MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 18.2 15.5 84 2.7 16.5 74 3 290.2 292.2 289.1 321.2 11.00 1 1000 190 20.7 14.8 69 5.9 16.9 112 13 293.8 295.7 290.0 324.2 10.62 2 950 633 19.0 6.4 44 12.6 11.9 106 8 296.5 297.6 287.1 315.1 6.36 3 900 1094 14.9 7.1 60 7.8 10.4 145 2 296.8 298.1 287.9 317.4 7.03 4 850 1574 10.4 6.2 75 4.2 8.0 253 3 297.0 298.3 287.9 317.5 7.00 5 800 2075 6.4 3.1 79 3.4 4.6 284 6 298.0 299.1 287.3 315.7 5.97 6 750 2602 4.2 -3.2 58 7.4 0.8 322 8 301.2 301.9 286.5 313.4 4.02 7 700 3162 2.9 -0.1 81 3.0 1.4 267 11 305.7 306.7 289.5 322.3 5.44 8 650 3759 0.5 -16.4 27 16.9 -5.4 261 16 309.5 309.8 287.0 314.8 1.63 9 600 4398 -1.6 -22.3 19 20.7 -7.9 256 24 314.2 314.4 288.1 317.8 1.06 10 550 5085 -5.3 -26.8 17 21.6 -11.1 253 32 317.8 318.0 288.9 320.5 0.77 11 500 5825 -11.1 -27.3 25 16.2 -15.1 251 38 319.5 319.7 289.5 322.4 0.82 12 450 6623 -16.9 -20.4 74 3.6 -17.9 256 45 322.0 322.4 291.1 327.8 1.67 13 400 7500 -21.0 -23.6 80 2.6 -21.7 257 52 327.7 328.0 292.4 332.7 1.43 14 350 8472 -28.4 -32.0 71 3.6 -29.0 262 52 330.5 330.7 292.6 333.3 0.75 15 300 9562 -35.5 -38.6 73 3.1 -35.8 269 65 335.4 335.5 293.6 337.1 0.45 16 250 10803 -46.7 -50.3 66 3.6 -46.9 270 69 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.3 0.15 17 200 12238 -58.5 -62.3 61 3.9 -58.5 281 73 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.04 18 150 14039 -60.5 -80.8 5 20.3 -60.6 277 63 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16547 -62.7 -87.0 2 24.3 -62.9 275 33 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5634.45 m Freezing level: 638.89 mb = 3900.72 m = 12797.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.94 mb = 3278.63 m = 10756.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.87 % Est. max temperature: 24.97 C = 76.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.42 mb = 413.87 m = 1357.83 ft T: 19.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 9.10 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.45 mb = 1926.92 m = 6321.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.73 C = 78.32 F Cap Strength: 6.72 C Lifted Index: 6.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.04 C Showalter Index: 6.70 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.49 C Cross Totals Index: 17.29 C K Index: 24.73 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 118.62 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8892.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.95 mb = 1632.74 m = 5356.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.4 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 285.4 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.6 neg: -17.2 tot: 17.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 84.80 m/s