MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F008.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFBG ... Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 8Z FRI 1 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 1007 65 24.9 24.1 96 0.8 24.3 229 4 297.5 301.0 297.3 353.1 19.15 1 1000 122 24.2 23.8 97 0.5 23.9 232 5 297.4 300.8 297.1 352.1 18.86 2 950 573 25.0 19.5 72 5.5 21.1 289 10 302.5 305.3 296.1 347.5 15.22 3 900 1047 23.2 17.3 69 5.9 19.1 282 11 305.4 308.0 296.0 347.0 13.92 4 850 1544 20.0 14.3 70 5.6 16.2 278 8 307.0 309.3 295.2 343.7 12.18 5 800 2064 16.4 12.3 77 4.1 13.7 275 7 308.6 310.7 295.0 342.8 11.28 6 750 2611 13.5 7.4 67 6.1 9.7 267 6 311.2 312.8 293.7 337.8 8.63 7 700 3189 10.4 5.0 69 5.4 7.2 272 8 314.0 315.5 294.0 338.5 7.85 8 650 3804 6.9 2.2 72 4.7 4.2 275 12 316.8 318.1 294.0 338.8 6.94 9 600 4457 2.6 -0.4 81 2.9 1.0 266 12 319.1 320.3 294.1 339.0 6.22 10 550 5156 -0.8 -10.5 47 9.8 -5.0 273 13 323.2 323.8 292.7 333.6 3.12 11 500 5911 -5.1 -10.6 65 5.5 -7.5 265 15 326.8 327.4 293.9 338.2 3.41 12 450 6732 -9.4 -20.8 39 11.4 -13.2 257 19 331.4 331.7 293.6 337.1 1.61 13 400 7633 -14.6 -34.5 17 19.8 -18.9 251 17 335.9 336.1 293.8 337.9 0.51 14 350 8630 -20.8 -48.1 7 27.2 -24.5 249 17 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.2 0.14 15 300 9752 -28.3 -56.5 5 28.1 -30.8 243 22 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.7 0.06 16 250 11033 -38.4 -52.5 21 14.0 -39.4 248 24 348.9 348.9 296.5 349.4 0.12 17 200 12523 -51.1 -57.8 45 6.7 -51.4 232 27 351.8 351.8 297.1 352.1 0.08 18 150 14331 -66.5 -70.0 62 3.4 -66.6 223 23 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.02 19 100 16739 -72.5 -78.3 41 5.8 -72.6 198 9 387.6 387.6 303.5 387.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.40 m Freezing level: 561.30 mb = 4998.34 m = 16398.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.99 mb = 4564.80 m = 14976.20 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.81 % Est. max temperature: 34.25 C = 93.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.99 mb = 157.33 m = 516.17 ft T: 24.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 15.29 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.80 mb = 1802.43 m = 5913.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.24 C = 95.43 F Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lifted Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Showalter Index: 0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.09 C Cross Totals Index: 19.49 C K Index: 34.02 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 272.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 140.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.40 mb = 1024.07 m = 3359.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 687.40 mb = 3340.06 m = 10958.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 317.40 mb = 9341.98 m = 30649.18 ft B at Equ Level: 271.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.40 mb = 13641.42 m = 44754.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.2 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 302.2 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.0 neg: -5.0 tot: 9.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 216.21 Bulk Shear: 1.26 m/s