MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F024.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KFBG ... Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 28 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 1014 59 27.0 16.2 52 10.7 19.8 157 5 299.0 301.0 292.4 332.6 11.53 1 1000 179 24.7 15.1 55 9.6 18.4 159 5 297.8 299.8 291.5 329.3 10.84 2 950 626 20.2 14.1 68 6.1 16.2 164 6 297.6 299.6 291.3 328.7 10.69 3 900 1089 15.6 13.0 84 2.6 13.9 169 7 297.6 299.5 291.2 328.1 10.49 4 850 1571 11.1 10.8 98 0.3 11.0 187 8 297.8 299.5 290.5 325.9 9.64 5 800 2075 7.8 6.2 89 1.6 6.9 239 10 299.5 300.8 289.2 321.4 7.44 6 750 2604 4.6 2.8 88 1.8 3.7 248 13 301.6 302.8 288.8 320.4 6.27 7 700 3164 1.6 -1.0 83 2.6 0.3 246 12 304.3 305.2 288.6 319.7 5.08 8 650 3758 -0.9 -3.2 85 2.3 -2.0 255 18 307.9 308.8 289.5 322.3 4.65 9 600 4394 -2.9 -23.5 19 20.6 -8.9 260 22 312.8 313.0 287.4 316.0 0.96 10 550 5078 -7.1 -27.0 19 20.0 -12.2 260 30 315.7 315.8 288.2 318.3 0.76 11 500 5814 -11.1 -33.2 14 22.1 -15.7 260 37 319.5 319.6 289.1 321.1 0.47 12 450 6614 -16.2 -48.4 4 32.2 -20.4 267 41 322.8 322.8 289.8 323.2 0.11 13 400 7489 -22.7 -48.7 7 25.9 -25.6 264 49 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.9 0.11 14 350 8453 -29.9 -46.9 18 17.0 -31.5 263 55 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.0 0.16 15 300 9534 -37.8 -43.5 55 5.7 -38.3 263 69 332.1 332.1 292.6 333.1 0.27 16 250 10766 -47.7 -51.7 64 3.9 -47.9 258 78 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.6 0.13 17 200 12203 -56.7 -65.5 32 8.9 -56.8 268 69 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.03 18 150 14013 -58.9 -80.7 4 21.8 -59.1 268 54 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16539 -61.8 -88.7 2 27.0 -62.0 260 31 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5634.93 m Freezing level: 668.45 mb = 3538.51 m = 11609.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.33 mb = 3240.47 m = 10631.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.33 % Est. max temperature: 25.77 C = 78.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.83 mb = 1405.73 m = 4611.92 ft T: 12.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.80 C/km ThetaE index: 12.89 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.65 mb = 1388.02 m = 4553.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.75 C = 78.35 F Cap Strength: -0.04 C Lifted Index: 0.57 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.41 C Showalter Index: 2.16 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.24 C Cross Totals Index: 21.97 C K Index: 30.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 179.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.23 mb = 1392.12 m = 4567.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.23 mb = 1440.82 m = 4727.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 533.23 mb = 5317.18 m = 17444.59 ft B at Equ Level: 178.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 313.23 mb = 9231.39 m = 30286.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.7 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 279.7 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.5 neg: -0.8 tot: 40.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 4.26 Bulk Shear: 42.12 m/s