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: 35.13,-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 58 18.6 13.0 70 5.5 15.1 42 2 290.5 292.1 287.7 316.8 9.33 1 1000 188 20.9 15.1 70 5.7 17.1 109 12 294.0 296.0 290.3 325.1 10.87 2 950 631 18.7 6.9 46 11.8 12.0 94 6 296.2 297.4 287.2 315.4 6.58 3 900 1091 14.6 7.2 61 7.4 10.4 113 2 296.5 297.8 287.9 317.3 7.11 4 850 1571 10.0 7.1 82 2.9 8.4 236 3 296.6 298.0 288.2 318.4 7.48 5 800 2072 6.4 2.8 78 3.6 4.5 269 11 298.0 299.0 287.2 315.3 5.85 6 750 2598 2.8 -0.5 79 3.3 1.2 268 16 299.6 300.5 286.9 314.3 4.93 7 700 3155 2.2 -10.1 40 12.3 -2.7 258 17 304.9 305.4 286.4 312.8 2.53 8 650 3751 1.3 -29.1 8 30.4 -6.7 259 21 310.5 310.6 286.1 312.3 0.53 9 600 4391 -1.6 -25.7 14 24.0 -8.4 255 28 314.2 314.4 287.8 316.9 0.79 10 550 5077 -6.0 -25.5 20 19.5 -11.3 250 36 317.0 317.1 288.8 320.0 0.87 11 500 5816 -11.0 -33.9 13 22.9 -15.7 250 43 319.6 319.7 289.1 321.2 0.44 12 450 6616 -16.3 -37.5 14 21.2 -20.0 255 46 322.7 322.8 290.0 324.0 0.34 13 400 7490 -22.9 -28.4 60 5.6 -24.0 259 56 325.3 325.5 291.3 328.6 0.92 14 350 8455 -29.4 -48.5 14 19.2 -31.2 261 61 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.13 15 300 9537 -37.1 -48.3 30 11.1 -38.0 270 75 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.6 0.16 16 250 10773 -46.5 -51.8 55 5.3 -46.8 268 85 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.4 0.13 17 200 12211 -59.3 -63.0 62 3.7 -59.4 273 89 338.8 338.9 294.1 339.0 0.04 18 150 14014 -58.0 -80.0 4 21.9 -58.3 271 54 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16537 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -61.7 277 30 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5627.66 m Freezing level: 627.64 mb = 4037.38 m = 13245.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 734.82 mb = 2762.73 m = 9063.96 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.40 % Est. max temperature: 24.75 C = 76.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.28 mb = 763.88 m = 2506.15 ft T: 17.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.94 C/km ThetaE index: 9.70 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.68 mb = 1850.81 m = 6072.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.53 C = 77.95 F Cap Strength: 5.91 C Lifted Index: 6.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.21 C Showalter Index: 6.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.12 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.99 C Cross Totals Index: 18.12 C K Index: 15.84 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 135.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.17 mb = 1578.77 m = 5179.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.17 mb = 2445.27 m = 8022.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 734.17 mb = 2769.95 m = 9087.65 ft B at Equ Level: 12.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 704.17 mb = 3106.65 m = 10192.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.3 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 283.3 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.5 neg: -10.2 tot: 43.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 101.39 m/s