MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1012 76 25.3 13.7 48 11.7 17.8 130 2 297.5 299.2 290.5 325.8 9.75 1 1000 179 24.0 12.3 48 11.7 16.6 132 2 297.1 298.7 289.8 323.3 9.00 2 950 624 19.6 10.9 57 8.7 14.2 139 3 297.1 298.6 289.4 322.2 8.63 3 900 1086 15.3 9.2 67 6.0 11.7 152 3 297.2 298.7 289.0 321.0 8.16 4 850 1567 11.1 6.5 73 4.7 8.5 199 3 297.8 299.1 288.3 318.7 7.13 5 800 2070 7.6 3.0 73 4.6 5.1 262 5 299.2 300.3 287.7 316.8 5.93 6 750 2599 4.4 -0.2 72 4.6 2.1 251 7 301.4 302.3 287.6 316.6 5.04 7 700 3158 1.9 1.4 96 0.5 1.7 249 7 304.6 305.8 289.7 323.0 6.06 8 650 3755 0.7 -16.3 27 17.0 -5.3 246 15 309.8 310.1 287.1 315.1 1.64 9 600 4394 -2.5 -22.0 21 19.5 -8.4 253 22 313.2 313.4 287.7 316.9 1.09 10 550 5079 -5.8 -25.2 20 19.4 -11.2 253 32 317.2 317.3 288.8 320.2 0.89 11 500 5818 -10.6 -29.5 19 18.9 -15.0 259 36 320.2 320.3 289.5 322.5 0.66 12 450 6621 -15.3 -35.6 16 20.3 -19.1 266 43 324.1 324.1 290.5 325.6 0.41 13 400 7501 -20.6 -38.1 19 17.5 -23.5 260 50 328.2 328.2 291.6 329.5 0.36 14 350 8472 -29.0 -33.5 65 4.5 -29.7 263 51 329.7 329.8 292.3 332.0 0.65 15 300 9563 -35.0 -38.0 74 3.0 -35.4 265 63 336.1 336.2 293.8 337.9 0.48 16 250 10805 -46.2 -49.6 68 3.4 -46.4 266 73 337.3 337.4 293.8 338.0 0.17 17 200 12241 -59.4 -63.0 63 3.6 -59.5 271 75 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.04 18 150 14035 -60.2 -79.6 6 19.3 -60.4 268 59 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.00 19 100 16549 -62.8 -87.1 2 24.3 -63.0 265 34 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.79 m Freezing level: 639.06 mb = 3895.10 m = 12779.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.09 mb = 3296.64 m = 10815.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.51 % Est. max temperature: 25.55 C = 77.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.72 mb = 1540.29 m = 5053.37 ft T: 11.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.70 C/km ThetaE index: 9.26 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.60 mb = 1899.81 m = 6232.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.63 C = 79.93 F Cap Strength: 4.19 C Lifted Index: 4.43 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.45 C Showalter Index: 6.54 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.70 C Cross Totals Index: 17.01 C K Index: 27.63 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 120.32 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.83 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.14 mb = 1703.60 m = 5589.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.14 mb = 2478.09 m = 8130.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 731.14 mb = 2805.42 m = 9204.02 ft B at Equ Level: 0.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 721.14 mb = 2917.11 m = 9570.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.8 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 280.8 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.9 neg: -1.1 tot: 14.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 32.76 m/s