MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F009.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KFBG ... Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 3 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 59 19.3 16.6 84 2.7 17.5 12 7 291.4 293.5 290.2 324.9 11.83 1 1000 164 19.2 15.8 81 3.4 17.0 22 15 292.3 294.3 290.1 324.5 11.34 2 950 605 17.3 12.1 72 5.2 14.1 49 27 294.7 296.4 289.3 321.7 9.39 3 900 1065 16.6 -6.6 20 23.2 6.2 57 21 298.6 299.1 284.0 306.5 2.59 4 850 1549 14.0 7.2 63 6.9 10.0 90 4 300.8 302.2 289.7 323.1 7.49 5 800 2060 12.4 9.6 83 2.8 10.7 293 5 304.4 306.1 292.4 332.6 9.44 6 750 2598 8.6 6.6 87 2.0 7.4 289 7 305.9 307.4 291.9 330.6 8.17 7 700 3169 7.9 2.3 68 5.6 4.8 289 9 311.2 312.4 292.0 331.3 6.46 8 650 3777 4.3 0.8 78 3.5 2.4 283 10 313.8 315.0 292.6 333.3 6.23 9 600 4424 0.5 -3.7 73 4.2 -1.6 301 10 316.7 317.7 292.3 332.3 4.87 10 550 5119 -2.5 -9.6 58 7.1 -5.6 316 12 321.2 321.8 292.3 332.2 3.35 11 500 5870 -6.4 -23.2 25 16.8 -11.5 265 11 325.2 325.5 291.5 329.4 1.18 12 450 6684 -11.7 -23.2 38 11.5 -15.1 277 21 328.5 328.8 292.6 333.1 1.31 13 400 7578 -16.6 -35.1 19 18.5 -20.3 270 25 333.4 333.5 293.1 335.2 0.48 14 350 8566 -23.4 -43.7 14 20.3 -26.2 264 31 337.2 337.3 293.9 338.1 0.23 15 300 9675 -31.5 -39.4 46 7.8 -32.6 255 41 341.0 341.0 295.0 342.6 0.42 16 250 10941 -40.8 -50.4 35 9.7 -41.4 254 47 345.5 345.5 295.8 346.1 0.15 17 200 12419 -52.6 -61.2 35 8.6 -52.9 250 54 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.6 0.05 18 150 14225 -63.5 -77.0 14 13.5 -63.6 256 31 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16667 -68.8 -84.7 8 15.9 -68.9 262 15 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.79 m Freezing level: 591.06 mb = 4548.65 m = 14923.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.90 mb = 4160.69 m = 13650.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.44 % Est. max temperature: 28.18 C = 82.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.86 mb = 400.54 m = 1314.11 ft T: 18.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 18.34 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 681.93 mb = 3383.74 m = 11101.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.07 C = 104.13 F Cap Strength: 8.70 C Lifted Index: 9.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.34 C Showalter Index: 8.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.42 C Cross Totals Index: 13.55 C K Index: 21.97 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 104.74 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9687.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.58 mb = 1288.39 m = 4226.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 333.9 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 3.9 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.8 neg: -4.0 tot: 114.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.61 Bulk Shear: 34.99 m/s