MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 1012 59 21.2 14.3 65 6.9 16.8 353 5 293.4 295.2 289.5 322.4 10.16 1 1000 159 21.7 13.1 58 8.6 16.3 4 13 294.9 296.6 289.4 322.2 9.50 2 950 602 18.6 11.7 64 6.9 14.3 22 14 296.1 297.7 289.5 322.4 9.11 3 900 1063 15.3 11.2 76 4.1 12.7 5 7 297.3 299.0 290.0 324.3 9.30 4 850 1545 11.5 9.6 88 1.9 10.3 289 7 298.2 299.8 290.0 324.0 8.84 5 800 2049 8.3 7.3 93 1.0 7.7 268 13 300.0 301.5 289.9 323.7 8.02 6 750 2580 4.7 3.7 93 1.0 4.1 264 19 301.7 302.9 289.2 321.5 6.65 7 700 3139 1.6 -1.2 82 2.8 0.3 262 24 304.3 305.2 288.6 319.5 5.02 8 650 3735 0.3 -12.8 37 13.1 -4.7 265 27 309.3 309.7 287.5 316.4 2.20 9 600 4372 -3.3 -26.3 15 23.0 -9.5 260 34 312.3 312.4 287.0 314.8 0.74 10 550 5055 -6.6 -37.9 6 31.2 -12.8 263 42 316.2 316.3 287.8 317.2 0.27 11 500 5793 -10.4 -47.8 3 37.4 -16.0 265 46 320.4 320.4 289.0 320.8 0.10 12 450 6594 -16.7 -38.7 13 22.0 -20.4 267 52 322.2 322.3 289.8 323.3 0.30 13 400 7467 -22.9 -46.5 10 23.6 -25.6 267 60 325.2 325.2 290.5 325.7 0.15 14 350 8430 -29.8 -53.5 8 23.7 -31.6 262 70 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.9 0.07 15 300 9514 -36.3 -58.6 8 22.3 -37.5 256 80 334.2 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.05 16 250 10755 -45.2 -63.6 11 18.4 -45.8 251 88 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.0 0.03 17 200 12210 -54.6 -69.8 14 15.2 -54.8 250 91 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.02 18 150 14030 -58.5 -80.4 4 21.8 -58.7 257 70 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 19 100 16559 -62.1 -89.0 2 26.9 -62.3 263 36 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5634.86 m Freezing level: 646.07 mb = 3785.40 m = 12419.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.43 mb = 3169.00 m = 10396.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.47 % Est. max temperature: 25.82 C = 78.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.21 mb = 938.63 m = 3079.47 ft T: 16.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.52 C/km ThetaE index: 9.49 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.22 mb = 1801.18 m = 5909.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.95 C = 80.52 F Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lifted Index: 4.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.05 C Showalter Index: 3.82 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.89 C Cross Totals Index: 19.97 C K Index: 28.69 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7749.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.30 mb = 1394.42 m = 4574.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.1 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 299.1 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 5.5 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.0 neg: -36.7 tot: 61.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 118.27 m/s