MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F006.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KFBG ... Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 24.6 13.7 51 10.9 17.6 215 8 296.9 298.7 290.3 325.3 9.78 1 1000 145 22.6 12.8 54 9.8 16.4 216 8 295.8 297.4 289.5 322.6 9.30 2 950 588 18.1 11.5 65 6.6 14.0 223 10 295.5 297.1 289.2 321.5 8.99 3 900 1049 15.0 9.6 70 5.4 11.8 252 13 296.9 298.5 289.2 321.3 8.38 4 850 1530 13.1 -1.1 37 14.2 6.0 275 10 299.8 300.6 286.1 312.3 4.14 5 800 2039 12.6 -16.2 12 28.7 1.8 295 6 304.5 304.8 284.9 308.9 1.35 6 750 2577 10.8 -14.6 15 25.4 0.9 219 4 308.3 308.6 286.6 313.7 1.64 7 700 3148 7.2 -3.4 47 10.6 2.0 206 7 310.4 311.2 289.9 323.7 4.24 8 650 3753 3.0 -5.3 55 8.2 -0.9 229 9 312.3 313.1 290.3 324.9 3.98 9 600 4396 -0.9 -12.9 40 12.0 -5.6 249 12 315.1 315.5 289.6 322.8 2.37 10 550 5084 -5.4 -24.1 22 18.6 -10.8 261 17 317.7 317.8 289.0 321.1 0.99 11 500 5824 -10.6 -18.8 51 8.2 -13.2 270 23 320.1 320.4 290.6 326.0 1.73 12 450 6625 -17.1 -24.5 53 7.3 -19.0 272 26 321.7 321.9 290.5 325.7 1.17 13 400 7497 -23.2 -28.8 60 5.6 -24.4 277 29 324.8 325.0 291.1 327.9 0.89 14 350 8461 -29.7 -40.4 35 10.7 -31.0 288 35 328.7 328.8 291.7 329.9 0.32 15 300 9545 -35.7 -60.5 6 24.8 -37.0 293 41 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.2 0.04 16 250 10788 -44.6 -61.9 13 17.3 -45.2 285 47 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.04 17 200 12251 -53.0 -69.8 11 16.8 -53.3 278 45 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14071 -62.2 -81.8 6 19.6 -62.3 291 47 362.9 362.9 299.2 363.0 0.00 19 100 16514 -70.6 -86.2 8 15.6 -70.6 282 28 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.37 m Freezing level: 611.53 mb = 4247.68 m = 13935.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.98 mb = 3554.53 m = 11661.71 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.53 % Est. max temperature: 26.94 C = 80.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.92 mb = 1432.59 m = 4700.05 ft T: 13.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 16.39 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.17 mb = 3180.96 m = 10436.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.26 C = 100.86 F Cap Strength: 6.53 C Lifted Index: 4.68 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.91 C Showalter Index: 10.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.68 C Cross Totals Index: 9.51 C K Index: 11.96 Risk: None Sweat Index: 42.72 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.89 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7667.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.34 mb = 1457.94 m = 4783.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.0 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 282.0 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -9.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.3 neg: -0.4 tot: 28.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.72 Bulk Shear: 5.13 m/s