MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 59 19.4 12.9 66 6.5 15.4 43 3 291.3 292.9 287.9 317.5 9.23 1 1000 185 22.3 10.1 46 12.2 14.9 66 11 295.4 296.8 288.1 317.9 7.75 2 950 629 19.1 9.1 52 9.9 13.1 67 5 296.5 297.9 288.3 318.8 7.66 3 900 1090 14.8 7.9 63 7.0 10.8 102 1 296.8 298.2 288.2 318.5 7.43 4 850 1570 10.6 7.5 81 3.1 8.8 219 4 297.2 298.6 288.6 319.6 7.66 5 800 2072 6.7 4.1 83 2.6 5.3 242 7 298.3 299.5 287.8 317.2 6.42 6 750 2599 3.6 -2.5 64 6.1 0.7 284 13 300.4 301.2 286.5 313.2 4.24 7 700 3158 3.5 -8.8 40 12.4 -1.7 271 17 306.4 306.9 287.2 315.2 2.80 8 650 3758 2.7 -26.2 10 28.8 -5.7 255 19 312.0 312.1 286.9 314.4 0.70 9 600 4401 -0.4 -32.1 7 31.7 -8.3 254 20 315.6 315.7 287.8 317.2 0.43 10 550 5090 -4.6 -29.0 13 24.3 -10.9 259 25 318.6 318.7 289.0 320.9 0.63 11 500 5832 -10.0 -31.5 15 21.5 -14.9 266 31 320.8 320.9 289.6 322.8 0.55 12 450 6634 -15.4 -42.3 8 26.9 -19.6 266 39 323.9 324.0 290.2 324.7 0.21 13 400 7513 -21.6 -34.5 30 12.9 -23.9 260 45 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.8 0.51 14 350 8480 -29.4 -34.0 65 4.6 -30.1 262 48 329.1 329.2 292.1 331.3 0.62 15 300 9563 -36.5 -45.6 39 9.1 -37.3 275 63 333.9 333.9 293.0 334.7 0.22 16 250 10800 -46.8 -51.2 61 4.4 -47.0 281 76 336.4 336.5 293.6 337.0 0.14 17 200 12237 -58.5 -60.6 76 2.1 -58.5 288 86 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.05 18 150 14039 -59.1 -82.3 3 23.2 -59.3 273 57 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16558 -62.6 -86.9 2 24.3 -62.8 263 37 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.84 m Freezing level: 606.95 mb = 4311.39 m = 14144.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 734.95 mb = 2763.10 m = 9065.17 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.51 % Est. max temperature: 25.20 C = 77.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.64 mb = 887.38 m = 2911.31 ft T: 16.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 6.33 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.76 mb = 2054.08 m = 6739.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.35 C = 79.44 F Cap Strength: 7.53 C Lifted Index: 7.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.79 C Showalter Index: 6.60 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.58 C Cross Totals Index: 17.50 C K Index: 15.70 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 128.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.74 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9645.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.01 mb = 1767.33 m = 5798.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.1 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 292.1 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.0 neg: -10.6 tot: 46.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 70.65 m/s