MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F010.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F010.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFBG ... Searching file for grids... Date: 10 hour NAM valid 16Z 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 1012 65 23.1 21.2 89 1.9 21.8 15 10 295.2 298.0 294.4 340.5 15.80 1 1000 173 21.6 20.2 92 1.3 20.6 17 13 294.7 297.4 293.8 337.9 15.10 2 950 616 17.9 17.9 100 -0.0 17.9 37 24 295.3 297.8 292.9 334.6 13.69 3 900 1078 16.4 15.7 96 0.6 16.0 56 26 298.4 300.7 293.0 335.0 12.59 4 850 1564 14.0 13.8 99 0.2 13.9 24 15 300.8 302.9 293.2 335.4 11.77 5 800 2077 13.2 11.9 92 1.3 12.4 0 14 305.2 307.3 293.9 338.3 11.04 6 750 2619 10.8 9.5 92 1.3 10.0 329 11 308.3 310.2 294.0 338.6 9.98 7 700 3193 8.7 1.7 62 6.9 4.8 323 13 312.1 313.3 292.1 331.5 6.21 8 650 3803 5.7 -2.5 56 8.2 1.5 325 14 315.4 316.3 292.0 330.9 4.89 9 600 4453 1.7 -5.2 60 6.9 -1.6 314 16 318.1 319.0 292.3 332.1 4.33 10 550 5149 -2.3 -7.6 67 5.4 -4.7 300 18 321.4 322.2 292.9 334.3 3.92 11 500 5901 -6.0 -12.5 60 6.4 -8.7 273 16 325.7 326.2 293.2 335.6 2.93 12 450 6719 -10.5 -17.9 55 7.4 -13.1 260 14 330.0 330.4 293.6 337.2 2.08 13 400 7615 -16.2 -29.1 32 12.9 -19.4 277 16 333.9 334.0 293.6 337.0 0.86 14 350 8607 -22.3 -33.1 37 10.8 -24.5 252 16 338.7 338.8 294.6 341.2 0.67 15 300 9726 -28.8 -44.3 21 15.5 -30.7 247 24 344.9 344.9 295.7 345.9 0.25 16 250 11001 -39.7 -47.8 42 8.0 -40.4 226 28 347.0 347.0 296.1 347.8 0.20 17 200 12484 -51.9 -57.4 52 5.4 -52.1 222 32 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.9 0.08 18 150 14283 -67.0 -72.1 48 5.1 -67.0 240 36 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.8 0.02 19 100 16706 -70.1 -83.7 12 13.6 -70.1 232 16 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.33 m Freezing level: 578.26 mb = 4755.76 m = 15602.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.10 mb = 4107.28 m = 13475.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.20 % Est. max temperature: 28.09 C = 82.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.81 mb = 304.86 m = 1000.17 ft T: 20.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 7.68 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 958.20 mb = 541.39 m = 1776.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.11 C = 73.60 F Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lifted Index: 2.43 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.27 C Showalter Index: 2.72 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.91 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.03 C Cross Totals Index: 19.87 C K Index: 26.92 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 953.66 mb = 582.40 m = 1910.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 948.66 mb = 627.67 m = 2059.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 898.66 mb = 1090.67 m = 3578.28 ft B at Equ Level: 12.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 798.66 mb = 2091.29 m = 6861.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 342.1 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 12.1 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 5.1 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.1 neg: -27.0 tot: 7.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: -1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.67 Bulk Shear: 19.79 m/s