MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F024.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F024.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFBG ... Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1002 64 30.9 20.8 55 10.1 23.6 256 5 303.9 306.8 296.7 350.3 15.60 1 1000 84 29.3 20.7 60 8.6 23.1 256 4 302.4 305.3 296.3 348.3 15.52 2 950 538 24.3 19.8 76 4.5 21.1 245 5 301.8 304.7 296.0 347.3 15.43 3 900 1009 19.7 18.7 94 1.0 19.0 237 6 301.8 304.6 295.9 346.6 15.21 4 850 1500 17.5 12.7 73 4.9 14.4 228 18 304.5 306.5 293.6 337.1 10.91 5 800 2017 15.3 8.2 63 7.1 10.9 226 21 307.4 309.0 292.6 333.4 8.56 6 750 2561 12.1 4.3 59 7.8 7.6 223 23 309.7 311.0 292.0 331.0 6.94 7 700 3135 8.5 3.0 69 5.5 5.4 223 22 311.8 313.1 292.5 333.0 6.80 8 650 3744 4.0 0.5 78 3.5 2.1 221 22 313.5 314.7 292.4 332.7 6.13 9 600 4390 0.4 -2.3 82 2.7 -1.0 218 21 316.6 317.6 292.7 333.7 5.39 10 550 5083 -3.9 -7.3 77 3.4 -5.4 211 22 319.5 320.2 292.4 332.6 4.02 11 500 5829 -8.2 -19.7 39 11.5 -11.9 213 27 323.1 323.4 291.3 328.6 1.61 12 450 6641 -12.4 -25.1 34 12.8 -15.9 210 34 327.7 327.9 292.2 331.6 1.10 13 400 7531 -18.0 -23.1 65 5.0 -19.4 211 44 331.5 331.8 293.5 336.9 1.50 14 350 8514 -25.1 -28.3 74 3.3 -25.8 210 45 335.0 335.2 294.0 338.9 1.06 15 300 9619 -32.3 -37.2 62 4.8 -33.0 212 42 339.8 339.9 294.7 341.8 0.52 16 250 10877 -42.2 -49.0 48 6.7 -42.7 211 43 343.3 343.3 295.3 344.0 0.18 17 200 12350 -52.7 -64.2 24 11.5 -53.0 200 55 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.03 18 150 14152 -65.0 -71.7 39 6.6 -65.1 217 42 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.02 19 100 16584 -70.0 -86.5 7 16.4 -70.1 216 28 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.53 m Freezing level: 595.58 mb = 4451.67 m = 14605.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.72 mb = 4181.55 m = 13718.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.49 % Est. max temperature: 31.44 C = 88.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.88 mb = 1340.89 m = 4399.21 ft T: 18.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 19.22 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.80 mb = 1331.83 m = 4369.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.62 C = 87.12 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -4.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.47 C Showalter Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.71 C Cross Totals Index: 20.85 C K Index: 32.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1042.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.14 mb = 1132.38 m = 3715.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.14 mb = 2315.45 m = 7596.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.14 mb = 11961.14 m = 39242.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1034.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.14 mb = 15383.92 m = 50471.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.5 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 250.5 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.7 neg: -1.1 tot: 20.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 35.06 Bulk Shear: 29.74 m/s