MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F012.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFBG ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 2 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 65 22.4 21.9 97 0.5 22.1 38 11 294.7 297.7 294.8 342.2 16.59 1 1000 154 21.8 21.1 96 0.6 21.3 40 16 294.9 297.8 294.5 340.7 15.98 2 950 598 19.9 19.7 99 0.2 19.8 68 32 297.4 300.2 294.8 341.8 15.35 3 900 1064 18.4 18.4 100 0.0 18.4 92 24 300.5 303.2 295.4 344.4 14.98 4 850 1554 17.2 15.8 91 1.4 16.3 105 17 304.2 306.7 295.3 344.1 13.40 5 800 2072 15.3 11.7 79 3.5 13.0 90 11 307.4 309.5 294.4 340.3 10.88 6 750 2616 11.9 7.6 75 4.3 9.3 61 9 309.5 311.2 293.4 336.3 8.76 7 700 3191 8.6 5.1 79 3.5 6.5 35 6 312.0 313.5 293.4 336.3 7.88 8 650 3802 5.7 2.0 77 3.7 3.7 6 8 315.5 316.8 293.6 337.0 6.82 9 600 4452 1.2 -0.2 91 1.4 0.4 39 8 317.4 318.7 293.7 337.5 6.29 10 550 5148 -1.8 -3.3 89 1.5 -2.6 359 10 321.9 323.0 294.2 339.6 5.44 11 500 5903 -4.9 -11.0 62 6.1 -7.5 334 17 327.1 327.8 293.9 338.3 3.30 12 450 6723 -10.3 -16.0 63 5.7 -12.5 329 23 330.2 330.7 294.0 338.7 2.43 13 400 7622 -15.2 -17.3 84 2.1 -15.9 312 16 335.3 335.8 295.3 344.0 2.46 14 350 8619 -21.1 -23.3 83 2.1 -21.7 272 22 340.3 340.6 295.8 346.4 1.68 15 300 9739 -29.1 -31.6 79 2.5 -29.6 238 18 344.3 344.5 296.1 347.7 0.91 16 250 11017 -38.9 -41.9 73 3.0 -39.2 229 28 348.3 348.4 296.6 349.9 0.39 17 200 12504 -51.7 -55.3 65 3.7 -51.8 233 32 351.0 351.0 297.0 351.4 0.11 18 150 14302 -66.8 -71.6 51 4.7 -66.9 222 36 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.02 19 100 16726 -68.7 -83.5 10 14.7 -68.8 252 14 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.50 m Freezing level: 580.74 mb = 4720.02 m = 15485.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.94 mb = 4546.49 m = 14916.11 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.97 % Est. max temperature: 31.16 C = 88.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.79 mb = 129.47 m = 424.75 ft T: 21.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.95 C/km ThetaE index: 8.10 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 947.66 mb = 619.41 m = 2032.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.26 C = 77.46 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: 1.09 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.27 C Showalter Index: 0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.10 C Cross Totals Index: 20.66 C K Index: 34.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 98.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 954.97 mb = 552.94 m = 1814.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.97 mb = 4055.93 m = 13306.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 539.97 mb = 5294.07 m = 17368.77 ft B at Equ Level: 39.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 449.97 mb = 6723.85 m = 22059.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 52.0 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 82.0 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.7 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -35.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.8 neg: -4.9 tot: 144.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 4.22 Bulk Shear: 9.34 m/s