MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z WED 27 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 1011 59 22.8 15.2 62 7.5 17.9 352 4 295.0 296.9 290.6 326.1 10.82 1 1000 156 23.4 14.2 56 9.2 17.5 359 11 296.6 298.4 290.6 326.2 10.25 2 950 602 20.4 12.5 60 7.9 15.4 358 8 297.9 299.6 290.6 326.0 9.63 3 900 1066 16.3 10.7 70 5.5 12.9 322 6 298.3 299.9 290.2 324.6 9.03 4 850 1549 11.8 9.4 85 2.4 10.4 296 7 298.5 300.1 290.0 324.2 8.77 5 800 2053 8.4 3.3 70 5.1 5.7 281 11 300.1 301.3 288.2 318.3 6.09 6 750 2583 4.7 0.7 75 4.0 2.7 282 14 301.7 302.6 288.0 317.8 5.35 7 700 3143 3.0 -5.8 53 8.7 -0.9 259 22 305.8 306.5 287.7 316.8 3.56 8 650 3740 0.8 -19.0 21 19.8 -5.7 259 25 309.9 310.1 286.8 314.2 1.31 9 600 4378 -3.3 -21.8 22 18.5 -8.8 258 34 312.3 312.5 287.5 316.1 1.12 10 550 5060 -7.2 -26.5 20 19.3 -12.2 259 40 315.5 315.7 288.2 318.3 0.79 11 500 5797 -10.7 -43.6 5 32.9 -16.0 258 51 320.1 320.1 288.9 320.7 0.16 12 450 6599 -15.7 -49.0 4 33.3 -20.0 262 56 323.5 323.5 289.9 323.9 0.10 13 400 7476 -21.8 -54.0 4 32.2 -24.9 262 64 326.7 326.7 290.8 326.9 0.06 14 350 8444 -28.7 -52.3 8 23.6 -30.7 258 76 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.09 15 300 9531 -35.7 -62.4 5 26.7 -37.1 251 92 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.1 0.03 16 250 10778 -44.0 -59.2 17 15.2 -44.6 243 108 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.9 0.05 17 200 12236 -53.6 -69.7 12 16.1 -53.9 243 97 347.9 347.9 296.2 347.9 0.02 18 150 14058 -59.3 -79.9 5 20.6 -59.5 254 79 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16575 -61.8 -88.8 2 27.0 -62.0 257 38 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5640.75 m Freezing level: 640.14 mb = 3866.03 m = 12683.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.84 mb = 2995.15 m = 9826.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.69 % Est. max temperature: 26.29 C = 79.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.18 mb = 1016.51 m = 3334.98 ft T: 16.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 12.03 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.38 mb = 1702.95 m = 5587.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.84 C = 80.32 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: 2.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: 3.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.48 C Cross Totals Index: 20.09 C K Index: 23.17 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.38 mb = 1505.09 m = 4937.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.38 mb = 2059.50 m = 6756.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 699.38 mb = 3149.67 m = 10333.43 ft B at Equ Level: 25.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 629.38 mb = 3997.03 m = 13113.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.4 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 295.4 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 3.6 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.4 neg: -28.2 tot: 22.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 85.05 m/s