MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 1009 75 18.2 16.8 91 1.5 17.2 215 1 290.6 292.7 290.0 324.3 11.97 1 1000 156 20.7 17.2 80 3.5 18.4 223 7 293.9 296.1 291.6 329.4 12.45 2 950 600 19.8 13.4 67 6.4 15.7 265 8 297.3 299.1 290.9 327.0 10.25 3 900 1063 15.8 12.0 78 3.8 13.4 276 8 297.8 299.5 290.7 326.4 9.84 4 850 1546 12.0 9.9 87 2.1 10.7 274 10 298.7 300.4 290.3 325.2 9.03 5 800 2051 8.4 6.8 90 1.6 7.5 271 13 300.1 301.5 289.7 323.1 7.79 6 750 2582 4.9 2.7 86 2.2 3.7 271 13 301.9 303.0 288.9 320.4 6.20 7 700 3141 1.3 -3.7 69 5.0 -1.0 281 13 303.9 304.7 287.6 316.7 4.16 8 650 3737 0.4 -13.1 35 13.5 -4.7 291 17 309.4 309.8 287.5 316.3 2.14 9 600 4374 -3.6 -14.8 42 11.1 -7.6 287 21 311.9 312.3 288.2 318.5 2.02 10 550 5055 -8.5 -23.6 28 15.1 -12.6 288 22 314.0 314.2 287.9 317.6 1.04 11 500 5786 -13.0 -30.0 23 17.0 -16.7 294 31 317.2 317.3 288.5 319.4 0.63 12 450 6584 -16.5 -50.7 3 34.2 -20.6 290 43 322.5 322.5 289.6 322.8 0.08 13 400 7458 -22.8 -51.4 6 28.5 -25.7 291 49 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.7 0.08 14 350 8420 -31.0 -49.8 14 18.9 -32.6 291 53 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.4 0.11 15 300 9495 -38.5 -56.5 13 18.0 -39.4 300 67 331.1 331.2 292.1 331.4 0.06 16 250 10728 -45.9 -62.5 14 16.6 -46.4 298 79 337.8 337.8 293.8 337.9 0.03 17 200 12179 -55.4 -68.8 17 13.5 -55.6 287 87 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.02 18 150 14002 -58.2 -80.0 5 21.8 -58.4 276 53 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16528 -61.1 -88.2 2 27.1 -61.3 286 29 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5630.40 m Freezing level: 644.97 mb = 3801.41 m = 12471.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.41 mb = 3021.26 m = 9912.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.81 % Est. max temperature: 26.20 C = 79.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.13 mb = 259.24 m = 850.53 ft T: 20.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 13.11 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.13 mb = 1436.23 m = 4711.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.17 C = 79.10 F Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lifted Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.10 C Showalter Index: 0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.01 C Cross Totals Index: 22.86 C K Index: 29.90 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 129.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.38 mb = 1135.23 m = 3724.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.38 mb = 1872.15 m = 6142.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 647.38 mb = 3769.41 m = 12366.68 ft B at Equ Level: 94.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 357.38 mb = 8269.35 m = 27130.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.9 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 313.9 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.8 neg: -0.5 tot: 38.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 6.78 Bulk Shear: 19.03 m/s