MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260000F047.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260000F047.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFBG ... Searching file for grids... Date: 47 hour NAM valid 23Z 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 1006 65 24.6 23.2 92 1.4 23.6 152 6 297.2 300.5 296.5 349.5 18.04 1 1000 120 23.8 23.0 95 0.8 23.3 153 7 297.0 300.2 296.4 349.1 18.00 2 950 568 20.6 20.2 98 0.3 20.4 150 13 298.1 300.9 295.3 344.3 15.91 3 900 1034 18.2 16.7 91 1.6 17.2 128 9 300.3 302.7 294.2 339.5 13.37 4 850 1522 15.5 13.3 87 2.2 14.1 131 9 302.4 304.5 293.3 336.1 11.38 5 800 2035 12.4 9.3 82 3.1 10.4 147 7 304.3 306.0 292.2 331.9 9.23 6 750 2574 9.5 6.9 84 2.6 8.0 207 8 306.9 308.5 292.3 332.3 8.37 7 700 3143 5.5 2.0 78 3.5 3.6 215 13 308.6 309.8 291.2 328.1 6.33 8 650 3747 2.6 0.5 86 2.1 1.5 212 21 312.0 313.1 292.0 331.1 6.14 9 600 4391 -0.7 -1.7 93 1.0 -1.2 221 31 315.3 316.4 292.6 333.1 5.64 10 550 5081 -4.4 -5.5 92 1.1 -4.9 205 32 318.9 319.8 292.7 333.9 4.63 11 500 5827 -8.6 -9.7 92 1.1 -9.1 199 24 322.6 323.3 293.0 334.7 3.68 12 450 6638 -12.3 -13.7 90 1.3 -12.9 172 21 327.7 328.3 293.7 337.8 2.96 13 400 7530 -17.5 -19.3 86 1.8 -18.1 167 26 332.2 332.6 294.2 339.5 2.07 14 350 8516 -24.7 -27.1 80 2.5 -25.2 167 27 335.5 335.7 294.3 339.8 1.18 15 300 9619 -32.9 -35.8 75 2.9 -33.3 181 33 339.1 339.2 294.7 341.4 0.60 16 250 10876 -42.7 -46.0 70 3.3 -43.0 187 41 342.5 342.6 295.1 343.5 0.25 17 200 12341 -54.2 -60.1 48 6.0 -54.3 190 70 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.06 18 150 14148 -63.3 -77.3 13 14.0 -63.4 217 45 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16610 -67.4 -85.7 6 18.3 -67.5 220 24 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.97 m Freezing level: 610.67 mb = 4253.23 m = 13953.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.98 mb = 4101.21 m = 13455.26 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.35 % Est. max temperature: 29.54 C = 85.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.86 mb = 244.48 m = 802.08 ft T: 22.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 17.52 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 943.95 mb = 623.06 m = 2044.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.72 C = 78.29 F Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lifted Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.62 C Showalter Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.12 C Cross Totals Index: 21.90 C K Index: 33.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 907.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.43 mb = 600.36 m = 1969.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 941.43 mb = 646.02 m = 2119.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.43 mb = 11382.83 m = 37344.79 ft B at Equ Level: 905.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.43 mb = 14950.64 m = 49050.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.8 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 228.8 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.9 neg: -29.9 tot: 2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 40.44 Bulk Shear: 22.45 m/s