MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 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 1014 59 25.0 13.8 50 11.1 17.8 27 3 297.0 298.8 290.4 325.5 9.84 1 1000 176 24.5 12.2 46 12.3 16.7 37 5 297.6 299.2 289.9 323.6 8.93 2 950 622 20.2 11.3 56 8.9 14.7 51 3 297.7 299.3 289.8 323.5 8.86 3 900 1085 15.8 10.3 70 5.5 12.4 73 2 297.8 299.4 289.8 323.3 8.77 4 850 1567 11.1 9.5 90 1.6 10.2 125 1 297.8 299.4 289.8 323.5 8.80 5 800 2070 7.0 5.0 87 2.0 5.9 228 7 298.6 299.8 288.3 318.7 6.83 6 750 2596 4.2 -6.8 44 11.0 -0.5 270 12 301.1 301.7 285.5 310.5 3.05 7 700 3158 4.9 -40.8 2 45.7 -4.9 275 16 307.9 307.9 284.7 308.5 0.15 8 650 3758 1.8 -31.6 6 33.4 -6.5 278 21 311.1 311.1 286.2 312.5 0.42 9 600 4400 0.4 -43.6 2 44.0 -8.3 273 28 316.6 316.6 287.8 317.1 0.13 10 550 5090 -5.3 -28.4 14 23.1 -11.3 273 31 317.8 317.9 288.8 320.1 0.67 11 500 5830 -10.0 -37.1 9 27.1 -15.3 274 32 320.8 320.9 289.3 322.0 0.32 12 450 6633 -15.6 -43.7 7 28.0 -19.8 274 33 323.6 323.6 290.0 324.2 0.18 13 400 7510 -21.9 -51.0 5 29.1 -25.0 278 36 326.5 326.5 290.8 326.8 0.09 14 350 8475 -30.2 -52.3 10 22.0 -32.0 285 41 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.3 0.09 15 300 9552 -39.2 -53.3 21 14.1 -40.0 288 49 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.09 16 250 10773 -48.4 -63.5 16 15.1 -48.8 286 50 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.2 0.03 17 200 12217 -53.9 -71.3 10 17.4 -54.2 279 51 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.01 18 150 14048 -57.8 -81.2 3 23.4 -58.0 272 50 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 19 100 16571 -62.5 -86.8 2 24.4 -62.7 254 29 407.0 407.0 306.2 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.35 m Freezing level: 596.28 mb = 4451.69 m = 14605.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 753.97 mb = 2553.34 m = 8376.98 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.24 % Est. max temperature: 25.80 C = 78.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.68 mb = 1461.42 m = 4794.64 ft T: 12.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 15.02 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.83 mb = 1785.87 m = 5859.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.16 C = 79.08 F Cap Strength: 5.62 C Lifted Index: 4.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.96 C Showalter Index: 4.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.14 C Cross Totals Index: 19.50 C K Index: -15.09 Risk: None Sweat Index: 147.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.41 mb = 1720.17 m = 5643.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.41 mb = 1870.67 m = 6137.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 729.41 mb = 2823.03 m = 9261.79 ft B at Equ Level: 15.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 699.41 mb = 3164.84 m = 10383.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.3 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 303.3 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.4 neg: -3.7 tot: 68.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 47.46 m/s