MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F009.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KFBG ... Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 9Z MON 20 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 1011 59 12.8 5.9 63 6.9 9.2 299 7 285.1 286.1 281.8 301.2 5.77 1 1000 146 12.8 5.0 59 7.9 8.8 303 13 286.0 286.9 281.9 301.4 5.46 2 950 575 9.5 2.5 61 7.0 6.1 311 26 286.9 287.7 281.5 300.5 4.81 3 900 1021 7.3 -2.2 51 9.5 3.1 321 36 289.1 289.7 281.1 299.5 3.61 4 850 1489 5.3 -6.1 44 11.4 0.5 293 28 291.6 292.2 281.4 300.1 2.84 5 800 1983 4.6 -24.3 10 28.8 -3.4 267 36 296.0 296.1 280.6 298.2 0.67 6 750 2506 2.9 -29.2 7 32.0 -5.1 271 44 299.7 299.8 281.8 301.2 0.46 7 700 3061 0.3 -25.1 13 25.4 -6.5 268 53 302.9 303.0 283.5 305.2 0.71 8 650 3652 -0.9 -32.4 7 31.5 -8.2 265 67 308.0 308.0 285.1 309.3 0.39 9 600 4288 -3.0 -35.6 6 32.7 -10.1 266 79 312.7 312.7 286.6 313.8 0.31 10 550 4969 -8.5 -37.9 7 29.4 -14.0 267 84 314.0 314.0 287.1 314.9 0.27 11 500 5700 -13.6 -47.5 4 33.9 -18.2 269 90 316.4 316.4 287.7 316.8 0.10 12 450 6493 -18.3 -51.2 4 32.9 -22.0 269 97 320.3 320.3 288.9 320.5 0.08 13 400 7361 -24.5 -53.3 5 28.8 -27.1 266 107 323.1 323.1 289.8 323.4 0.07 14 350 8316 -32.5 -57.7 6 25.2 -34.0 265 102 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.1 0.05 15 300 9387 -38.4 -61.1 7 22.7 -39.4 263 96 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.4 0.03 16 250 10629 -42.5 -64.7 7 22.2 -43.3 255 86 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.03 17 200 12117 -47.9 -75.4 3 27.4 -48.6 248 92 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 18 150 13977 -57.3 -82.7 3 25.4 -57.6 238 50 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.00 19 100 16458 -67.8 -86.7 5 18.9 -67.9 252 38 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5553.20 m Freezing level: 685.98 mb = 3226.54 m = 10585.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 843.13 mb = 1555.19 m = 5102.27 ft Precipitable water: 0.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.91 % Est. max temperature: 18.81 C = 65.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.09 mb = 919.92 m = 3018.07 ft T: 7.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 1.89 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 591.41 mb = 4401.16 m = 14439.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.68 C = 105.23 F Cap Strength: 14.63 C Lifted Index: 14.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.41 C Showalter Index: 15.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.89 C Cross Totals Index: 7.53 C K Index: -12.65 Risk: None Sweat Index: 146.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.65 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15576.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.64 mb = 1444.55 m = 4739.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.2 at 56.5 knts Storm direction: 302.2 at 42.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 6.4 tot: 12.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 196.7 neg: -66.3 tot: 130.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 244.60 m/s