MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 1015 59 23.1 14.2 57 9.0 17.4 46 4 295.0 296.8 289.9 323.9 10.05 1 1000 186 23.5 12.4 50 11.1 16.5 68 10 296.6 298.3 289.6 323.0 9.07 2 950 631 19.8 11.4 58 8.4 14.6 99 5 297.3 298.9 289.8 323.3 8.94 3 900 1094 15.4 10.5 72 4.9 12.4 127 4 297.4 299.0 289.8 323.3 8.89 4 850 1575 10.7 9.6 93 1.1 10.0 140 4 297.4 299.0 289.8 323.2 8.86 5 800 2077 6.6 4.7 88 1.9 5.5 211 10 298.2 299.4 288.1 317.9 6.70 6 750 2603 3.9 -6.1 48 10.1 -0.4 248 11 300.8 301.4 285.5 310.7 3.22 7 700 3164 5.0 -40.8 2 45.7 -4.8 264 13 308.0 308.0 284.8 308.5 0.15 8 650 3764 2.2 -38.9 3 41.1 -6.7 273 18 311.4 311.5 286.1 312.2 0.20 9 600 4407 -0.2 -30.1 8 29.9 -8.0 273 25 315.9 316.0 288.0 317.7 0.52 10 550 5096 -5.0 -27.5 15 22.5 -10.9 273 30 318.2 318.4 289.0 320.8 0.73 11 500 5836 -10.3 -32.0 15 21.7 -15.1 271 33 320.5 320.6 289.5 322.3 0.52 12 450 6638 -15.3 -42.6 8 27.3 -19.6 269 33 324.0 324.0 290.2 324.7 0.20 13 400 7517 -21.6 -49.7 6 28.2 -24.7 271 34 326.9 327.0 291.0 327.3 0.10 14 350 8484 -29.8 -36.4 53 6.6 -30.7 282 36 328.5 328.6 291.8 330.3 0.48 15 300 9563 -38.2 -49.2 31 11.0 -39.0 292 56 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.0 0.14 16 250 10791 -47.3 -56.6 34 9.2 -47.7 302 75 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.07 17 200 12231 -56.9 -66.9 27 10.0 -57.1 300 77 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.02 18 150 14048 -58.1 -81.5 3 23.4 -58.3 276 49 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.0 0.00 19 100 16575 -61.9 -86.4 2 24.5 -62.1 264 32 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.27 m Freezing level: 604.75 mb = 4345.55 m = 14256.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 753.76 mb = 2562.45 m = 8406.89 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.38 % Est. max temperature: 25.51 C = 77.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.35 mb = 1193.82 m = 3916.69 ft T: 14.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 14.79 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.91 mb = 1703.27 m = 5588.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.70 C = 78.27 F Cap Strength: 5.14 C Lifted Index: 4.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.18 C Showalter Index: 4.36 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.06 C Cross Totals Index: 19.92 C K Index: -15.09 Risk: None Sweat Index: 156.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.97 mb = 1623.97 m = 5327.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.97 mb = 1872.71 m = 6144.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 729.97 mb = 2823.45 m = 9263.16 ft B at Equ Level: 25.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 699.97 mb = 3164.83 m = 10383.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.5 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 295.5 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.5 neg: -8.1 tot: 90.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 73.33 m/s