MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F000.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFBG ... Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 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 65 26.6 17.8 58 8.9 20.6 38 9 298.8 301.1 293.3 335.9 12.73 1 1000 170 23.9 14.9 57 9.0 18.0 40 10 297.1 299.0 291.2 328.1 10.72 2 950 615 19.2 13.4 69 5.8 15.5 40 12 296.7 298.6 290.7 326.4 10.24 3 900 1076 14.7 12.3 85 2.5 13.2 38 12 296.7 298.5 290.5 325.7 10.00 4 850 1557 13.5 -4.4 29 17.9 5.2 36 13 300.3 300.9 285.4 310.2 3.25 5 800 2068 13.7 3.4 49 10.4 7.9 350 12 305.8 306.9 290.1 324.4 6.10 6 750 2609 10.4 7.2 81 3.1 8.5 350 9 307.8 309.4 292.7 333.8 8.54 7 700 3181 7.3 3.8 78 3.6 5.3 296 5 310.6 312.0 292.5 332.8 7.20 8 650 3788 4.1 1.2 82 2.8 2.5 256 5 313.5 314.8 292.7 333.8 6.46 9 600 4436 0.5 -3.3 76 3.8 -1.4 239 6 316.7 317.6 292.4 332.6 5.00 10 550 5129 -3.0 -8.5 66 5.5 -5.5 237 6 320.5 321.2 292.4 332.5 3.65 11 500 5878 -7.2 -14.2 57 7.1 -9.9 236 11 324.3 324.8 292.5 332.9 2.54 12 450 6692 -11.8 -19.3 54 7.5 -14.3 225 21 328.3 328.7 293.0 334.7 1.84 13 400 7584 -17.2 -19.9 80 2.6 -18.1 224 30 332.6 333.0 294.2 339.5 1.97 14 350 8572 -23.7 -28.0 68 4.3 -24.7 231 37 336.8 337.0 294.5 340.8 1.09 15 300 9684 -30.8 -37.7 51 6.9 -31.9 223 46 341.9 342.0 295.3 343.8 0.50 16 250 10950 -41.2 -51.4 33 10.1 -41.9 234 47 344.7 344.8 295.6 345.3 0.14 17 200 12426 -52.3 -67.0 16 14.6 -52.7 238 50 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.02 18 150 14236 -63.2 -79.1 10 16.0 -63.3 249 37 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16680 -68.5 -85.8 7 17.3 -68.5 231 10 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.58 m Freezing level: 593.34 mb = 4527.97 m = 14855.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.27 mb = 4193.02 m = 13756.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.56 % Est. max temperature: 27.29 C = 81.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.10 mb = 1178.99 m = 3868.03 ft T: 14.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 25.65 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.68 mb = 2646.00 m = 8681.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.90 C = 96.62 F Cap Strength: 4.77 C Lifted Index: 5.37 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.99 C Showalter Index: 15.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.43 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.66 C Cross Totals Index: 2.77 C K Index: 12.73 Risk: None Sweat Index: 37.19 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7530.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.64 mb = 1326.58 m = 4352.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 337.6 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 7.6 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 156.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -30.1 tot: -30.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: -3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 12.98 m/s