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: 35.13,-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 18.8 12.7 68 6.1 15.1 80 3 290.7 292.3 287.6 316.5 9.14 1 1000 190 20.8 15.2 71 5.5 17.2 108 16 293.9 295.9 290.3 325.1 10.93 2 950 633 18.6 8.1 50 10.5 12.5 108 10 296.1 297.4 287.7 316.9 7.14 3 900 1093 14.9 7.6 62 7.3 10.6 136 5 296.8 298.1 288.1 318.1 7.27 4 850 1574 10.9 6.2 73 4.7 8.2 255 4 297.5 298.8 288.1 318.0 6.99 5 800 2076 7.2 0.8 64 6.4 4.0 277 9 298.8 299.8 286.7 314.0 5.08 6 750 2603 3.4 0.3 80 3.1 1.9 274 10 300.3 301.3 287.4 316.0 5.23 7 700 3160 0.4 -1.9 84 2.3 -0.7 262 15 302.9 303.8 287.9 317.4 4.75 8 650 3755 0.3 -8.2 53 8.5 -3.3 263 15 309.3 309.9 288.5 319.3 3.17 9 600 4395 -1.3 -26.6 13 25.2 -8.4 255 23 314.6 314.7 287.8 317.1 0.73 10 550 5082 -5.5 -28.3 15 22.8 -11.3 252 33 317.6 317.7 288.7 319.9 0.67 11 500 5820 -12.2 -20.6 50 8.4 -14.7 251 43 318.1 318.4 289.7 323.2 1.48 12 450 6616 -17.5 -20.0 80 2.6 -18.2 254 47 321.3 321.6 290.9 327.2 1.73 13 400 7491 -21.7 -23.4 85 1.8 -22.1 260 48 326.8 327.1 292.2 331.9 1.44 14 350 8460 -29.2 -33.8 64 4.7 -29.9 257 55 329.4 329.5 292.2 331.7 0.63 15 300 9545 -36.5 -42.8 52 6.3 -37.1 266 65 333.9 333.9 293.0 335.0 0.29 16 250 10783 -46.9 -50.3 68 3.4 -47.0 261 72 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.0 0.15 17 200 12216 -58.8 -61.8 68 3.0 -58.9 271 77 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.05 18 150 14025 -58.3 -81.6 3 23.3 -58.5 270 56 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16544 -62.2 -88.3 2 26.1 -62.4 273 33 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5629.81 m Freezing level: 640.94 mb = 3870.97 m = 12699.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.25 mb = 3008.67 m = 9870.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.82 % Est. max temperature: 25.48 C = 77.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.81 mb = 834.06 m = 2736.38 ft T: 16.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.75 C/km ThetaE index: 8.26 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.21 mb = 1909.84 m = 6265.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.58 C = 79.85 F Cap Strength: 5.97 C Lifted Index: 4.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.11 C Showalter Index: 5.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.10 C Cross Totals Index: 18.38 C K Index: 26.93 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 124.29 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8200.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.69 mb = 1507.78 m = 4946.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.5 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 282.5 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.4 neg: -6.0 tot: 43.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 111.66 m/s