MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F003.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F003.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFBG ... Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 26.2 22.0 78 4.2 23.2 111 2 298.9 302.0 296.1 347.8 16.76 1 1000 106 24.8 21.8 83 3.0 22.7 109 2 298.0 301.0 295.8 346.4 16.66 2 950 554 20.7 19.5 93 1.2 19.9 53 2 298.2 300.9 294.8 342.3 15.18 3 900 1021 18.9 16.8 88 2.0 17.5 203 6 301.0 303.5 294.5 340.8 13.54 4 850 1511 16.1 12.7 80 3.4 13.9 195 12 303.1 305.1 293.2 335.5 10.93 5 800 2024 12.9 9.8 81 3.1 11.0 194 15 304.9 306.7 292.7 333.6 9.57 6 750 2565 9.5 9.4 99 0.1 9.5 196 19 306.9 308.8 293.6 336.9 9.94 7 700 3134 6.3 4.9 91 1.4 5.5 199 22 309.5 311.0 292.6 333.4 7.80 8 650 3740 3.1 0.8 85 2.3 1.9 201 27 312.5 313.7 292.3 332.1 6.26 9 600 4385 -0.5 -1.4 94 0.9 -1.0 200 29 315.5 316.6 292.7 333.7 5.76 10 550 5077 -3.9 -4.7 94 0.8 -4.3 200 30 319.4 320.4 293.1 335.3 4.91 11 500 5823 -8.2 -10.4 84 2.2 -9.1 198 33 323.1 323.8 293.0 334.6 3.47 12 450 6635 -12.2 -15.3 78 3.1 -13.4 193 42 327.9 328.4 293.5 336.7 2.58 13 400 7526 -18.5 -20.9 81 2.5 -19.2 197 48 331.0 331.4 293.7 337.3 1.80 14 350 8507 -25.1 -29.0 70 3.8 -25.9 195 53 334.8 335.1 294.0 338.5 0.99 15 300 9610 -33.2 -39.8 52 6.5 -34.0 195 56 338.5 338.6 294.3 340.1 0.40 16 250 10865 -42.9 -48.5 54 5.6 -43.3 189 60 342.2 342.3 295.0 343.0 0.19 17 200 12332 -53.5 -68.4 14 15.0 -53.7 184 60 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14141 -62.0 -80.2 7 18.2 -62.1 209 41 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16594 -69.8 -83.9 11 14.1 -69.8 203 19 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.19 m Freezing level: 607.38 mb = 4289.51 m = 14073.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.00 mb = 4159.67 m = 13647.05 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.14 % Est. max temperature: 30.12 C = 86.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.37 mb = 596.25 m = 1956.18 ft T: 20.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 14.13 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.70 mb = 1062.42 m = 3485.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.40 C = 83.12 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -2.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.28 C Showalter Index: 0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.31 C Cross Totals Index: 20.88 C K Index: 35.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 645.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.94 mb = 757.07 m = 2483.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.94 mb = 1581.69 m = 5189.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.94 mb = 10783.96 m = 35380.00 ft B at Equ Level: 643.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.94 mb = 14018.85 m = 45993.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.1 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 228.1 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.6 neg: -8.9 tot: 49.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 10.49 Bulk Shear: 61.50 m/s