MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 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 26.5 15.2 50 11.3 19.1 356 1 299.1 301.1 292.0 330.9 10.88 1 1000 134 27.3 13.5 43 13.8 18.4 317 2 300.4 302.2 291.5 329.2 9.78 2 950 585 23.2 12.2 50 11.0 16.2 288 3 300.8 302.5 291.3 328.6 9.46 3 900 1052 18.6 11.2 62 7.4 14.0 280 3 300.7 302.4 291.2 328.2 9.34 4 850 1539 14.0 10.4 79 3.6 11.8 278 3 300.8 302.5 291.3 328.5 9.38 5 800 2047 9.4 7.6 89 1.8 8.3 281 4 301.1 302.7 290.4 325.5 8.22 6 750 2579 6.4 -4.7 45 11.1 1.3 301 11 303.5 304.2 286.9 314.6 3.60 7 700 3142 4.5 -17.5 18 22.0 -3.2 287 19 307.4 307.7 286.0 311.9 1.38 8 650 3743 3.0 -34.1 5 37.1 -6.1 282 17 312.4 312.4 286.6 313.6 0.33 9 600 4387 -0.0 -34.6 5 34.6 -8.2 275 16 316.1 316.2 287.9 317.3 0.34 10 550 5078 -3.1 -41.4 3 38.2 -10.8 265 18 320.4 320.4 289.0 321.1 0.19 11 500 5825 -8.1 -33.3 11 25.3 -13.7 270 21 323.2 323.3 290.2 324.9 0.46 12 450 6632 -14.3 -35.4 15 21.1 -18.4 282 23 325.3 325.4 290.8 326.9 0.42 13 400 7513 -21.0 -41.6 14 20.6 -24.0 284 28 327.7 327.7 291.3 328.6 0.25 14 350 8483 -28.3 -53.6 7 25.3 -30.4 274 31 330.6 330.6 292.0 330.9 0.07 15 300 9569 -37.0 -54.1 15 17.0 -38.1 270 36 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.5 0.08 16 250 10802 -47.7 -52.5 58 4.8 -47.9 259 47 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.6 0.12 17 200 12234 -57.8 -66.2 33 8.4 -57.9 271 50 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.03 18 150 14032 -60.9 -78.5 8 17.6 -61.1 282 44 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16532 -62.9 -87.2 2 24.3 -63.1 275 30 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.70 m Freezing level: 600.31 mb = 4382.60 m = 14378.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 735.40 mb = 2739.45 m = 8987.58 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.80 % Est. max temperature: 28.23 C = 82.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.41 mb = 1505.11 m = 4937.96 ft T: 14.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.67 C/km ThetaE index: 16.54 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.86 mb = 1985.83 m = 6515.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.53 C = 83.36 F Cap Strength: 3.94 C Lifted Index: 3.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.58 C Showalter Index: 3.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.05 C Cross Totals Index: 18.49 C K Index: 10.54 Risk: None Sweat Index: 152.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.81 mb = 1924.22 m = 6313.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.81 mb = 2079.89 m = 6823.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 726.81 mb = 2835.41 m = 9302.40 ft B at Equ Level: 7.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 686.81 mb = 3296.50 m = 10815.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.1 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 308.1 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: -1.3 tot: 7.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.59 Bulk Shear: 13.73 m/s