MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 27.5 13.0 41 14.6 18.2 170 3 299.5 301.2 290.8 326.8 9.29 1 1000 180 24.7 11.3 43 13.4 16.4 170 3 297.9 299.4 289.5 322.5 8.44 2 950 626 20.2 10.5 54 9.7 14.3 175 3 297.7 299.2 289.5 322.3 8.42 3 900 1089 15.6 9.6 67 6.1 12.0 180 3 297.6 299.1 289.3 322.0 8.35 4 850 1570 10.9 8.6 85 2.4 9.6 187 3 297.6 299.1 289.3 321.7 8.26 5 800 2072 6.8 3.3 78 3.6 4.9 294 6 298.4 299.5 287.5 316.4 6.06 6 750 2599 3.1 -0.3 78 3.4 1.4 291 14 299.9 300.9 287.1 314.9 5.00 7 700 3156 1.5 -9.8 43 11.3 -3.0 271 16 304.1 304.6 286.1 312.2 2.59 8 650 3751 0.6 -28.8 9 29.4 -7.1 259 18 309.7 309.8 285.9 311.5 0.55 9 600 4389 -2.4 -22.5 20 20.1 -8.4 257 26 313.3 313.5 287.7 316.9 1.05 10 550 5075 -5.9 -29.8 13 23.9 -11.8 255 31 317.1 317.2 288.5 319.1 0.59 11 500 5814 -10.6 -35.8 11 25.2 -15.6 252 36 320.2 320.2 289.2 321.5 0.36 12 450 6615 -15.8 -34.8 18 19.0 -19.4 261 45 323.4 323.5 290.3 325.0 0.44 13 400 7493 -21.1 -42.6 13 21.6 -24.1 260 52 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.5 0.22 14 350 8465 -28.0 -36.7 43 8.8 -29.3 264 58 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.8 0.47 15 300 9556 -35.6 -48.4 26 12.8 -36.7 271 77 335.1 335.2 293.3 335.8 0.16 16 250 10794 -47.2 -57.1 31 9.9 -47.6 269 71 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.2 0.07 17 200 12227 -58.2 -63.8 49 5.6 -58.3 266 74 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.04 18 150 14022 -59.6 -80.9 5 21.3 -59.8 269 53 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.00 19 100 16545 -61.6 -88.6 2 27.0 -61.8 259 26 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5633.74 m Freezing level: 639.86 mb = 3880.58 m = 12731.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 733.99 mb = 2773.46 m = 9099.15 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.13 % Est. max temperature: 25.65 C = 78.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.18 mb = 1876.18 m = 6155.36 ft T: 8.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.53 C/km ThetaE index: 15.22 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.55 mb = 1882.50 m = 6176.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.17 C = 79.10 F Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lifted Index: 4.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Showalter Index: 4.89 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.50 C Cross Totals Index: 19.14 C K Index: 18.76 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.84 mb = 1849.34 m = 6067.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.84 mb = 2001.95 m = 6567.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 696.84 mb = 3192.26 m = 10473.18 ft B at Equ Level: 41.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 636.84 mb = 3914.28 m = 12841.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.0 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 288.0 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: -10.0 tot: -3.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.13 Bulk Shear: 37.30 m/s