MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F000.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KFBG ... Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 25 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 1007 59 23.1 21.8 92 1.4 22.2 178 5 295.7 298.6 295.1 343.2 16.52 1 1000 123 22.5 21.5 94 1.0 21.9 188 7 295.7 298.6 295.0 342.8 16.40 2 950 573 23.9 18.6 72 5.3 20.2 233 20 301.4 304.1 295.2 343.7 14.36 3 900 1045 21.0 17.9 82 3.2 18.8 224 20 303.2 305.9 295.7 346.0 14.46 4 850 1538 17.6 14.8 84 2.8 15.7 214 19 304.6 306.9 294.8 341.9 12.54 5 800 2055 14.5 12.9 90 1.6 13.4 208 19 306.6 308.8 294.8 342.0 11.75 6 750 2597 11.5 3.6 59 7.8 7.0 212 21 309.0 310.3 291.6 329.4 6.64 7 700 3172 9.9 -1.5 45 11.4 3.9 221 25 313.5 314.4 291.4 328.9 4.89 8 650 3783 5.3 -2.7 56 8.0 1.2 232 25 314.9 315.8 291.7 330.2 4.81 9 600 4431 0.9 -6.6 57 7.5 -2.6 243 27 317.2 317.9 291.6 329.7 3.88 10 550 5127 -1.1 -19.1 24 18.0 -7.4 233 31 322.8 323.1 291.2 328.1 1.53 11 500 5881 -5.6 -28.5 14 23.0 -11.8 225 35 326.3 326.4 291.4 328.9 0.73 12 450 6696 -11.6 -28.2 24 16.5 -15.9 224 33 328.6 328.8 292.2 331.6 0.83 13 400 7589 -16.9 -40.5 11 23.6 -20.9 224 32 333.1 333.1 292.9 334.2 0.28 14 350 8578 -23.3 -55.1 4 31.8 -26.5 224 31 337.3 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.06 15 300 9685 -32.6 -44.9 29 12.2 -33.9 225 26 339.4 339.4 294.4 340.3 0.23 16 250 10943 -41.8 -55.5 21 13.6 -42.5 220 29 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.2 0.08 17 200 12414 -54.1 -63.9 29 9.9 -54.3 209 29 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.04 18 150 14205 -66.8 -74.3 34 7.5 -66.9 248 27 354.9 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.01 19 100 16613 -71.6 -85.9 10 14.3 -71.6 224 17 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.75 m Freezing level: 577.41 mb = 4745.45 m = 15568.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.36 mb = 3980.23 m = 13058.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.71 % Est. max temperature: 31.85 C = 89.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.08 mb = 228.30 m = 748.99 ft T: 22.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 13.06 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.00 mb = 1537.75 m = 5045.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.06 C = 89.70 F Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lifted Index: -0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.06 C Showalter Index: 0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.13 C Cross Totals Index: 20.33 C K Index: 26.47 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 231.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.44 mb = 963.18 m = 3160.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.44 mb = 2558.97 m = 8395.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 743.44 mb = 2670.65 m = 8761.86 ft B at Equ Level: 29.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.44 mb = 13301.19 m = 43638.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.1 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 256.1 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.0 neg: -15.4 tot: 71.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 12.43 Bulk Shear: 18.64 m/s