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: 35.13,-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 18.4 12.2 67 6.3 14.6 52 3 290.3 291.9 287.2 315.2 8.79 1 1000 185 21.4 9.0 45 12.4 14.1 82 13 294.6 295.9 287.2 315.5 7.23 2 950 628 18.8 8.7 52 10.1 12.9 86 7 296.2 297.6 288.1 317.9 7.45 3 900 1088 14.7 7.7 63 7.0 10.6 107 2 296.6 298.0 288.1 318.1 7.35 4 850 1568 10.3 8.2 87 2.1 9.1 242 4 296.9 298.4 288.9 320.4 8.04 5 800 2070 6.7 2.5 75 4.2 4.5 260 9 298.3 299.3 287.2 315.2 5.74 6 750 2597 3.6 -1.9 67 5.5 1.0 299 15 300.5 301.3 286.7 313.9 4.45 7 700 3155 1.4 -0.1 89 1.6 0.6 292 20 304.0 305.0 288.9 320.5 5.41 8 650 3751 1.1 -12.3 36 13.3 -4.1 260 20 310.2 310.6 287.9 317.5 2.29 9 600 4392 -1.1 -24.6 15 23.5 -8.0 248 24 314.8 315.0 288.0 317.8 0.86 10 550 5080 -4.6 -27.6 15 22.9 -10.8 244 28 318.6 318.7 289.1 321.1 0.72 11 500 5822 -10.4 -30.2 18 19.8 -15.0 248 34 320.4 320.5 289.5 322.6 0.62 12 450 6621 -17.7 -27.3 43 9.6 -19.8 255 37 321.0 321.2 290.0 324.2 0.91 13 400 7494 -22.0 -24.5 80 2.5 -22.6 258 44 326.4 326.7 292.0 331.0 1.31 14 350 8464 -28.3 -31.1 77 2.8 -28.8 255 52 330.6 330.7 292.7 333.5 0.81 15 300 9552 -36.6 -40.2 70 3.5 -37.0 268 63 333.7 333.8 293.1 335.2 0.39 16 250 10788 -46.7 -50.1 68 3.4 -46.9 270 68 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.3 0.16 17 200 12222 -60.0 -63.4 64 3.5 -60.0 280 85 337.8 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.04 18 150 14023 -58.9 -80.7 4 21.8 -59.1 271 59 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16541 -62.1 -89.0 2 26.9 -62.4 269 35 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.00 m Freezing level: 625.80 mb = 4061.32 m = 13324.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.62 mb = 3228.61 m = 10592.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.61 % Est. max temperature: 24.97 C = 76.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.66 mb = 858.20 m = 2815.60 ft T: 16.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.41 C/km ThetaE index: 6.44 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.26 mb = 2180.55 m = 7153.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.84 C = 80.31 F Cap Strength: 8.24 C Lifted Index: 7.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.26 C Showalter Index: 5.84 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.68 C Cross Totals Index: 18.56 C K Index: 27.32 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8854.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.78 mb = 1777.69 m = 5832.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.5 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 287.5 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -153.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.5 neg: -13.6 tot: 38.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 100.05 m/s