MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F000.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: GFS analysis for 0000Z 26 SEP 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 1002 66 26.7 20.7 70 6.0 22.5 163 7 299.6 302.5 295.5 345.0 15.53 1 1000 86 27.2 20.7 68 6.5 22.5 164 9 300.4 303.2 295.7 345.8 15.52 2 950 541 26.5 18.1 60 8.4 20.6 190 15 304.1 306.7 295.6 345.5 13.92 3 900 1016 22.8 16.5 68 6.3 18.5 213 15 305.0 307.5 295.4 344.6 13.25 4 850 1512 18.5 15.2 81 3.3 16.3 227 17 305.5 307.9 295.3 344.0 12.87 5 800 2029 14.4 12.8 90 1.6 13.4 244 21 306.5 308.7 294.7 341.8 11.71 6 750 2573 11.3 10.4 94 0.9 10.7 245 24 308.8 310.8 294.6 341.1 10.62 7 700 3147 8.1 5.7 85 2.3 6.7 249 24 311.4 313.0 293.6 336.9 8.25 8 650 3758 5.7 0.4 69 5.3 2.8 241 25 315.4 316.6 292.9 334.6 6.07 9 600 4408 1.5 -3.9 67 5.4 -1.2 237 27 317.9 318.8 292.6 333.3 4.79 10 550 5104 -2.7 -9.1 62 6.4 -5.5 234 27 320.8 321.5 292.3 332.4 3.50 11 500 5853 -7.5 -14.6 57 7.1 -10.2 232 28 323.9 324.4 292.3 332.2 2.47 12 450 6665 -13.2 -19.8 58 6.6 -15.3 234 32 326.7 327.0 292.4 332.8 1.77 13 400 7553 -17.8 -29.6 35 11.8 -20.5 230 38 331.8 332.0 293.0 334.8 0.82 14 350 8540 -24.1 -32.8 44 8.7 -25.8 226 43 336.2 336.4 294.0 338.8 0.69 15 300 9646 -31.8 -37.4 58 5.5 -32.6 234 35 340.5 340.6 294.9 342.5 0.51 16 250 10908 -41.6 -43.5 82 1.9 -41.8 252 40 344.2 344.3 295.6 345.5 0.33 17 200 12380 -53.8 -58.2 59 4.4 -53.9 245 37 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.9 0.07 18 150 14172 -66.0 -70.6 52 4.6 -66.0 228 42 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.02 19 100 16597 -68.8 -82.8 12 14.0 -68.9 253 22 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.42 m Freezing level: 582.04 mb = 4658.32 m = 15283.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.46 mb = 4214.82 m = 13827.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.10 % Est. max temperature: 32.53 C = 90.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.15 mb = 831.09 m = 2726.64 ft T: 24.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 13.58 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.90 mb = 1809.05 m = 5935.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.13 C = 91.64 F Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lifted Index: -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.21 C Showalter Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.96 C Cross Totals Index: 22.66 C K Index: 38.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 590.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.25 mb = 1468.32 m = 4817.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.25 mb = 2143.10 m = 7031.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.25 mb = 10927.27 m = 35850.20 ft B at Equ Level: 588.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.25 mb = 14616.42 m = 47953.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.3 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 264.3 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 93.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 13.59 Bulk Shear: 43.47 m/s