MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1008 76 28.8 15.6 45 13.2 19.9 289 4 301.2 303.3 292.8 334.0 11.13 1 1000 149 26.7 14.2 46 12.5 18.5 289 4 299.9 301.7 291.7 329.9 10.22 2 950 598 22.0 13.0 57 8.9 16.3 289 5 299.5 301.3 291.3 328.7 9.97 3 900 1064 17.4 12.0 71 5.4 14.0 288 5 299.5 301.3 291.2 328.4 9.86 4 850 1549 12.7 11.0 90 1.7 11.7 288 5 299.4 301.2 291.2 328.1 9.77 5 800 2055 9.4 1.0 56 8.3 5.1 290 13 301.1 302.1 287.6 316.6 5.15 6 750 2587 6.8 -0.4 60 7.2 3.2 291 17 304.0 304.9 288.5 319.1 4.97 7 700 3152 5.0 -10.5 31 15.5 -1.4 281 20 308.0 308.5 287.3 315.8 2.45 8 650 3752 2.3 -23.7 13 26.0 -5.6 269 16 311.5 311.7 286.9 314.5 0.87 9 600 4394 -0.5 -37.8 4 37.4 -8.7 278 12 315.6 315.6 287.6 316.5 0.25 10 550 5084 -4.0 -38.4 5 34.4 -11.2 292 17 319.3 319.4 288.8 320.2 0.25 11 500 5829 -8.5 -34.2 11 25.6 -14.1 290 24 322.7 322.7 290.0 324.2 0.42 12 450 6635 -14.3 -36.1 14 21.8 -18.5 285 30 325.2 325.3 290.7 326.6 0.39 13 400 7517 -20.5 -44.8 10 24.2 -23.8 275 34 328.3 328.3 291.4 329.0 0.18 14 350 8488 -28.7 -45.9 17 17.2 -30.5 276 37 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.8 0.18 15 300 9570 -37.9 -54.1 17 16.2 -38.9 278 42 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.08 16 250 10798 -48.4 -59.0 28 10.6 -48.7 274 47 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.3 0.05 17 200 12231 -57.5 -65.0 38 7.4 -57.7 281 63 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.03 18 150 14028 -61.3 -79.5 7 18.2 -61.4 286 50 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16530 -62.5 -86.8 2 24.4 -62.7 285 21 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.76 m Freezing level: 608.44 mb = 4285.89 m = 14061.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.17 mb = 2976.16 m = 9764.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.78 % Est. max temperature: 27.02 C = 80.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.26 mb = 1724.74 m = 5658.53 ft T: 11.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 17.43 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.80 mb = 1799.80 m = 5904.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.85 C = 82.13 F Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lifted Index: 3.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: 3.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.22 C Cross Totals Index: 19.56 C K Index: 16.74 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.33 mb = 1724.06 m = 5656.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.33 mb = 1978.55 m = 6491.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 737.33 mb = 2726.46 m = 8944.98 ft B at Equ Level: 9.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 697.33 mb = 3182.62 m = 10441.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.3 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 315.3 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.8 neg: -2.5 tot: 12.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.90 Bulk Shear: 11.43 m/s