MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F003.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F003.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFBG ... Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 1008 65 25.1 24.5 97 0.5 24.7 263 0 297.5 301.1 297.5 354.3 19.57 1 1000 136 24.3 24.2 99 0.1 24.3 268 1 297.5 301.0 297.4 353.7 19.35 2 950 588 24.2 22.6 91 1.6 23.0 278 6 301.7 305.1 297.9 356.1 18.44 3 900 1063 22.9 20.7 88 2.1 21.3 302 8 305.1 308.3 298.1 356.9 17.34 4 850 1560 19.0 17.4 91 1.5 17.9 313 9 306.0 308.8 296.8 350.7 14.90 5 800 2078 15.5 12.3 81 3.2 13.4 281 8 307.6 309.8 294.8 341.9 11.32 6 750 2624 12.5 8.7 78 3.7 10.1 265 11 310.1 311.9 294.1 339.1 9.48 7 700 3200 9.0 4.6 74 4.3 6.4 259 16 312.4 313.8 293.3 336.1 7.63 8 650 3811 6.1 -0.1 64 6.3 2.8 252 18 315.9 317.0 292.9 334.5 5.84 9 600 4463 3.6 -13.3 28 17.0 -3.3 252 18 320.3 320.8 291.2 328.0 2.28 10 550 5164 -0.6 -9.7 50 9.1 -4.6 256 17 323.4 324.1 292.9 334.5 3.33 11 500 5919 -5.3 -9.3 73 4.0 -7.1 258 16 326.5 327.3 294.1 339.2 3.78 12 450 6739 -10.3 -13.7 76 3.5 -11.6 258 20 330.3 330.9 294.4 340.5 2.94 13 400 7638 -15.3 -18.4 77 3.2 -16.3 255 19 335.2 335.6 295.1 343.1 2.23 14 350 8634 -21.0 -28.3 52 7.2 -22.8 246 18 340.4 340.6 295.4 344.3 1.06 15 300 9756 -28.6 -37.1 44 8.4 -30.0 250 22 345.0 345.1 296.0 347.1 0.53 16 250 11035 -38.5 -49.1 32 10.6 -39.4 247 24 348.8 348.8 296.5 349.5 0.17 17 200 12525 -50.7 -56.5 51 5.7 -51.0 237 29 352.4 352.4 297.3 352.8 0.09 18 150 14331 -66.2 -73.1 37 6.9 -66.2 240 25 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.01 19 100 16745 -71.3 -80.2 26 8.8 -71.4 184 10 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.55 m Freezing level: 556.75 mb = 5069.48 m = 16631.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.24 mb = 4101.48 m = 13456.13 ft Precipitable water: 2.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.28 % Est. max temperature: 33.42 C = 92.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.85 mb = 129.05 m = 423.40 ft T: 24.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 28.99 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.93 mb = 1239.30 m = 4065.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.97 C = 91.34 F Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lifted Index: -4.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.14 C Showalter Index: -2.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.29 C Cross Totals Index: 22.75 C K Index: 37.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1382.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.65 mb = 674.90 m = 2214.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.65 mb = 1603.57 m = 5260.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.65 mb = 14098.91 m = 46255.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1379.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.5 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 293.5 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.0 neg: -2.8 tot: 8.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 106.19 Bulk Shear: 13.02 m/s