MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1007 76 28.9 14.9 43 13.9 19.6 278 3 301.5 303.4 292.5 333.0 10.67 1 1000 133 27.8 13.8 42 14.0 18.7 277 3 301.0 302.8 291.8 330.3 9.95 2 950 584 23.2 12.5 51 10.7 16.4 277 4 300.7 302.5 291.5 329.2 9.65 3 900 1052 18.7 11.7 64 7.0 14.3 277 4 300.8 302.5 291.5 329.1 9.63 4 850 1539 13.9 10.7 81 3.2 11.9 277 4 300.7 302.5 291.4 328.9 9.56 5 800 2046 9.3 8.2 93 1.1 8.6 285 6 301.0 302.6 290.7 326.3 8.56 6 750 2578 6.3 -2.9 52 9.2 1.9 299 14 303.4 304.1 287.4 315.9 4.11 7 700 3142 4.8 -16.0 21 20.8 -2.7 287 18 307.8 308.1 286.4 312.9 1.57 8 650 3743 2.9 -28.5 8 31.4 -5.7 274 18 312.3 312.4 286.8 314.2 0.56 9 600 4386 -0.1 -40.1 3 40.0 -8.5 272 16 316.1 316.1 287.7 316.8 0.19 10 550 5078 -2.9 -36.8 5 33.9 -10.5 278 18 320.6 320.7 289.3 321.7 0.30 11 500 5826 -7.8 -31.6 13 23.8 -13.5 284 23 323.5 323.6 290.4 325.5 0.54 12 450 6634 -14.1 -34.8 15 20.7 -18.2 284 29 325.5 325.6 290.9 327.2 0.44 13 400 7515 -20.8 -41.8 13 20.9 -23.8 275 38 327.9 328.0 291.4 328.8 0.24 14 350 8486 -28.2 -51.6 9 23.4 -30.3 266 41 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.0 0.09 15 300 9569 -37.8 -54.1 17 16.2 -38.8 266 40 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.4 0.08 16 250 10799 -47.8 -57.1 33 9.4 -48.1 276 49 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.07 17 200 12233 -57.2 -67.3 27 10.1 -57.3 278 61 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.3 0.02 18 150 14034 -61.1 -78.6 8 17.5 -61.3 284 47 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16535 -62.5 -86.8 2 24.4 -62.7 274 24 407.0 407.0 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.64 m Freezing level: 600.91 mb = 4374.62 m = 14352.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.72 mb = 2802.10 m = 9193.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.82 % Est. max temperature: 28.13 C = 82.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.48 mb = 1824.33 m = 5985.26 ft T: 11.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.69 C/km ThetaE index: 20.06 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.13 mb = 1930.46 m = 6333.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.37 C = 83.07 F Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lifted Index: 3.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.62 C Showalter Index: 3.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.70 C Cross Totals Index: 18.51 C K Index: 11.65 Risk: None Sweat Index: 159.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.87 mb = 1912.60 m = 6274.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.87 mb = 1964.27 m = 6444.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 717.87 mb = 2935.97 m = 9632.32 ft B at Equ Level: 19.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 657.87 mb = 3645.61 m = 11960.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.2 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 311.2 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.6 neg: -2.1 tot: 8.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.61 Bulk Shear: 12.45 m/s