MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1011 61 27.6 16.2 50 11.4 19.9 153 4 299.8 301.9 292.6 333.5 11.51 1 1000 161 25.7 15.1 52 10.6 18.7 155 5 298.8 300.8 291.9 330.5 10.85 2 950 609 21.2 14.1 64 7.1 16.6 163 5 298.7 300.7 291.7 330.0 10.72 3 900 1074 16.6 13.2 80 3.5 14.4 171 6 298.6 300.6 291.6 329.6 10.62 4 850 1558 12.3 11.2 93 1.1 11.6 198 8 299.0 300.8 291.1 327.9 9.87 5 800 2064 8.7 7.2 90 1.5 7.8 238 15 300.4 301.9 290.0 324.0 7.99 6 750 2594 4.8 1.7 81 3.0 3.2 242 15 301.8 302.8 288.5 319.1 5.79 7 700 3153 1.4 -5.1 62 6.5 -1.5 227 13 304.0 304.7 287.2 315.5 3.74 8 650 3750 1.4 -21.9 16 23.3 -5.8 258 17 310.5 310.7 286.7 313.9 1.01 9 600 4389 -2.7 -22.6 20 20.0 -8.7 264 22 313.0 313.2 287.6 316.5 1.03 10 550 5072 -7.1 -22.8 27 15.7 -11.6 267 27 315.7 315.9 288.6 319.5 1.11 11 500 5809 -11.1 -42.3 6 31.2 -16.3 268 31 319.6 319.6 288.8 320.2 0.18 12 450 6610 -15.8 -46.4 5 30.6 -20.0 268 37 323.4 323.4 289.9 323.9 0.13 13 400 7486 -22.4 -47.8 8 25.4 -25.3 263 45 325.9 325.9 290.7 326.4 0.13 14 350 8450 -30.3 -43.0 28 12.7 -31.7 267 53 327.9 328.0 291.4 328.9 0.25 15 300 9528 -38.4 -52.1 22 13.7 -39.3 263 68 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.10 16 250 10759 -47.0 -62.3 16 15.3 -47.4 263 64 336.2 336.3 293.4 336.4 0.04 17 200 12202 -55.9 -67.5 22 11.6 -56.1 287 60 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.02 18 150 14013 -59.9 -79.3 6 19.4 -60.0 268 56 366.9 366.9 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16540 -60.8 -87.8 2 26.9 -61.1 266 30 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.17 m Freezing level: 632.93 mb = 3968.05 m = 13018.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.04 mb = 2969.66 m = 9742.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.53 % Est. max temperature: 26.76 C = 80.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.55 mb = 1492.91 m = 4897.95 ft T: 12.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.68 C/km ThetaE index: 19.52 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.32 mb = 1524.88 m = 5002.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.82 C = 80.28 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.04 C Showalter Index: 1.20 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.35 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 28.07 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 161.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.70 mb = 1501.27 m = 4925.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.70 mb = 1550.87 m = 5088.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 640.70 mb = 3864.89 m = 12679.95 ft B at Equ Level: 135.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 270.70 mb = 10221.49 m = 33534.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.3 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 281.3 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.6 neg: -8.3 tot: 51.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 3.92 Bulk Shear: 41.14 m/s