MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 9Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 34.93,-79.24 Latitude: 34.93 Longitude: -79.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 75 17.4 14.8 85 2.6 15.7 67 3 289.5 291.3 288.4 318.9 10.47 1 1000 184 21.0 14.3 66 6.7 16.7 105 13 294.1 295.9 289.9 323.6 10.29 2 950 627 19.0 7.6 47 11.5 12.4 97 6 296.5 297.7 287.6 316.6 6.88 3 900 1088 14.9 6.9 59 8.0 10.3 175 2 296.9 298.1 287.8 317.2 6.94 4 850 1568 10.4 6.0 74 4.4 7.9 225 4 297.0 298.3 287.8 317.2 6.89 5 800 2069 6.1 3.1 81 3.0 4.5 265 6 297.7 298.7 287.2 315.3 5.98 6 750 2594 3.7 -4.6 55 8.3 -0.0 285 8 300.6 301.3 285.9 311.6 3.63 7 700 3155 3.5 -3.1 62 6.6 0.4 279 15 306.4 307.2 288.7 319.8 4.35 8 650 3754 2.0 -26.4 10 28.4 -6.1 256 19 311.2 311.3 286.6 313.5 0.68 9 600 4396 -0.7 -23.8 15 23.1 -7.6 252 25 315.3 315.5 288.3 318.6 0.94 10 550 5085 -4.4 -29.6 12 25.3 -10.8 252 30 318.9 319.0 289.0 321.0 0.60 11 500 5827 -10.2 -30.9 17 20.7 -14.9 253 36 320.6 320.7 289.6 322.7 0.58 12 450 6628 -16.2 -33.3 21 17.1 -19.6 258 41 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.8 0.51 13 400 7504 -21.7 -24.5 78 2.8 -22.4 255 47 326.8 327.1 292.1 331.5 1.32 14 350 8476 -28.2 -31.0 77 2.8 -28.7 263 52 330.7 330.9 292.7 333.7 0.82 15 300 9566 -36.0 -39.1 73 3.1 -36.4 267 62 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.2 0.43 16 250 10803 -46.7 -50.3 67 3.6 -46.9 277 68 336.6 336.7 293.6 337.3 0.15 17 200 12240 -58.5 -63.2 55 4.7 -58.6 286 78 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.04 18 150 14043 -60.0 -81.5 4 21.5 -60.2 271 58 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16546 -63.1 -87.3 2 24.2 -63.3 272 34 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.20 m Freezing level: 612.63 mb = 4233.47 m = 13889.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 750.42 mb = 2589.58 m = 8495.91 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.27 % Est. max temperature: 24.91 C = 76.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.93 mb = 411.97 m = 1351.58 ft T: 19.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 7.01 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.31 mb = 1861.48 m = 6107.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.33 C = 77.59 F Cap Strength: 7.44 C Lifted Index: 6.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.51 C Showalter Index: 7.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.57 C Cross Totals Index: 16.15 C K Index: 19.90 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 116.06 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8786.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.62 mb = 1620.18 m = 5315.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.5 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 284.5 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.3 neg: -7.8 tot: 28.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 85.68 m/s