MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 61 19.0 13.0 68 6.0 15.3 81 3 290.9 292.6 287.8 317.3 9.31 1 1000 190 20.7 15.4 72 5.3 17.2 106 15 293.9 295.8 290.4 325.5 11.07 2 950 633 18.6 8.2 51 10.5 12.5 108 11 296.1 297.4 287.8 317.0 7.19 3 900 1093 14.9 7.8 62 7.1 10.8 139 5 296.9 298.3 288.3 318.6 7.42 4 850 1574 10.8 6.8 76 4.0 8.5 247 4 297.5 298.8 288.4 318.9 7.33 5 800 2076 7.3 2.2 70 5.2 4.6 274 9 299.0 300.0 287.3 315.6 5.59 6 750 2604 3.5 0.4 80 3.1 2.0 267 10 300.3 301.3 287.5 316.1 5.26 7 700 3161 0.7 -2.3 81 2.9 -0.7 262 14 303.2 304.1 287.9 317.3 4.62 8 650 3756 0.4 -9.1 49 9.5 -3.6 263 15 309.4 309.9 288.3 318.7 2.94 9 600 4395 -1.3 -27.9 11 26.6 -8.5 255 23 314.6 314.7 287.7 316.8 0.64 10 550 5083 -5.3 -28.6 14 23.3 -11.3 254 32 317.7 317.9 288.8 320.0 0.65 11 500 5822 -12.0 -22.8 40 10.9 -15.0 251 42 318.5 318.7 289.6 322.6 1.22 12 450 6617 -17.5 -20.4 78 2.9 -18.4 254 47 321.2 321.5 290.8 326.9 1.67 13 400 7493 -21.5 -23.4 84 2.0 -22.0 261 49 327.1 327.4 292.3 332.2 1.45 14 350 8463 -29.1 -33.5 65 4.4 -29.7 258 55 329.6 329.7 292.2 332.0 0.65 15 300 9548 -36.3 -40.9 63 4.5 -36.8 265 64 334.2 334.2 293.2 335.5 0.36 16 250 10786 -46.8 -50.3 68 3.4 -47.0 261 70 336.4 336.5 293.6 337.1 0.15 17 200 12219 -58.9 -62.0 68 3.0 -59.0 272 76 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.05 18 150 14028 -58.4 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.7 271 57 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16546 -62.3 -86.9 2 24.6 -62.5 273 33 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5631.63 m Freezing level: 639.54 mb = 3889.39 m = 12760.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.76 mb = 3003.64 m = 9854.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.11 % Est. max temperature: 25.43 C = 77.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.64 mb = 826.45 m = 2711.40 ft T: 17.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.75 C/km ThetaE index: 8.45 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.97 mb = 1892.24 m = 6208.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.57 C = 79.83 F Cap Strength: 6.00 C Lifted Index: 4.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: 5.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.77 C Cross Totals Index: 18.80 C K Index: 26.66 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 131.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.28 mb = 1492.29 m = 4895.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.28 mb = 2676.55 m = 8781.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 733.28 mb = 2785.89 m = 9139.93 ft B at Equ Level: 13.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 673.28 mb = 3473.19 m = 11394.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.2 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 282.2 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.0 neg: -3.9 tot: 49.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 111.47 m/s