MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 27 AUG 25 Station: 34.12,-78.11 Latitude: 34.12 Longitude: -78.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 10 21.5 16.5 74 4.9 18.2 351 4 293.1 295.2 290.7 326.4 11.70 1 1000 161 22.6 13.6 57 9.0 16.8 13 13 295.8 297.5 290.0 324.1 9.82 2 950 607 20.6 9.5 49 11.1 13.9 358 12 298.1 299.6 289.1 321.1 7.85 3 900 1070 16.3 8.9 61 7.4 11.9 345 9 298.3 299.7 289.2 321.6 7.95 4 850 1553 12.2 9.7 84 2.6 10.7 290 7 299.0 300.6 290.3 325.1 8.91 5 800 2059 9.0 3.6 69 5.3 6.1 252 13 300.7 301.8 288.5 319.2 6.22 6 750 2592 9.1 -22.6 9 31.7 -1.2 254 21 306.4 306.6 285.0 309.2 0.83 7 700 3160 5.9 -1.5 59 7.3 2.1 255 28 309.0 309.9 290.0 324.2 4.91 8 650 3762 1.5 -0.7 85 2.2 0.4 252 31 310.7 311.8 291.2 328.2 5.62 9 600 4404 -1.5 -7.9 62 6.4 -4.3 254 39 314.4 315.1 290.5 325.7 3.52 10 550 5091 -5.1 -19.7 31 14.5 -9.8 251 45 318.0 318.3 289.6 322.9 1.46 11 500 5834 -9.2 -29.4 18 20.2 -14.2 251 49 321.8 321.9 290.0 324.2 0.67 12 450 6639 -14.2 -38.7 11 24.4 -18.6 252 52 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.5 0.30 13 400 7523 -19.7 -41.2 13 21.5 -22.9 252 62 329.4 329.4 291.8 330.4 0.26 14 350 8499 -27.1 -42.9 21 15.8 -29.0 255 73 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.2 0.25 15 300 9594 -33.8 -46.1 28 12.3 -35.0 252 90 337.8 337.8 294.0 338.6 0.20 16 250 10848 -43.4 -49.6 50 6.2 -43.8 248 96 341.5 341.6 294.8 342.2 0.17 17 200 12310 -53.4 -65.9 20 12.6 -53.6 244 89 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.03 18 150 14123 -59.9 -81.5 4 21.6 -60.0 249 66 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16613 -64.4 -85.2 4 20.8 -64.6 242 40 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.28 m Freezing level: 624.62 mb = 4088.01 m = 13411.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 757.99 mb = 2504.44 m = 8216.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.58 % Est. max temperature: 27.07 C = 80.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.32 mb = 640.26 m = 2100.56 ft T: 20.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 15.88 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.55 mb = 2944.90 m = 9661.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.41 C = 97.53 F Cap Strength: 4.86 C Lifted Index: 5.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.32 C Showalter Index: 4.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.46 C Cross Totals Index: 18.91 C K Index: 23.81 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8977.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.63 mb = 1645.72 m = 5399.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.6 at 26.5 knts Storm direction: 288.6 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 4.5 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.3 neg: -42.7 tot: 56.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 137.67 m/s