MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260000F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260000F060.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFBG ... Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 28 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 1010 65 22.5 21.6 95 0.9 21.9 63 3 294.8 297.7 294.6 341.3 16.26 1 1000 153 21.3 21.4 100 -0.0 21.4 75 4 294.5 297.4 294.6 340.9 16.22 2 950 597 19.2 18.4 95 0.8 18.7 89 8 296.7 299.2 293.7 337.5 14.17 3 900 1062 17.9 13.8 77 4.1 15.2 116 7 299.9 301.9 292.3 332.4 11.08 4 850 1550 15.8 10.4 70 5.4 12.4 67 7 302.7 304.5 291.9 330.6 9.37 5 800 2063 12.2 11.0 92 1.3 11.4 132 8 304.2 306.1 293.1 335.1 10.33 6 750 2602 9.2 7.7 90 1.5 8.3 187 5 306.6 308.2 292.6 333.3 8.85 7 700 3171 6.0 4.9 92 1.1 5.4 199 12 309.1 310.6 292.5 332.9 7.76 8 650 3775 2.4 -0.4 82 2.8 1.0 210 14 311.7 312.8 291.6 329.6 5.74 9 600 4417 -2.2 -2.9 95 0.7 -2.5 206 15 313.6 314.6 291.7 329.9 5.16 10 550 5106 -5.6 -6.0 97 0.4 -5.8 214 15 317.5 318.3 292.2 331.8 4.44 11 500 5848 -9.6 -10.8 91 1.2 -10.1 220 27 321.3 322.0 292.4 332.4 3.36 12 450 6654 -14.6 -17.6 78 3.0 -15.6 220 37 324.9 325.3 292.3 332.1 2.13 13 400 7537 -19.7 -22.4 79 2.7 -20.5 201 37 329.3 329.7 293.0 334.9 1.58 14 350 8518 -25.3 -28.1 78 2.7 -25.9 199 39 334.6 334.8 294.0 338.5 1.08 15 300 9618 -33.6 -36.5 75 2.9 -34.0 197 40 338.1 338.2 294.4 340.2 0.56 16 250 10872 -42.9 -46.2 70 3.3 -43.2 190 47 342.2 342.3 295.1 343.2 0.24 17 200 12338 -53.0 -59.2 47 6.1 -53.2 206 68 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.0 0.07 18 150 14159 -61.7 -79.1 8 17.5 -61.8 229 29 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16617 -68.6 -85.9 7 17.3 -68.7 248 9 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.35 m Freezing level: 623.65 mb = 4113.48 m = 13495.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.15 mb = 3947.92 m = 12952.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.27 % Est. max temperature: 29.87 C = 85.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.50 mb = 175.08 m = 574.40 ft T: 21.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 10.72 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.88 mb = 1091.82 m = 3582.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.81 C = 82.05 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.01 C Showalter Index: 1.30 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.47 C Cross Totals Index: 20.06 C K Index: 34.76 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.44 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 352.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.65 mb = 636.67 m = 2088.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.65 mb = 2161.17 m = 7090.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 370.65 mb = 8096.64 m = 26563.45 ft B at Equ Level: 351.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 220.65 mb = 11692.48 m = 38360.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.2 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 226.2 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.0 neg: -23.1 tot: 40.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 11.25 Bulk Shear: 31.33 m/s