MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 23.7 18.3 72 5.4 20.1 109 6 295.6 298.0 292.6 333.4 13.17 1 1000 192 21.3 17.5 79 3.8 18.8 111 7 294.5 296.8 291.9 330.8 12.68 2 950 635 18.8 10.1 57 8.7 13.6 130 12 296.3 297.8 288.8 320.1 8.18 3 900 1096 15.3 8.9 66 6.3 11.5 165 7 297.2 298.7 288.9 320.5 7.98 4 850 1577 10.9 8.6 86 2.3 9.6 215 6 297.6 299.1 289.3 321.7 8.27 5 800 2080 7.1 6.0 93 1.1 6.5 252 9 298.7 300.0 288.8 320.3 7.35 6 750 2608 4.1 1.8 85 2.3 2.9 245 12 301.1 302.1 288.2 318.5 5.82 7 700 3166 0.3 -1.2 89 1.5 -0.4 274 11 302.9 303.8 288.1 318.0 5.01 8 650 3759 0.1 -14.4 33 14.5 -5.2 260 17 309.1 309.5 287.2 315.3 1.93 9 600 4398 -2.5 -23.6 18 21.2 -8.7 259 26 313.3 313.5 287.6 316.5 0.95 10 550 5082 -6.3 -27.9 16 21.6 -11.8 255 32 316.6 316.8 288.5 319.1 0.70 11 500 5820 -10.8 -35.1 12 24.2 -15.7 255 40 319.8 319.9 289.1 321.2 0.39 12 450 6620 -16.4 -29.3 32 12.9 -19.3 264 47 322.6 322.7 290.3 325.2 0.75 13 400 7496 -22.0 -37.1 24 15.1 -24.4 260 54 326.4 326.5 291.1 327.9 0.40 14 350 8464 -29.0 -45.9 18 16.9 -30.7 262 58 329.6 329.6 291.8 330.3 0.18 15 300 9549 -36.5 -41.5 60 5.0 -37.0 264 70 334.0 334.0 293.1 335.3 0.34 16 250 10787 -46.8 -50.2 68 3.4 -46.9 257 75 336.5 336.6 293.6 337.2 0.15 17 200 12220 -58.8 -62.7 60 3.9 -58.9 264 74 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.04 18 150 14025 -58.9 -80.7 4 21.8 -59.1 268 54 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16544 -62.6 -86.9 2 24.3 -62.8 263 27 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.60 m Freezing level: 647.68 mb = 3788.92 m = 12430.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.84 mb = 3098.38 m = 10165.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.72 % Est. max temperature: 25.62 C = 78.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.15 mb = 741.78 m = 2433.63 ft T: 18.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.21 C/km ThetaE index: 13.36 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.76 mb = 1520.08 m = 4987.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.69 C = 78.23 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: 3.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.91 C Showalter Index: 4.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.18 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.76 C Cross Totals Index: 19.43 C K Index: 28.81 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 77.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.08 mb = 1303.40 m = 4276.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.08 mb = 1743.66 m = 5720.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 663.08 mb = 3599.65 m = 11809.72 ft B at Equ Level: 75.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 573.08 mb = 4758.52 m = 15611.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.1 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 280.1 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.0 neg: -2.6 tot: 60.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.95 Bulk Shear: 81.25 m/s