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: 35.13,-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 23.8 18.4 72 5.4 20.2 114 6 295.7 298.1 292.7 333.8 13.25 1 1000 192 21.5 17.5 78 3.9 18.8 116 8 294.6 296.9 292.0 331.0 12.70 2 950 635 18.8 9.6 55 9.2 13.3 129 12 296.2 297.7 288.5 319.2 7.91 3 900 1096 15.1 8.5 64 6.7 11.2 163 7 297.1 298.5 288.6 319.7 7.73 4 850 1577 10.8 8.2 84 2.6 9.3 214 6 297.5 299.0 289.0 321.1 8.08 5 800 2079 6.9 6.2 95 0.7 6.5 249 9 298.5 299.9 288.9 320.5 7.46 6 750 2607 4.0 2.4 89 1.6 3.2 246 13 301.0 302.1 288.5 319.1 6.08 7 700 3165 0.5 -1.4 87 1.9 -0.4 276 12 303.0 303.9 288.1 318.0 4.94 8 650 3759 -0.0 -14.4 33 14.4 -5.3 261 17 309.0 309.3 287.1 315.2 1.92 9 600 4397 -2.6 -24.2 17 21.7 -8.8 259 25 313.1 313.3 287.5 316.2 0.90 10 550 5081 -6.4 -28.8 15 22.4 -11.9 255 32 316.5 316.6 288.3 318.8 0.65 11 500 5819 -10.9 -35.8 11 24.9 -15.9 254 40 319.7 319.8 289.0 321.0 0.36 12 450 6619 -16.6 -32.1 25 15.6 -19.7 264 47 322.4 322.5 290.1 324.5 0.57 13 400 7494 -22.1 -39.0 20 16.9 -24.6 260 54 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.4 0.33 14 350 8461 -29.2 -46.4 17 17.2 -30.9 262 58 329.4 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.17 15 300 9545 -36.6 -41.6 60 5.0 -37.1 265 71 333.8 333.9 293.1 335.1 0.33 16 250 10783 -46.8 -50.2 68 3.4 -47.0 256 77 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.1 0.16 17 200 12216 -58.8 -62.8 60 4.0 -58.9 263 75 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.04 18 150 14022 -58.8 -80.6 4 21.8 -59.0 268 54 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16542 -62.4 -86.8 2 24.4 -62.6 264 26 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5626.86 m Freezing level: 650.20 mb = 3756.12 m = 12323.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.82 mb = 3098.20 m = 10164.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.47 % Est. max temperature: 25.55 C = 77.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.34 mb = 740.23 m = 2428.54 ft T: 17.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.31 C/km ThetaE index: 14.56 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.00 mb = 1537.23 m = 5043.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.64 C = 78.15 F Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lifted Index: 3.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: 4.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.79 C Cross Totals Index: 19.19 C K Index: 28.17 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.03 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 69.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.53 mb = 1327.84 m = 4356.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.53 mb = 1768.89 m = 5803.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 670.53 mb = 3509.58 m = 11514.24 ft B at Equ Level: 69.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 580.53 mb = 4655.98 m = 15275.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.1 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 280.1 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.5 neg: -1.9 tot: 58.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.84 Bulk Shear: 82.47 m/s