MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 76 24.7 15.9 58 8.8 18.8 118 5 296.7 298.7 291.5 329.3 11.26 1 1000 188 22.8 14.5 59 8.4 17.4 120 6 296.0 297.8 290.6 326.0 10.40 2 950 632 19.0 7.2 46 11.9 12.2 122 8 296.5 297.7 287.4 316.0 6.69 3 900 1093 15.0 7.3 60 7.7 10.6 146 3 296.9 298.2 288.0 317.8 7.14 4 850 1573 10.7 6.5 75 4.2 8.3 272 2 297.3 298.6 288.2 318.3 7.15 5 800 2075 7.1 3.0 75 4.2 4.9 277 6 298.8 299.8 287.5 316.3 5.93 6 750 2603 4.5 -1.2 66 5.8 1.7 280 6 301.5 302.3 287.3 315.6 4.66 7 700 3163 2.4 1.0 90 1.5 1.7 257 10 305.2 306.3 289.7 323.0 5.87 8 650 3760 0.7 -12.5 36 13.2 -4.4 255 16 309.8 310.2 287.8 317.0 2.24 9 600 4399 -2.0 -24.3 16 22.3 -8.4 251 24 313.8 314.0 287.7 316.9 0.89 10 550 5085 -5.7 -31.5 11 25.8 -11.8 251 30 317.4 317.5 288.5 319.2 0.50 11 500 5825 -10.3 -26.2 26 16.0 -14.4 253 39 320.5 320.7 289.9 323.7 0.90 12 450 6627 -15.2 -17.4 83 2.2 -15.9 259 46 324.2 324.6 292.2 331.6 2.17 13 400 7508 -20.9 -27.4 56 6.4 -22.4 259 52 327.8 328.0 292.1 331.4 1.01 14 350 8479 -28.6 -35.1 54 6.5 -29.6 264 54 330.2 330.3 292.3 332.3 0.55 15 300 9568 -35.2 -38.7 71 3.5 -35.7 264 62 335.7 335.8 293.7 337.4 0.45 16 250 10811 -46.4 -49.7 69 3.3 -46.6 263 68 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.8 0.16 17 200 12246 -58.7 -63.4 55 4.7 -58.8 276 73 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.04 18 150 14047 -60.5 -80.8 5 20.3 -60.7 269 60 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16558 -63.1 -87.3 2 24.2 -63.3 274 31 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.77 m Freezing level: 636.86 mb = 3927.75 m = 12886.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.31 mb = 3322.03 m = 10898.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.73 % Est. max temperature: 25.19 C = 77.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.40 mb = 1182.79 m = 3880.50 ft T: 14.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.77 C/km ThetaE index: 13.21 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.42 mb = 1998.37 m = 6556.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.50 C = 79.71 F Cap Strength: 5.58 C Lifted Index: 6.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.95 C Showalter Index: 7.09 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.95 C Cross Totals Index: 16.76 C K Index: 25.97 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 121.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8524.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.86 mb = 1741.51 m = 5713.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.3 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 281.3 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.1 neg: -6.8 tot: 9.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 54.44 m/s