MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 35.04,-79.16 Latitude: 35.04 Longitude: -79.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 79 18.7 12.6 68 6.1 15.0 54 3 290.8 292.4 287.6 316.5 9.08 1 1000 188 20.6 13.8 65 6.8 16.3 104 11 293.7 295.5 289.5 322.2 9.96 2 950 630 18.7 7.2 47 11.5 12.1 96 7 296.2 297.4 287.3 315.8 6.72 3 900 1091 14.7 7.7 63 7.0 10.6 118 2 296.6 298.0 288.1 318.1 7.34 4 850 1571 10.3 7.2 81 3.1 8.5 244 4 296.9 298.2 288.3 318.8 7.51 5 800 2072 6.7 2.7 76 3.9 4.6 268 12 298.3 299.3 287.2 315.5 5.83 6 750 2599 2.9 -1.4 73 4.3 0.8 271 16 299.8 300.6 286.6 313.6 4.60 7 700 3155 2.4 -8.3 45 10.8 -2.1 262 17 305.2 305.7 286.8 314.3 2.91 8 650 3752 1.5 -26.6 10 28.0 -6.4 262 21 310.6 310.7 286.4 312.9 0.67 9 600 4393 -1.5 -25.8 14 24.2 -8.4 256 28 314.3 314.5 287.8 317.0 0.78 10 550 5079 -5.9 -26.2 18 20.3 -11.3 251 35 317.1 317.2 288.7 319.9 0.82 11 500 5818 -10.8 -35.4 11 24.5 -15.7 251 43 319.8 319.9 289.1 321.2 0.38 12 450 6618 -16.2 -36.0 16 19.8 -19.8 257 46 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.3 0.39 13 400 7493 -22.6 -29.1 55 6.5 -23.9 261 55 325.6 325.8 291.3 328.7 0.86 14 350 8459 -29.2 -49.6 12 20.4 -31.0 264 60 329.4 329.4 291.7 329.8 0.12 15 300 9542 -36.8 -47.5 32 10.6 -37.7 272 75 333.4 333.5 292.8 334.1 0.18 16 250 10779 -46.4 -51.0 59 4.6 -46.6 270 83 337.1 337.2 293.7 337.7 0.14 17 200 12217 -59.4 -63.1 62 3.7 -59.5 275 88 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.04 18 150 14018 -58.2 -80.1 4 21.9 -58.5 273 55 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16539 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -62.0 277 30 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5630.09 m Freezing level: 625.70 mb = 4063.63 m = 13331.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 735.66 mb = 2754.32 m = 9036.38 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.89 % Est. max temperature: 24.76 C = 76.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.04 mb = 857.30 m = 2812.62 ft T: 16.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 6.41 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.20 mb = 1987.95 m = 6522.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.96 C = 78.74 F Cap Strength: 6.38 C Lifted Index: 6.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.76 C Showalter Index: 6.21 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.10 C Cross Totals Index: 18.05 C K Index: 17.53 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 136.98 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.56 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9315.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.27 mb = 1646.31 m = 5401.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.0 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 285.0 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.2 neg: -5.5 tot: 46.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 106.10 m/s