MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F057.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KFBG ... Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 59 26.0 22.1 79 3.9 23.2 174 4 298.7 301.8 296.1 347.8 16.86 1 1000 101 25.7 21.5 78 4.1 22.7 175 6 298.8 301.8 295.8 346.6 16.39 2 950 551 21.6 20.1 91 1.5 20.6 176 10 299.1 302.0 295.6 345.1 15.79 3 900 1018 17.9 17.7 99 0.2 17.8 175 11 300.0 302.6 294.7 341.8 14.30 4 850 1507 15.2 14.9 98 0.3 15.0 187 12 302.0 304.4 294.1 339.3 12.63 5 800 2019 12.3 11.9 98 0.4 12.0 198 14 304.2 306.3 293.6 337.0 11.00 6 750 2558 9.5 8.6 94 0.9 8.9 204 15 306.9 308.6 293.2 335.3 9.40 7 700 3129 6.4 5.1 91 1.3 5.6 205 17 309.6 311.1 292.7 333.8 7.90 8 650 3734 3.1 1.7 91 1.4 2.3 199 16 312.4 313.7 292.6 333.2 6.66 9 600 4379 -0.9 -2.2 91 1.3 -1.6 205 14 315.1 316.2 292.3 332.3 5.44 10 550 5070 -3.2 -3.5 97 0.4 -3.4 177 15 320.3 321.4 293.7 337.7 5.36 11 500 5821 -7.0 -7.2 99 0.2 -7.1 167 19 324.5 325.4 294.1 339.3 4.47 12 450 6635 -12.2 -12.5 98 0.3 -12.3 184 31 327.9 328.5 294.0 338.9 3.25 13 400 7526 -18.0 -18.7 94 0.7 -18.3 191 38 331.6 332.0 294.1 339.2 2.18 14 350 8509 -25.2 -28.8 72 3.6 -26.0 192 44 334.7 334.9 293.9 338.4 1.01 15 300 9613 -33.4 -39.7 53 6.3 -34.2 192 51 338.3 338.4 294.3 339.9 0.41 16 250 10862 -43.9 -52.0 40 8.2 -44.3 193 57 340.8 340.9 294.6 341.3 0.12 17 200 12324 -55.0 -60.0 54 5.0 -55.2 181 63 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.9 0.06 18 150 14120 -63.4 -79.3 10 15.9 -63.5 208 34 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.00 19 100 16576 -69.3 -85.8 7 16.5 -69.4 219 23 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.90 m Freezing level: 611.02 mb = 4236.63 m = 13899.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.20 mb = 4112.12 m = 13491.06 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.87 % Est. max temperature: 29.09 C = 84.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.86 mb = 552.50 m = 1812.65 ft T: 21.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.98 C/km ThetaE index: 15.45 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.48 mb = 814.61 m = 2672.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.86 C = 80.35 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.73 C Showalter Index: 0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.13 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 35.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 951.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.18 mb = 761.40 m = 2498.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 912.18 mb = 902.37 m = 2960.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.18 mb = 11936.58 m = 39161.52 ft B at Equ Level: 950.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.18 mb = 14886.65 m = 48840.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.6 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 219.6 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 26.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 144.26 Bulk Shear: 6.59 m/s