48 4 850 1594 15.5 13.7 89 1.8 14.3 61 11 302.4 304.5 293.6 337.0 11.69 5 800 2107 12.7 11.1 90 1.6 11.7 62 8 304.7 306.6 293.3 335.9 10.45 6 750 2648 10.0 8.6 91 1.4 9.1 92 4 307.4 309.1 293.3 335.9 9.40 7 700 3220 7.2 5.1 87 2.1 6.0 164 3 310.4 311.9 293.0 334.7 7.90 8 650 3827 3.8 1.0 82 2.7 2.2 180 5 313.2 314.4 292.6 333.1 6.35 9 600 4472 -0.8 -2.1 91 1.3 -1.5 160 6 315.2 316.2 292.4 332.5 5.46 10 550 5164 -3.9 -6.2 84 2.3 -5.0 234 4 319.5 320.4 292.7 333.8 4.39 11 500 5912 -7.3 -16.0 50 8.6 -10.5 227 12 324.1 324.5 292.2 331.6 2.20 12 450 6726 -11.7 -22.4 41 10.6 -14.9 212 14 328.5 328.8 292.6 333.5 1.41 13 400 7619 -16.9 -26.9 42 10.0 -19.4 219 16 333.1 333.3 293.6 336.9 1.06 14 350 8609 -23.7 -29.8 57 6.2 -25.0 226 24 336.9 337.0 294.4 340.3 0.92 15 300 9715 -32.5 -35.2 77 2.7 -32.9 227 29 339.6 339.8 294.8 342.1 0.64 16 250 10974 -41.7 -46.2 62 4.5 -42.1 229 41 344.0 344.0 295.5 345.0 0.24 17 200 12446 -54.0 -57.1 68 3.1 -54.1 228 42 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.6 0.08 18 150 14239 -64.7 -72.5 33 7.8 -64.8 250 23 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16688 -65.8 -83.5 7 17.7 -65.9 197 6 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.71 m Freezing level: 608.82 mb = 4358.43 m = 14299.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.05 mb = 4207.26 m = 13803.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.72 % Est. max temperature: 29.85 C = 85.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.32 mb = 269.13 m = 882.95 ft T: 20.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 4.50 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.92 mb = 1396.11 m = 4580.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.62 C = 85.31 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: 0.94 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Showalter Index: 0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.82 C Cross Totals Index: 21.05 C K Index: 34.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 108.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.23 mb = 801.83 m = 2630.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 627.23 mb = 4114.35 m = 13498.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 547.23 mb = 5203.97 m = 17073.17 ft B at Equ Level: 40.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 457.23 mb = 6602.87 m = 21662.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 90.5 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 120.5 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -71.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.9 neg: -14.4 tot: 32.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.66 Bulk Shear: 15.34 m/s