MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 35.06,-78.98 Latitude: 35.06 Longitude: -78.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 18.7 12.4 67 6.3 14.9 54 3 290.7 292.3 287.5 316.1 8.97 1 1000 185 21.4 9.1 45 12.3 14.1 82 14 294.6 295.9 287.3 315.6 7.27 2 950 628 18.8 8.6 51 10.2 12.8 87 7 296.3 297.6 288.1 317.9 7.42 3 900 1089 14.8 7.7 63 7.1 10.7 116 2 296.7 298.1 288.2 318.2 7.36 4 850 1569 10.4 8.3 87 2.1 9.2 244 4 297.1 298.6 289.0 320.8 8.13 5 800 2071 6.9 1.3 68 5.6 4.1 265 10 298.5 299.5 286.8 314.2 5.27 6 750 2597 3.8 -1.9 67 5.6 1.1 299 14 300.7 301.5 286.8 314.1 4.45 7 700 3156 1.4 -0.1 90 1.5 0.7 291 19 304.0 305.0 288.9 320.6 5.45 8 650 3752 1.1 -12.9 34 14.0 -4.3 259 20 310.2 310.6 287.8 317.2 2.17 9 600 4393 -1.0 -24.4 15 23.4 -7.9 248 24 314.9 315.1 288.1 317.9 0.88 10 550 5082 -4.5 -27.9 14 23.4 -10.7 244 28 318.8 318.9 289.1 321.2 0.70 11 500 5823 -10.4 -29.9 18 19.5 -15.0 249 35 320.4 320.5 289.6 322.6 0.64 12 450 6622 -17.9 -24.2 58 6.3 -19.5 255 37 320.7 321.0 290.2 324.9 1.20 13 400 7496 -21.6 -24.0 81 2.4 -22.2 258 44 326.9 327.2 292.2 331.7 1.38 14 350 8466 -28.3 -31.0 77 2.8 -28.7 256 52 330.7 330.8 292.7 333.6 0.82 15 300 9554 -36.5 -39.7 72 3.2 -36.8 267 61 334.0 334.0 293.2 335.5 0.40 16 250 10791 -46.8 -50.2 68 3.4 -47.0 270 66 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.1 0.15 17 200 12224 -60.0 -63.7 62 3.7 -60.1 281 84 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.04 18 150 14027 -59.1 -80.9 4 21.7 -59.3 271 60 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16542 -62.3 -89.2 2 26.9 -62.6 270 35 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.54 m Freezing level: 624.48 mb = 4079.07 m = 13382.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.33 mb = 3232.70 m = 10605.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.69 % Est. max temperature: 25.08 C = 77.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.30 mb = 861.47 m = 2826.31 ft T: 16.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.42 C/km ThetaE index: 6.69 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.38 mb = 2231.65 m = 7321.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.26 C = 81.07 F Cap Strength: 8.38 C Lifted Index: 7.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.21 C Showalter Index: 5.58 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.84 C Cross Totals Index: 18.73 C K Index: 27.71 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 143.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8908.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.95 mb = 1786.28 m = 5860.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.2 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 287.2 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -152.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.6 neg: -13.5 tot: 41.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 103.04 m/s