MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F018.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KFBG ... Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 26 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 1004 59 25.5 21.0 76 4.5 22.3 197 5 298.3 301.1 295.3 344.1 15.78 1 1000 93 25.6 20.8 75 4.8 22.2 201 7 298.8 301.6 295.3 344.3 15.63 2 950 544 23.0 17.6 71 5.4 19.3 237 18 300.5 303.0 294.3 339.9 13.42 3 900 1014 20.5 14.4 68 6.1 16.4 237 22 302.6 304.7 293.5 336.8 11.54 4 850 1506 17.0 13.2 78 3.8 14.5 227 22 303.9 306.0 293.7 337.4 11.26 5 800 2020 13.9 10.2 79 3.7 11.6 226 19 306.0 307.8 293.2 335.6 9.84 6 750 2563 11.7 5.2 64 6.5 7.9 233 19 309.3 310.7 292.3 332.0 7.41 7 700 3137 8.4 3.5 71 4.9 5.6 236 21 311.8 313.2 292.7 333.7 7.06 8 650 3747 5.0 -0.4 68 5.4 2.1 230 27 314.6 315.7 292.4 332.8 5.74 9 600 4395 0.7 -3.7 72 4.4 -1.4 226 30 317.0 317.9 292.4 332.5 4.86 10 550 5089 -3.5 -5.5 86 2.0 -4.5 219 31 319.9 320.8 293.0 334.9 4.60 11 500 5837 -7.3 -17.8 43 10.5 -11.0 215 37 324.1 324.5 291.9 330.6 1.88 12 450 6649 -12.8 -27.8 27 15.0 -16.6 217 37 327.2 327.4 291.8 330.3 0.86 13 400 7537 -18.1 -33.4 25 15.3 -21.2 226 39 331.5 331.6 292.7 333.6 0.57 14 350 8522 -24.4 -34.0 40 9.6 -26.1 227 40 335.9 336.0 293.9 338.2 0.61 15 300 9627 -33.0 -36.1 74 3.1 -33.5 225 42 338.8 338.9 294.6 341.0 0.58 16 250 10883 -42.5 -49.9 44 7.5 -42.9 226 50 342.9 343.0 295.2 343.6 0.16 17 200 12347 -54.3 -62.6 35 8.3 -54.5 230 46 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.04 18 150 14137 -64.8 -77.7 15 12.9 -64.9 234 48 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16572 -69.2 -85.7 7 16.5 -69.3 228 23 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.43 m Freezing level: 591.42 mb = 4514.02 m = 14809.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.22 mb = 4126.68 m = 13538.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.48 % Est. max temperature: 31.01 C = 87.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.76 mb = 629.11 m = 2063.97 ft T: 22.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 7.47 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.52 mb = 1722.99 m = 5652.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.99 C = 89.57 F Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lifted Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.64 C Showalter Index: 0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.28 C Cross Totals Index: 20.47 C K Index: 32.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 138.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 118.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.41 mb = 1193.66 m = 3916.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.41 mb = 3918.03 m = 12854.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 366.41 mb = 8184.23 m = 26850.82 ft B at Equ Level: 137.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.41 mb = 11249.94 m = 36908.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.0 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 256.0 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.3 neg: -12.0 tot: 33.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 6.79 Bulk Shear: 20.35 m/s