MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1010 76 26.1 14.0 47 12.1 18.2 124 2 298.4 300.2 291.0 327.5 9.99 1 1000 161 24.8 12.6 47 12.2 17.1 122 2 297.9 299.6 290.2 324.8 9.20 2 950 607 20.4 11.2 56 9.2 14.7 142 2 297.9 299.5 289.9 323.6 8.82 3 900 1070 16.2 9.4 64 6.8 12.1 174 3 298.2 299.7 289.5 322.4 8.27 4 850 1553 12.3 5.4 63 6.9 8.5 218 6 299.0 300.3 288.3 318.7 6.64 5 800 2058 8.5 1.2 60 7.3 4.8 264 9 300.2 301.2 287.4 315.9 5.23 6 750 2587 4.9 -1.3 64 6.2 1.9 252 8 301.9 302.7 287.4 315.9 4.65 7 700 3147 1.6 -1.3 81 2.9 0.1 255 10 304.2 305.1 288.5 319.3 4.96 8 650 3744 1.3 -19.8 19 21.2 -5.6 256 17 310.5 310.7 286.9 314.5 1.22 9 600 4383 -2.3 -19.1 26 16.7 -7.8 260 22 313.4 313.7 288.1 318.1 1.41 10 550 5068 -6.4 -27.0 18 20.6 -11.8 259 30 316.4 316.6 288.5 319.1 0.76 11 500 5806 -10.4 -39.1 8 28.7 -15.7 259 33 320.3 320.4 289.2 321.3 0.26 12 450 6609 -14.7 -47.9 4 33.2 -19.3 262 41 324.7 324.8 290.3 325.2 0.11 13 400 7491 -20.7 -37.1 21 16.4 -23.4 255 45 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.6 0.39 14 350 8461 -28.7 -36.3 48 7.6 -29.8 263 54 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.8 0.49 15 300 9553 -35.2 -39.3 66 4.1 -35.7 260 69 335.8 335.9 293.7 337.4 0.42 16 250 10795 -45.7 -49.7 65 3.9 -46.0 254 71 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.7 0.16 17 200 12235 -59.1 -62.3 66 3.2 -59.2 257 73 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.04 18 150 14030 -60.3 -79.6 6 19.3 -60.4 268 56 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.3 0.00 19 100 16540 -62.1 -89.0 2 26.9 -62.3 266 33 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.45 m Freezing level: 631.78 mb = 3977.03 m = 13047.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.80 mb = 3160.49 m = 10368.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.59 % Est. max temperature: 26.56 C = 79.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.82 mb = 1593.88 m = 5229.19 ft T: 12.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.51 C/km ThetaE index: 11.65 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.91 mb = 2016.98 m = 6617.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.83 C = 82.09 F Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lifted Index: 3.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.44 C Showalter Index: 6.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.73 C Cross Totals Index: 15.84 C K Index: 25.26 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 109.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.53 mb = 1755.71 m = 5760.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.53 mb = 2537.85 m = 8326.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 684.53 mb = 3326.79 m = 10914.53 ft B at Equ Level: 6.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 664.53 mb = 3565.84 m = 11698.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.6 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 285.6 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.7 neg: -0.5 tot: 27.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 34.99 m/s