MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F015.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KFBG ... Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 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 58 12.9 7.5 70 5.4 10.0 150 3 285.2 286.3 282.7 303.2 6.44 1 1000 144 16.2 6.7 53 9.6 11.0 193 9 289.4 290.5 284.1 306.9 6.14 2 950 581 15.3 7.4 59 7.9 10.8 246 9 292.7 293.9 286.1 312.3 6.79 3 900 1037 12.7 9.0 78 3.7 10.6 303 10 294.6 296.1 288.1 317.8 8.05 4 850 1515 11.9 -14.1 15 26.0 2.1 321 7 298.6 298.9 282.7 303.3 1.51 5 800 2022 12.5 -18.1 10 30.6 1.5 314 10 304.5 304.7 284.7 308.2 1.15 6 750 2560 10.6 -18.6 11 29.2 0.1 321 10 308.0 308.3 286.0 311.9 1.17 7 700 3130 7.2 -0.6 58 7.8 3.1 330 10 310.4 311.4 290.7 326.7 5.23 8 650 3737 4.1 -3.1 59 7.2 0.5 330 9 313.6 314.5 291.3 328.4 4.68 9 600 4383 -0.1 -6.8 61 6.7 -3.2 313 12 316.0 316.7 291.2 328.3 3.83 10 550 5074 -4.8 -11.3 61 6.5 -7.4 284 10 318.4 318.9 291.2 328.0 2.94 11 500 5816 -9.7 -17.8 52 8.1 -12.4 269 15 321.2 321.6 291.0 327.7 1.89 12 450 6620 -15.8 -23.0 54 7.1 -17.8 268 19 323.3 323.6 291.2 328.0 1.34 13 400 7497 -21.9 -31.4 42 9.5 -23.8 260 23 326.5 326.6 291.4 329.0 0.69 14 350 8464 -28.9 -42.7 25 13.8 -30.5 257 31 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.8 0.25 15 300 9550 -36.9 -41.6 62 4.7 -37.3 248 37 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.7 0.33 16 250 10786 -46.3 -55.8 33 9.5 -46.7 256 41 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.5 0.08 17 200 12234 -55.3 -70.6 13 15.3 -55.6 273 55 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.2 0.01 18 150 14029 -63.1 -78.9 10 15.8 -63.2 284 49 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16475 -70.3 -87.4 6 17.1 -70.4 290 29 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.75 m Freezing level: 601.59 mb = 4362.31 m = 14311.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.38 mb = 3819.57 m = 12531.23 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.58 % Est. max temperature: 25.47 C = 77.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.21 mb = 749.23 m = 2458.08 ft T: 14.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 14.52 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 614.65 mb = 4188.27 m = 13740.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.02 C = 109.44 F Cap Strength: 11.39 C Lifted Index: 11.92 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.72 C Showalter Index: 16.99 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 17.13 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.55 C Cross Totals Index: -4.42 C K Index: -0.32 Risk: None Sweat Index: 29.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11434.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.01 mb = 1455.96 m = 4776.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.5 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 329.5 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 175.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.1 neg: -0.9 tot: 59.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.01 Bulk Shear: 22.11 m/s