MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 20.8 15.0 69 5.8 17.1 111 3 293.1 295.0 289.8 323.6 10.68 1 1000 165 23.3 14.6 58 8.8 17.7 140 9 296.5 298.4 290.8 326.8 10.48 2 950 611 20.5 12.8 62 7.6 15.6 163 6 298.0 299.7 290.7 326.6 9.85 3 900 1075 16.1 11.5 74 4.6 13.3 201 5 298.1 299.9 290.6 326.0 9.54 4 850 1558 12.1 8.4 78 3.6 9.9 252 6 298.8 300.3 289.6 322.7 8.17 5 800 2062 8.1 5.4 83 2.7 6.6 282 11 299.8 301.1 288.9 320.7 7.06 6 750 2591 4.6 -5.5 48 10.1 0.1 297 11 301.6 302.2 286.0 311.9 3.37 7 700 3152 4.1 -25.1 10 29.2 -4.4 297 12 307.0 307.2 285.1 309.4 0.71 8 650 3749 0.3 -16.3 28 16.6 -5.5 276 17 309.3 309.6 287.0 314.7 1.65 9 600 4386 -3.0 -20.7 24 17.7 -8.5 267 22 312.7 312.9 287.7 316.8 1.23 10 550 5069 -7.7 -24.8 24 17.1 -12.3 268 26 314.9 315.1 288.1 318.1 0.93 11 500 5803 -12.2 -33.1 16 20.9 -16.4 263 30 318.2 318.3 288.7 319.9 0.47 12 450 6600 -17.1 -42.6 9 25.4 -20.8 258 40 321.7 321.8 289.5 322.5 0.20 13 400 7471 -23.4 -47.1 9 23.7 -26.1 256 48 324.5 324.6 290.3 325.1 0.14 14 350 8435 -29.6 -52.6 9 23.0 -31.4 258 58 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.1 0.08 15 300 9515 -38.3 -63.8 5 25.4 -39.4 258 59 331.4 331.4 292.1 331.5 0.02 16 250 10745 -46.5 -62.0 16 15.5 -47.0 275 69 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.1 0.04 17 200 12198 -54.6 -70.1 13 15.5 -54.9 276 79 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 14016 -60.4 -80.6 5 20.2 -60.6 274 57 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.00 19 100 16536 -60.9 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.2 270 32 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.94 m Freezing level: 645.27 mb = 3809.60 m = 12498.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 749.12 mb = 2600.88 m = 8532.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.05 % Est. max temperature: 26.38 C = 79.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.35 mb = 818.10 m = 2684.01 ft T: 18.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 17.36 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.36 mb = 1662.53 m = 5454.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.73 C = 80.11 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: 0.82 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.09 C Showalter Index: 2.75 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.23 C Cross Totals Index: 20.59 C K Index: 3.46 Risk: None Sweat Index: 142.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.10 mb = 1457.87 m = 4782.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.10 mb = 1906.69 m = 6255.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 715.10 mb = 2978.41 m = 9771.56 ft B at Equ Level: 35.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 605.10 mb = 4319.08 m = 14170.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.0 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 298.0 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.4 neg: -0.1 tot: 42.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.65 Bulk Shear: 56.43 m/s