MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 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 23.1 14.6 59 8.5 17.7 82 3 295.5 297.4 290.4 325.5 10.42 1 1000 159 24.3 13.5 51 10.8 17.4 98 5 297.4 299.2 290.5 325.8 9.76 2 950 606 20.5 11.5 56 9.0 14.9 138 5 298.0 299.6 290.0 324.3 8.99 3 900 1069 16.5 10.2 66 6.3 12.6 178 5 298.5 300.1 289.9 323.9 8.68 4 850 1553 12.5 6.6 68 5.8 9.1 216 5 299.2 300.5 288.9 320.5 7.22 5 800 2058 8.6 5.9 83 2.7 7.1 291 11 300.3 301.6 289.3 321.9 7.29 6 750 2588 4.6 -0.9 68 5.5 1.9 281 10 301.5 302.4 287.4 316.0 4.78 7 700 3147 2.4 -10.7 37 13.1 -2.8 279 14 305.1 305.6 286.3 312.8 2.42 8 650 3745 1.1 -21.6 16 22.7 -6.0 275 18 310.2 310.4 286.6 313.7 1.04 9 600 4383 -2.7 -19.4 26 16.7 -8.1 266 22 313.0 313.3 287.9 317.6 1.37 10 550 5066 -7.1 -23.5 26 16.4 -11.7 266 26 315.7 315.9 288.5 319.2 1.05 11 500 5802 -11.0 -34.2 13 23.2 -15.8 262 31 319.6 319.6 289.1 321.1 0.42 12 450 6604 -15.7 -40.9 10 25.1 -19.8 261 39 323.4 323.5 290.0 324.3 0.24 13 400 7481 -21.6 -39.3 19 17.7 -24.3 251 46 326.9 326.9 291.2 328.1 0.32 14 350 8450 -28.3 -40.1 31 11.8 -29.9 254 61 330.6 330.6 292.2 331.8 0.33 15 300 9536 -37.3 -52.7 19 15.3 -38.3 251 62 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.10 16 250 10769 -46.3 -66.3 9 20.1 -46.8 264 58 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.4 0.02 17 200 12218 -55.4 -69.9 15 14.5 -55.7 267 61 345.0 345.0 295.5 345.0 0.02 18 150 14027 -60.2 -80.5 5 20.3 -60.4 268 56 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.00 19 100 16542 -61.7 -86.2 2 24.5 -61.9 265 33 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5642.99 m Freezing level: 635.30 mb = 3932.25 m = 12900.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.79 mb = 2809.19 m = 9216.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.52 % Est. max temperature: 26.74 C = 80.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.84 mb = 1155.95 m = 3792.43 ft T: 15.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 9.11 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.91 mb = 1934.71 m = 6347.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.70 C = 81.86 F Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lifted Index: 2.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: 5.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.51 C Cross Totals Index: 17.68 C K Index: 17.08 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 121.70 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.42 mb = 1666.97 m = 5468.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.42 mb = 2335.38 m = 7661.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 703.42 mb = 3107.40 m = 10194.75 ft B at Equ Level: 16.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 653.42 mb = 3702.28 m = 12146.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.9 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 295.9 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.9 neg: -0.2 tot: 49.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 53.18 m/s