MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F006.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KFBG ... Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 6 JUN 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 1008 59 23.1 22.3 95 0.8 22.5 122 6 295.6 298.7 295.4 344.6 17.04 1 1000 126 22.5 21.9 96 0.6 22.1 124 7 295.6 298.6 295.2 343.7 16.73 2 950 572 20.1 18.5 91 1.5 19.0 157 12 297.6 300.2 294.0 338.9 14.28 3 900 1038 18.2 16.1 87 2.1 16.8 210 10 300.3 302.7 293.9 338.1 12.91 4 850 1527 15.6 14.2 91 1.4 14.7 226 15 302.5 304.7 293.9 338.2 12.07 5 800 2040 12.9 11.8 93 1.1 12.2 244 14 304.9 306.9 293.7 337.6 10.91 6 750 2581 10.5 8.8 90 1.6 9.5 258 11 308.0 309.8 293.6 337.0 9.55 7 700 3154 8.0 5.1 82 2.9 6.3 273 9 311.3 312.8 293.2 335.7 7.87 8 650 3763 4.9 1.6 79 3.3 3.1 295 10 314.5 315.8 293.2 335.3 6.61 9 600 4412 1.0 -1.1 86 2.1 -0.1 313 16 317.3 318.5 293.3 336.1 5.91 10 550 5109 -2.6 -4.5 87 1.9 -3.6 318 20 321.0 321.9 293.6 337.2 4.99 11 500 5858 -7.2 -8.5 91 1.3 -7.8 318 18 324.2 325.0 293.7 337.6 4.03 12 450 6671 -12.7 -14.1 89 1.4 -13.2 304 15 327.3 327.9 293.6 337.0 2.86 13 400 7561 -17.9 -28.7 38 10.8 -20.5 276 19 331.7 331.8 293.0 334.9 0.89 14 350 8544 -25.3 -37.6 31 12.3 -27.2 256 22 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.3 0.43 15 300 9645 -33.4 -37.2 68 3.8 -33.9 222 18 338.3 338.4 294.4 340.3 0.52 16 250 10897 -44.4 -47.7 70 3.3 -44.6 204 31 340.0 340.1 294.5 340.8 0.20 17 200 12348 -56.5 -59.9 66 3.4 -56.6 208 35 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.06 18 150 14142 -61.2 -80.4 6 19.2 -61.3 287 22 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.00 19 100 16612 -67.7 -87.1 5 19.4 -67.8 306 21 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.07 m Freezing level: 585.83 mb = 4609.55 m = 15123.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.54 mb = 4391.38 m = 14407.25 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.58 % Est. max temperature: 29.67 C = 85.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.28 mb = 158.60 m = 520.35 ft T: 22.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 6.43 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.56 mb = 1023.07 m = 3356.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.74 C = 81.92 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.18 C Showalter Index: 0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.84 C Cross Totals Index: 21.44 C K Index: 34.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 112.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.81 mb = 674.11 m = 2211.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.81 mb = 1895.13 m = 6217.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 743.81 mb = 2649.90 m = 8693.79 ft B at Equ Level: 18.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 203.81 mb = 12224.88 m = 40107.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.5 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 311.5 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.7 neg: -2.9 tot: 106.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 1.86 Bulk Shear: 60.45 m/s