MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 18.6 16.2 86 2.4 17.1 162 2 290.9 293.0 289.8 323.6 11.57 1 1000 159 20.9 18.3 85 2.6 19.2 178 10 294.1 296.5 292.3 332.2 13.37 2 950 604 20.1 13.6 66 6.6 15.9 223 7 297.6 299.5 291.0 327.6 10.33 3 900 1067 16.0 11.9 77 4.1 13.4 250 7 298.0 299.8 290.7 326.5 9.77 4 850 1550 12.1 7.6 74 4.5 9.5 272 9 298.8 300.3 289.2 321.6 7.75 5 800 2055 8.5 4.7 77 3.8 6.4 322 11 300.2 301.4 288.8 320.1 6.70 6 750 2585 5.1 0.1 70 5.0 2.5 322 14 302.1 303.0 287.9 317.6 5.14 7 700 3146 3.2 -3.1 64 6.2 0.2 298 15 306.0 306.8 288.5 319.4 4.35 8 650 3743 -0.6 -3.7 80 3.1 -2.0 284 16 308.3 309.2 289.5 322.3 4.49 9 600 4379 -3.4 -16.5 35 13.2 -7.9 274 21 312.2 312.5 288.1 317.9 1.75 10 550 5060 -8.6 -26.6 22 18.0 -13.1 273 25 313.9 314.1 287.6 316.7 0.79 11 500 5792 -13.2 -35.0 14 21.8 -17.3 267 32 317.0 317.0 288.2 318.4 0.39 12 450 6584 -19.4 -39.6 15 20.2 -22.4 272 37 318.9 318.9 288.7 319.9 0.27 13 400 7451 -23.4 -56.9 3 33.5 -26.3 270 56 324.6 324.6 290.2 324.7 0.04 14 350 8414 -30.0 -52.9 9 22.9 -31.8 265 63 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.6 0.08 15 300 9491 -38.7 -56.4 14 17.7 -39.6 269 59 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.0 0.06 16 250 10723 -45.4 -63.5 11 18.1 -46.0 279 75 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.7 0.03 17 200 12183 -54.4 -71.1 11 16.7 -54.7 283 82 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.6 0.01 18 150 14006 -58.7 -80.5 4 21.8 -58.9 270 55 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16535 -61.2 -88.3 2 27.1 -61.4 276 29 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5632.66 m Freezing level: 657.59 mb = 3652.13 m = 11981.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.61 mb = 3196.64 m = 10487.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.18 % Est. max temperature: 26.36 C = 79.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.31 mb = 375.77 m = 1232.83 ft T: 20.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 14.65 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.33 mb = 1399.09 m = 4590.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.27 C = 79.28 F Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lifted Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.66 C Showalter Index: 2.31 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.32 C Cross Totals Index: 20.84 C K Index: 26.72 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 245.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.14 mb = 1122.48 m = 3682.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.14 mb = 1756.98 m = 5764.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 409.14 mb = 7284.48 m = 23898.92 ft B at Equ Level: 245.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 269.14 mb = 10224.61 m = 33544.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.9 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 307.9 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.3 neg: -8.1 tot: 35.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 5.73 Bulk Shear: 42.84 m/s