MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F027.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KFBG ... Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 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 1013 59 22.6 16.6 69 6.0 18.7 341 4 294.7 296.8 291.3 328.6 11.84 1 1000 171 22.1 14.8 63 7.4 17.4 1 7 295.3 297.2 290.5 325.8 10.61 2 950 615 19.2 13.5 70 5.7 15.5 52 11 296.6 298.5 290.7 326.4 10.28 3 900 1078 16.1 8.0 59 8.0 11.3 74 11 298.1 299.4 288.8 320.1 7.51 4 850 1564 16.5 0.5 34 16.1 8.0 167 2 303.5 304.3 287.9 317.6 4.65 5 800 2077 14.1 8.3 68 5.8 10.6 165 4 306.2 307.8 292.3 332.2 8.62 6 750 2620 10.8 8.4 85 2.4 9.3 163 7 308.3 310.0 293.4 336.4 9.27 7 700 3193 8.1 7.8 98 0.2 7.9 190 9 311.4 313.2 294.5 340.8 9.56 8 650 3802 5.0 4.7 98 0.3 4.8 220 11 314.6 316.2 294.4 340.5 8.28 9 600 4453 1.8 1.6 99 0.2 1.7 247 10 318.2 319.6 294.6 341.1 7.20 10 550 5151 -1.8 -2.1 98 0.3 -2.0 251 12 322.0 323.1 294.6 341.3 5.97 11 500 5904 -6.4 -7.2 94 0.8 -6.8 251 16 325.3 326.2 294.3 340.1 4.46 12 450 6722 -10.8 -14.9 72 4.1 -12.4 244 17 329.6 330.2 294.0 338.8 2.67 13 400 7620 -15.0 -15.3 98 0.3 -15.1 227 25 335.5 336.1 295.7 345.7 2.92 14 350 8618 -22.1 -24.2 82 2.2 -22.7 223 26 339.0 339.3 295.4 344.6 1.54 15 300 9734 -30.4 -38.4 45 8.0 -31.6 235 30 342.5 342.6 295.4 344.3 0.46 16 250 11002 -41.1 -54.6 22 13.5 -41.8 232 34 345.0 345.1 295.6 345.4 0.09 17 200 12475 -53.4 -66.7 18 13.4 -53.7 240 37 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14272 -64.7 -75.0 23 10.3 -64.7 226 27 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16721 -68.0 -86.9 5 18.9 -68.1 218 7 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.46 m Freezing level: 574.89 mb = 4803.74 m = 15760.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 576.72 mb = 4770.66 m = 15651.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.55 % Est. max temperature: 29.99 C = 85.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.83 mb = 817.30 m = 2681.39 ft T: 17.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 8.77 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.23 mb = 3013.96 m = 9888.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.45 C = 101.21 F Cap Strength: 6.87 C Lifted Index: 7.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.48 C Showalter Index: 11.38 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.89 C Cross Totals Index: 6.81 C K Index: 23.10 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 26.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8396.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.95 mb = 1327.33 m = 4354.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.0 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 253.0 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.2 neg: -5.0 tot: 78.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 37.97 m/s