MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508251800F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508251800F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 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 1009 59 22.7 14.4 59 8.3 17.3 347 5 295.1 296.9 290.2 324.6 10.26 1 1000 133 22.7 13.5 56 9.2 16.8 353 10 295.8 297.6 290.0 324.0 9.77 2 950 579 20.5 9.3 49 11.2 13.8 22 22 298.0 299.4 289.0 320.8 7.78 3 900 1042 16.8 10.2 65 6.6 12.8 25 14 298.8 300.4 290.1 324.4 8.72 4 850 1528 14.7 11.8 82 3.0 12.9 279 7 301.6 303.5 292.2 331.9 10.26 5 800 2039 11.0 9.2 89 1.7 9.9 249 18 302.8 304.5 291.7 330.1 9.18 6 750 2574 7.5 3.0 73 4.5 5.0 236 22 304.7 305.8 289.9 323.9 6.34 7 700 3141 7.7 -15.6 17 23.3 -1.2 246 24 311.0 311.3 287.5 316.3 1.62 8 650 3748 5.4 -33.5 4 38.9 -4.7 248 29 315.1 315.1 287.5 316.3 0.35 9 600 4396 1.6 -32.1 6 33.7 -7.1 245 32 318.0 318.1 288.6 319.5 0.43 10 550 5090 -3.1 -20.8 24 17.7 -8.9 246 34 320.4 320.6 290.2 324.9 1.32 11 500 5837 -8.0 -14.6 59 6.6 -10.5 245 41 323.3 323.8 292.2 331.6 2.46 12 450 6648 -12.7 -18.1 64 5.4 -14.5 255 47 327.3 327.7 292.9 334.3 2.05 13 400 7537 -18.4 -22.8 68 4.4 -19.7 253 56 331.1 331.4 293.4 336.5 1.53 14 350 8520 -25.2 -33.7 45 8.5 -26.7 254 62 334.8 335.0 293.6 337.2 0.63 15 300 9621 -33.9 -39.5 57 5.6 -34.6 250 65 337.6 337.7 294.1 339.2 0.41 16 250 10870 -44.7 -48.0 70 3.3 -44.9 253 73 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.4 0.20 17 200 12318 -56.6 -61.4 55 4.8 -56.7 260 84 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.05 18 150 14125 -59.7 -77.4 8 17.7 -59.9 237 53 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16611 -65.0 -85.8 4 20.8 -65.1 238 38 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.18 m Freezing level: 583.02 mb = 4631.51 m = 15195.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.36 mb = 3031.44 m = 9945.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.46 % Est. max temperature: 28.69 C = 83.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.64 mb = 1112.15 m = 3648.74 ft T: 16.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 15.60 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 647.27 mb = 3781.83 m = 12407.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.86 C = 109.16 F Cap Strength: 7.33 C Lifted Index: 7.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.18 C Showalter Index: 2.35 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.75 C Cross Totals Index: 19.77 C K Index: 11.22 Risk: None Sweat Index: 195.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9220.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.31 mb = 1725.57 m = 5661.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.7 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 282.7 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 5.9 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.7 neg: -55.7 tot: 55.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 151.31 m/s