MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F054.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: 54 hour GFS valid 6Z FRI 29 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 1010 67 20.3 13.8 67 6.4 16.2 219 4 292.5 294.3 288.9 320.7 9.88 1 1000 155 21.4 13.6 61 7.9 16.4 213 9 294.6 296.3 289.6 322.7 9.80 2 950 599 20.4 11.2 56 9.2 14.7 215 13 297.9 299.5 289.9 323.7 8.84 3 900 1064 17.6 7.9 53 9.8 11.9 247 11 299.7 301.0 289.2 321.6 7.42 4 850 1549 13.7 6.7 63 6.9 9.6 277 11 300.5 301.8 289.3 322.0 7.28 5 800 2057 9.1 6.2 82 2.9 7.5 297 11 300.8 302.2 289.6 322.9 7.46 6 750 2588 4.5 3.7 94 0.9 4.1 318 10 301.5 302.7 289.2 321.3 6.65 7 700 3147 1.5 -2.7 73 4.2 -0.5 323 13 304.1 305.0 288.0 317.8 4.47 8 650 3743 0.5 -13.3 34 13.9 -4.7 290 14 309.6 310.0 287.5 316.4 2.10 9 600 4381 -2.5 -24.1 17 21.6 -8.7 274 21 313.3 313.4 287.5 316.4 0.91 10 550 5065 -7.0 -28.7 16 21.7 -12.3 269 27 315.8 315.9 288.1 318.1 0.65 11 500 5801 -12.0 -32.3 17 20.3 -16.3 264 30 318.4 318.5 288.8 320.2 0.51 12 450 6598 -18.0 -33.6 24 15.7 -20.9 262 35 320.6 320.7 289.5 322.4 0.50 13 400 7467 -23.4 -42.6 16 19.1 -25.9 265 47 324.5 324.6 290.4 325.4 0.22 14 350 8435 -27.7 -41.4 26 13.7 -29.4 255 65 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.5 0.29 15 300 9525 -35.2 -46.1 32 10.9 -36.1 257 72 335.8 335.9 293.5 336.6 0.20 16 250 10772 -44.7 -46.2 85 1.5 -44.9 254 80 339.5 339.6 294.4 340.5 0.24 17 200 12222 -56.7 -58.1 83 1.5 -56.7 272 95 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.4 0.07 18 150 14022 -59.6 -77.8 8 18.2 -59.7 270 55 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16535 -62.0 -85.0 3 23.0 -62.2 269 35 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.47 m Freezing level: 640.88 mb = 3859.04 m = 12660.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.55 mb = 3082.77 m = 10113.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.48 % Est. max temperature: 28.02 C = 82.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.86 mb = 885.76 m = 2905.99 ft T: 18.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 6.56 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.68 mb = 2090.73 m = 6859.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.59 C = 83.46 F Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lifted Index: 2.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: 3.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.64 C Cross Totals Index: 18.74 C K Index: 28.15 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 132.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.84 mb = 1620.19 m = 5315.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 747.84 mb = 2610.96 m = 8566.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 697.84 mb = 3171.71 m = 10405.74 ft B at Equ Level: 23.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 647.84 mb = 3769.16 m = 12365.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.8 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 303.8 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -104.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.8 neg: -6.0 tot: 32.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.83 Bulk Shear: 27.80 m/s