MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 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 1013 59 27.9 12.7 39 15.2 18.2 150 1 300.0 301.6 290.8 326.8 9.14 1 1000 174 25.3 11.2 41 14.1 16.5 149 1 298.4 300.0 289.7 323.0 8.39 2 950 620 20.8 10.3 51 10.5 14.4 165 1 298.3 299.8 289.5 322.6 8.30 3 900 1084 16.2 9.0 63 7.1 11.9 179 2 298.2 299.6 289.3 321.7 8.04 4 850 1566 11.4 8.0 79 3.4 9.5 198 2 298.1 299.6 289.2 321.4 7.94 5 800 2069 7.3 2.1 70 5.1 4.6 266 8 298.9 299.9 287.2 315.5 5.59 6 750 2596 3.3 -0.9 74 4.3 1.3 276 14 300.2 301.1 286.9 314.5 4.77 7 700 3154 3.3 -9.5 38 12.9 -2.0 256 16 306.2 306.7 286.9 314.5 2.65 8 650 3753 1.7 -26.2 10 27.9 -6.2 254 19 310.8 311.0 286.5 313.2 0.69 9 600 4392 -2.4 -16.9 32 14.5 -7.4 257 24 313.4 313.7 288.4 318.9 1.69 10 550 5077 -6.3 -26.2 19 19.9 -11.6 260 31 316.6 316.8 288.6 319.5 0.82 11 500 5815 -10.5 -45.1 4 34.6 -16.0 261 34 320.2 320.3 289.0 320.8 0.14 12 450 6618 -15.6 -40.3 10 24.7 -19.7 261 40 323.6 323.7 290.2 324.6 0.25 13 400 7494 -22.1 -47.6 8 25.4 -25.1 263 48 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.7 0.13 14 350 8460 -29.8 -43.0 27 13.2 -31.3 264 55 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.5 0.24 15 300 9542 -37.6 -50.1 26 12.5 -38.5 270 70 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.13 16 250 10777 -46.6 -51.7 56 5.1 -46.9 272 82 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.3 0.13 17 200 12218 -57.2 -66.8 28 9.7 -57.3 279 72 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.3 0.02 18 150 14021 -59.6 -81.1 4 21.6 -59.7 269 54 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.00 19 100 16538 -62.2 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 261 31 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.86 m Freezing level: 629.50 mb = 4014.73 m = 13171.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 730.60 mb = 2808.14 m = 9212.94 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.25 % Est. max temperature: 26.12 C = 79.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.87 mb = 1956.91 m = 6420.24 ft T: 8.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 12.33 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.30 mb = 1983.30 m = 6506.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.74 C = 80.14 F Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lifted Index: 4.37 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.74 C Showalter Index: 5.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.94 C Cross Totals Index: 18.50 C K Index: 17.06 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 133.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.54 mb = 1939.93 m = 6364.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.54 mb = 2094.17 m = 6870.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 727.54 mb = 2842.14 m = 9324.50 ft B at Equ Level: 26.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 677.54 mb = 3417.51 m = 11212.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.5 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 288.5 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.0 neg: -1.3 tot: 20.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.74 Bulk Shear: 35.88 m/s