MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F081.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KFBG ... Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1010 59 27.7 20.4 65 7.3 22.5 143 3 300.1 302.8 295.4 344.4 15.14 1 1000 142 26.2 19.7 67 6.5 21.6 142 3 299.3 302.0 294.7 341.8 14.57 2 950 592 21.7 18.7 83 2.9 19.6 148 4 299.2 301.8 294.6 341.4 14.46 3 900 1059 17.7 15.8 88 1.9 16.4 181 5 299.7 302.0 293.4 336.6 12.60 4 850 1546 14.8 12.0 83 2.8 13.0 186 6 301.7 303.6 292.4 332.4 10.41 5 800 2057 11.7 8.2 79 3.5 9.6 195 9 303.6 305.2 291.5 329.2 8.55 6 750 2594 8.7 3.7 71 4.9 5.9 202 13 306.0 307.2 290.6 326.3 6.69 7 700 3163 6.3 -3.3 50 9.6 1.6 205 15 309.5 310.3 289.6 322.8 4.27 8 650 3768 3.6 -17.8 19 21.4 -4.0 211 15 313.0 313.3 288.1 317.9 1.45 9 600 4410 -1.2 -16.2 31 15.0 -6.6 206 14 314.7 315.0 288.9 320.6 1.79 10 550 5099 -4.3 -27.6 14 23.3 -10.6 210 15 319.0 319.1 289.2 321.5 0.72 11 500 5844 -8.6 -22.1 33 13.5 -12.6 211 19 322.6 322.9 290.9 327.1 1.30 12 450 6650 -14.1 -39.0 10 24.9 -18.6 204 29 325.5 325.5 290.7 326.5 0.29 13 400 7533 -20.0 -51.5 4 31.4 -23.6 196 35 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.3 0.08 14 350 8510 -26.5 -56.9 4 30.4 -29.0 190 40 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.05 15 300 9605 -34.7 -54.5 11 19.9 -36.0 186 49 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.8 0.08 16 250 10849 -44.9 -55.4 30 10.5 -45.4 182 51 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.6 0.08 17 200 12312 -52.0 -72.4 7 20.4 -52.4 186 44 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14141 -60.4 -83.4 3 22.9 -60.6 208 30 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.00 19 100 16612 -68.0 -85.4 7 17.4 -68.1 212 23 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.51 m Freezing level: 612.75 mb = 4246.16 m = 13930.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.61 mb = 3332.13 m = 10932.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.30 % Est. max temperature: 28.95 C = 84.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.08 mb = 981.53 m = 3220.20 ft T: 18.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 26.49 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.44 mb = 1073.51 m = 3521.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.44 C = 81.40 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -2.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.37 C Cross Totals Index: 20.55 C K Index: 25.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 649.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.30 mb = 1017.55 m = 3338.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 889.30 mb = 1160.67 m = 3807.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.30 mb = 11135.97 m = 36534.91 ft B at Equ Level: 637.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.30 mb = 13371.53 m = 43869.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.3 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 233.3 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.2 neg: -0.3 tot: 23.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 43.53 Bulk Shear: 14.93 m/s