MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F006.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KFBG ... Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1010 59 31.2 25.4 72 5.8 26.8 52 5 303.5 307.3 299.7 365.0 20.64 1 1000 143 29.0 24.6 77 4.4 25.7 54 5 302.2 305.8 298.8 360.7 19.78 2 950 598 24.3 23.4 94 0.9 23.6 51 6 301.9 305.4 298.5 359.1 19.38 3 900 1071 21.3 19.0 87 2.3 19.7 77 3 303.5 306.4 296.6 349.8 15.59 4 850 1566 18.7 16.3 85 2.5 17.0 278 2 305.8 308.4 296.0 347.2 13.81 5 800 2085 15.7 12.8 83 2.9 13.8 267 6 307.9 310.1 295.1 343.3 11.71 6 750 2631 12.9 8.5 74 4.4 10.2 254 10 310.6 312.4 294.1 339.2 9.33 7 700 3209 10.3 3.2 61 7.1 6.2 250 12 313.9 315.2 293.2 335.4 6.88 8 650 3822 5.9 3.2 83 2.7 4.3 254 13 315.6 317.1 294.1 339.0 7.42 9 600 4472 1.6 -0.2 88 1.7 0.6 255 15 317.9 319.1 293.9 338.0 6.31 10 550 5169 -2.6 -3.8 91 1.2 -3.2 256 14 321.0 322.1 293.9 338.1 5.27 11 500 5920 -6.2 -7.4 91 1.3 -6.8 261 17 325.5 326.4 294.3 340.0 4.38 12 450 6739 -10.4 -12.6 84 2.2 -11.3 268 20 330.2 330.8 294.6 341.3 3.24 13 400 7638 -15.3 -20.6 64 5.2 -17.0 262 21 335.1 335.5 294.7 341.7 1.86 14 350 8634 -21.1 -33.7 31 12.6 -23.7 246 23 340.3 340.4 295.0 342.7 0.63 15 300 9756 -28.4 -45.8 17 17.4 -30.5 244 26 345.3 345.3 295.8 346.1 0.21 16 250 11034 -39.3 -51.2 27 11.9 -40.2 226 27 347.6 347.6 296.2 348.1 0.14 17 200 12520 -51.6 -59.1 41 7.4 -51.9 223 27 351.0 351.0 296.9 351.3 0.07 18 150 14321 -66.3 -73.6 35 7.3 -66.4 216 28 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.01 19 100 16729 -70.5 -85.0 10 14.6 -70.5 234 20 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.98 m Freezing level: 581.14 mb = 4735.11 m = 15534.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.05 mb = 4579.14 m = 15023.24 ft Precipitable water: 2.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.22 % Est. max temperature: 33.01 C = 91.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.48 mb = 789.39 m = 2589.84 ft T: 23.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 29.56 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.55 mb = 892.77 m = 2928.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.54 C = 86.97 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -6.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.44 C Showalter Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.93 C Cross Totals Index: 22.44 C K Index: 34.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2165.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.63 mb = 816.22 m = 2677.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 911.63 mb = 958.92 m = 3146.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 141.63 mb = 14661.91 m = 48102.80 ft B at Equ Level: 2137.40 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.2 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 288.2 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.2 neg: -6.4 tot: 13.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 70.94 Bulk Shear: 30.53 m/s