MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 75 18.8 17.1 90 1.7 17.7 253 1 291.2 293.3 290.5 325.8 12.26 1 1000 159 20.7 16.3 76 4.4 17.8 255 7 293.8 295.9 290.9 327.3 11.71 2 950 603 19.6 13.4 68 6.2 15.6 289 7 297.0 298.9 290.7 326.6 10.21 3 900 1066 15.6 12.1 79 3.6 13.4 298 8 297.6 299.4 290.6 326.3 9.87 4 850 1548 12.0 10.7 91 1.4 11.2 291 9 298.8 300.5 290.7 326.6 9.54 5 800 2053 8.5 6.0 85 2.4 7.1 279 10 300.2 301.5 289.3 322.0 7.37 6 750 2583 5.0 -0.8 66 5.8 2.1 271 11 302.0 302.9 287.6 316.6 4.82 7 700 3145 4.3 -6.9 44 11.3 -0.7 294 14 307.3 307.9 287.9 317.4 3.24 8 650 3744 0.7 -9.6 46 10.3 -3.6 298 17 309.7 310.3 288.3 318.8 2.83 9 600 4381 -3.4 -18.2 31 14.8 -8.3 306 18 312.2 312.5 287.8 317.2 1.51 10 550 5065 -5.3 -38.3 5 33.0 -12.0 309 30 317.8 317.8 288.3 318.7 0.25 11 500 5808 -9.2 -41.1 6 31.9 -15.0 303 37 321.8 321.9 289.5 322.6 0.21 12 450 6612 -16.1 -33.9 20 17.8 -19.5 302 42 323.1 323.1 290.2 324.8 0.48 13 400 7486 -22.6 -44.4 12 21.8 -25.4 308 47 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.3 0.18 14 350 8453 -28.2 -56.0 5 27.8 -30.4 315 60 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.0 0.06 15 300 9542 -36.3 -56.9 10 20.6 -37.5 306 62 334.1 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.06 16 250 10779 -46.2 -62.9 13 16.7 -46.7 292 65 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.03 17 200 12220 -58.6 -67.8 30 9.2 -58.7 284 63 340.0 340.0 294.3 340.1 0.02 18 150 14013 -58.8 -79.4 5 20.5 -59.0 286 46 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16528 -61.9 -88.8 2 27.0 -62.1 285 28 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.16 m Freezing level: 641.59 mb = 3851.20 m = 12635.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.15 mb = 3004.77 m = 9858.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.92 % Est. max temperature: 26.21 C = 79.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.04 mb = 289.20 m = 948.81 ft T: 20.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 10.05 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.15 mb = 1487.18 m = 4879.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.29 C = 79.33 F Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lifted Index: 3.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.21 C Showalter Index: 3.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.13 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.24 C Cross Totals Index: 19.89 C K Index: 20.65 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.32 mb = 1157.04 m = 3796.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.32 mb = 1998.07 m = 6555.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 725.32 mb = 2855.63 m = 9368.76 ft B at Equ Level: 34.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 625.32 mb = 4052.08 m = 13294.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.4 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 328.4 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.2 neg: -0.3 tot: 36.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.98 Bulk Shear: 17.73 m/s