MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260000F037.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260000F037.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFBG ... Searching file for grids... Date: 37 hour NAM valid 13Z SAT 27 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 1005 65 24.0 22.1 89 1.8 22.7 152 3 296.7 299.8 295.7 345.6 16.94 1 1000 110 23.2 22.1 93 1.1 22.4 154 3 296.4 299.4 295.6 345.3 16.97 2 950 557 21.5 19.8 90 1.7 20.3 230 9 299.0 301.8 295.3 344.0 15.45 3 900 1024 18.3 16.2 88 2.1 16.9 223 8 300.4 302.7 293.9 338.4 12.97 4 850 1514 16.5 13.6 83 2.8 14.6 221 11 303.4 305.6 293.8 337.9 11.63 5 800 2029 13.7 9.5 75 4.3 11.1 208 12 305.8 307.5 292.8 333.9 9.35 6 750 2570 10.6 6.7 77 3.9 8.2 212 14 308.0 309.6 292.6 333.1 8.21 7 700 3142 6.8 4.5 86 2.2 5.5 219 17 310.0 311.4 292.6 333.3 7.59 8 650 3747 2.8 1.2 89 1.6 2.0 225 16 312.2 313.4 292.3 332.3 6.45 9 600 4391 -0.9 -1.5 96 0.6 -1.3 196 19 315.0 316.1 292.6 333.1 5.70 10 550 5082 -4.5 -8.5 74 4.0 -6.3 189 31 318.7 319.4 291.9 330.6 3.66 11 500 5827 -8.0 -17.1 48 9.1 -11.2 193 39 323.3 323.6 291.7 330.1 2.00 12 450 6637 -13.4 -17.0 74 3.7 -14.6 194 37 326.4 326.9 292.8 334.1 2.23 13 400 7527 -17.7 -20.0 83 2.2 -18.4 200 34 331.9 332.3 294.0 338.8 1.96 14 350 8510 -25.2 -27.8 78 2.7 -25.8 199 40 334.8 335.1 294.0 338.9 1.11 15 300 9612 -33.2 -36.1 75 2.9 -33.6 200 49 338.5 338.7 294.5 340.8 0.58 16 250 10868 -42.5 -45.9 70 3.3 -42.8 190 61 342.8 342.9 295.3 343.8 0.25 17 200 12333 -53.9 -59.6 49 5.8 -54.0 187 67 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.7 0.06 18 150 14133 -64.2 -76.4 17 12.2 -64.3 197 50 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16567 -69.7 -85.5 8 15.8 -69.8 209 20 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.70 m Freezing level: 612.41 mb = 4231.19 m = 13881.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.69 mb = 4131.16 m = 13553.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.97 % Est. max temperature: 30.38 C = 86.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.99 mb = 294.92 m = 967.58 ft T: 22.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 12.55 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.72 mb = 912.24 m = 2992.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.34 C = 81.21 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -2.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.92 C Showalter Index: -0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.50 C Cross Totals Index: 21.67 C K Index: 35.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 652.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.63 mb = 716.17 m = 2349.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.63 mb = 2053.55 m = 6737.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 257.63 mb = 10660.34 m = 34974.44 ft B at Equ Level: 649.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.63 mb = 14228.00 m = 46679.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.7 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 233.7 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.1 neg: -2.1 tot: 19.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 30.92 Bulk Shear: 21.12 m/s