MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F021.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFBG ... Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 26 SEP 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 1003 65 28.1 21.6 68 6.5 23.4 244 7 300.9 303.9 296.4 349.0 16.37 1 1000 95 26.7 21.5 73 5.2 23.0 244 6 299.9 302.9 296.1 347.8 16.38 2 950 545 21.9 20.6 92 1.3 21.0 244 10 299.4 302.4 296.0 347.0 16.28 3 900 1014 19.4 17.9 91 1.6 18.4 234 21 301.5 304.2 295.3 344.1 14.47 4 850 1505 17.0 14.4 85 2.6 15.3 231 22 303.9 306.2 294.4 340.3 12.22 5 800 2021 14.9 9.9 72 4.9 11.7 228 21 307.0 308.8 293.3 336.1 9.65 6 750 2565 12.5 2.1 49 10.4 6.8 221 19 310.2 311.3 291.3 328.7 5.97 7 700 3140 8.5 1.4 61 7.1 4.6 215 21 311.9 313.1 291.9 330.8 6.05 8 650 3749 4.2 0.6 77 3.6 2.3 226 19 313.8 315.0 292.6 333.1 6.17 9 600 4396 -0.0 -1.2 92 1.2 -0.7 218 23 316.1 317.2 293.0 334.6 5.84 10 550 5088 -3.7 -8.7 69 4.9 -5.9 219 24 319.6 320.3 292.1 331.5 3.62 11 500 5835 -8.0 -16.1 52 8.1 -10.9 216 26 323.2 323.7 291.9 330.6 2.17 12 450 6646 -12.8 -23.4 41 10.6 -15.9 211 31 327.1 327.3 292.2 331.6 1.29 13 400 7534 -18.5 -24.3 60 5.8 -20.1 204 35 330.9 331.1 293.2 335.6 1.33 14 350 8515 -25.2 -28.0 77 2.9 -25.8 206 40 334.8 335.0 294.0 338.8 1.09 15 300 9619 -33.0 -35.6 77 2.6 -33.3 214 34 338.9 339.1 294.6 341.3 0.61 16 250 10877 -42.0 -50.1 41 8.1 -42.6 205 41 343.6 343.6 295.3 344.2 0.16 17 200 12347 -53.5 -58.4 56 4.8 -53.7 204 51 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.3 0.07 18 150 14147 -64.5 -74.9 23 10.3 -64.6 233 46 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16578 -69.7 -84.9 9 15.2 -69.8 228 29 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.31 m Freezing level: 600.52 mb = 4388.84 m = 14398.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.43 mb = 4243.17 m = 13921.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.98 % Est. max temperature: 30.91 C = 87.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.31 mb = 886.51 m = 2908.47 ft T: 20.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 20.34 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.05 mb = 1032.52 m = 3387.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.77 C = 83.78 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -3.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.13 C Showalter Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.01 C Cross Totals Index: 22.43 C K Index: 32.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 969.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.96 mb = 833.09 m = 2733.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 733.96 mb = 2745.62 m = 9007.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.96 mb = 11601.58 m = 38062.47 ft B at Equ Level: 968.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.96 mb = 15290.07 m = 50163.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.1 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 253.1 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.1 neg: -12.8 tot: -0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 42.46 Bulk Shear: 22.84 m/s