MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F060.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KFBG ... Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z 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 1006 59 23.5 22.3 93 1.1 22.7 226 2 296.1 299.2 295.6 345.5 17.14 1 1000 111 23.0 22.0 95 0.9 22.3 230 4 296.1 299.2 295.5 344.9 16.93 2 950 557 19.9 18.3 90 1.7 18.8 213 8 297.4 300.0 293.8 338.0 14.02 3 900 1023 18.1 15.0 82 3.0 16.0 205 8 300.1 302.3 293.2 335.3 12.01 4 850 1512 16.0 11.8 76 4.1 13.3 215 10 302.9 304.8 292.7 333.5 10.31 5 800 2025 13.5 8.7 73 4.8 10.5 215 11 305.5 307.1 292.3 332.1 8.83 6 750 2566 10.2 5.1 71 5.1 7.3 220 11 307.7 309.1 291.7 330.2 7.37 7 700 3136 6.4 2.4 76 4.0 4.2 205 13 309.6 310.8 291.6 329.6 6.51 8 650 3740 1.9 0.1 88 1.8 1.0 188 17 311.2 312.3 291.6 329.7 5.96 9 600 4382 -1.4 -2.0 96 0.6 -1.7 171 22 314.5 315.5 292.2 331.9 5.53 10 550 5076 -3.1 -3.3 98 0.2 -3.2 188 28 320.5 321.5 293.9 338.1 5.46 11 500 5825 -7.5 -8.8 91 1.2 -8.1 194 33 323.9 324.7 293.6 337.0 3.95 12 450 6638 -12.2 -14.8 81 2.6 -13.2 192 33 327.9 328.5 293.6 337.1 2.69 13 400 7529 -17.9 -20.8 78 2.9 -18.8 195 33 331.7 332.0 293.9 338.1 1.82 14 350 8513 -25.0 -28.5 72 3.6 -25.8 197 32 335.1 335.3 294.0 338.9 1.04 15 300 9614 -33.7 -39.4 57 5.7 -34.4 200 39 337.9 337.9 294.2 339.5 0.42 16 250 10864 -44.1 -49.4 56 5.3 -44.4 189 54 340.5 340.6 294.6 341.2 0.17 17 200 12321 -54.8 -68.4 17 13.6 -55.1 188 51 346.0 346.0 295.7 346.1 0.02 18 150 14122 -62.6 -77.9 11 15.3 -62.7 201 37 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16591 -68.1 -86.3 6 18.2 -68.2 223 22 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.47 m Freezing level: 620.97 mb = 4112.74 m = 13493.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.16 mb = 3976.19 m = 13045.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.16 % Est. max temperature: 29.92 C = 85.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.84 mb = 200.04 m = 656.29 ft T: 22.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 15.88 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.92 mb = 1071.50 m = 3515.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.76 C = 81.96 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.20 C Showalter Index: 2.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.50 C Cross Totals Index: 19.36 C K Index: 31.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.74 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 194.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.62 mb = 716.42 m = 2350.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 747.62 mb = 2592.20 m = 8504.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 407.62 mb = 7386.22 m = 24232.70 ft B at Equ Level: 194.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.62 mb = 12076.48 m = 39620.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.2 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 224.2 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: -1.0 tot: 5.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 10.59 Bulk Shear: 18.41 m/s