MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 26.6 16.7 55 9.9 19.9 308 4 298.9 301.1 292.7 333.7 11.92 1 1000 159 24.6 15.5 57 9.1 18.6 309 4 297.8 299.8 291.7 330.0 11.11 2 950 605 20.0 14.5 70 5.6 16.4 308 6 297.5 299.5 291.5 329.3 10.96 3 900 1068 15.8 11.6 76 4.1 13.2 310 9 297.8 299.5 290.5 325.7 9.59 4 850 1551 12.1 8.7 80 3.4 10.1 291 10 298.8 300.4 289.8 323.3 8.33 5 800 2056 9.0 2.9 66 6.1 5.8 270 13 300.8 301.9 288.2 318.4 5.91 6 750 2588 6.4 -3.1 50 9.6 1.9 273 15 303.6 304.3 287.4 316.0 4.05 7 700 3152 4.7 -6.6 44 11.3 -0.3 276 17 307.7 308.3 288.2 318.2 3.34 8 650 3752 1.0 -13.3 34 14.3 -4.4 267 13 310.1 310.5 287.7 316.9 2.11 9 600 4390 -1.7 -31.3 8 29.5 -9.0 306 12 314.1 314.2 287.3 315.8 0.47 10 550 5078 -4.8 -38.8 5 34.0 -11.7 315 23 318.4 318.4 288.5 319.3 0.24 11 500 5821 -8.8 -36.7 8 27.8 -14.5 305 31 322.3 322.3 289.8 323.5 0.33 12 450 6626 -14.7 -39.8 10 25.0 -19.0 302 34 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.7 0.27 13 400 7507 -20.6 -48.2 7 27.6 -23.9 304 37 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.6 0.12 14 350 8480 -27.9 -47.6 13 19.7 -29.9 300 41 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.7 0.15 15 300 9568 -37.0 -55.5 13 18.6 -38.0 284 48 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.07 16 250 10801 -47.5 -62.9 15 15.4 -47.9 274 50 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.6 0.03 17 200 12234 -58.2 -66.2 35 7.9 -58.3 271 50 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.6 0.03 18 150 14024 -61.5 -78.7 8 17.2 -61.7 285 52 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16525 -62.7 -87.0 2 24.3 -62.9 291 26 406.6 406.6 306.0 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.23 m Freezing level: 631.65 mb = 3986.14 m = 13077.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.45 mb = 3065.33 m = 10056.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.78 % Est. max temperature: 26.30 C = 79.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.49 mb = 1320.69 m = 4332.93 ft T: 13.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 17.72 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.62 mb = 1475.47 m = 4840.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.34 C = 79.42 F Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lifted Index: 2.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.71 C Showalter Index: 5.79 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.48 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.96 C Cross Totals Index: 17.52 C K Index: 18.38 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.17 mb = 1352.80 m = 4438.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.17 mb = 1697.51 m = 5569.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 725.17 mb = 2863.05 m = 9393.09 ft B at Equ Level: 16.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 635.17 mb = 3935.97 m = 12913.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.8 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 324.8 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.7 neg: -0.1 tot: 17.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.17 Bulk Shear: 14.15 m/s