MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 59 22.6 16.0 67 6.5 18.2 81 2 294.4 296.4 290.8 326.9 11.34 1 1000 193 20.3 15.0 72 5.3 16.9 88 2 293.5 295.4 290.0 324.3 10.79 2 950 635 18.9 6.6 45 12.3 11.9 123 7 296.4 297.5 287.1 315.2 6.43 3 900 1095 14.8 5.9 55 8.9 9.8 163 4 296.7 297.9 287.3 315.8 6.49 4 850 1575 10.3 5.8 73 4.5 7.8 228 5 297.0 298.2 287.8 316.9 6.81 5 800 2076 6.0 3.7 85 2.3 4.8 267 6 297.5 298.7 287.4 315.9 6.25 6 750 2603 4.0 -2.1 64 6.1 1.1 298 11 300.9 301.7 286.8 314.1 4.35 7 700 3161 1.2 0.3 93 0.9 0.8 280 17 303.9 304.9 289.0 320.8 5.59 8 650 3755 0.9 -16.4 26 17.3 -5.2 268 19 310.0 310.3 287.2 315.3 1.63 9 600 4395 -2.0 -22.7 19 20.7 -8.2 260 27 313.8 314.0 287.8 317.2 1.03 10 550 5082 -5.9 -28.1 15 22.2 -11.6 258 32 317.1 317.2 288.6 319.5 0.68 11 500 5819 -11.8 -20.9 47 9.1 -14.5 257 38 318.6 318.9 289.8 323.5 1.44 12 450 6617 -17.0 -23.3 58 6.3 -18.6 254 44 321.9 322.2 290.7 326.4 1.30 13 400 7493 -21.3 -23.4 83 2.1 -21.8 257 50 327.3 327.6 292.4 332.4 1.46 14 350 8464 -28.2 -39.8 32 11.5 -29.7 261 53 330.7 330.8 292.3 332.0 0.34 15 300 9554 -35.5 -43.4 44 7.9 -36.2 269 69 335.3 335.4 293.4 336.4 0.27 16 250 10798 -45.2 -48.7 68 3.4 -45.4 267 74 338.8 338.9 294.2 339.6 0.18 17 200 12241 -58.7 -62.3 63 3.7 -58.7 272 77 339.8 339.9 294.3 340.0 0.04 18 150 14040 -60.1 -79.5 6 19.4 -60.3 276 51 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 16551 -62.0 -89.0 2 26.9 -62.3 261 27 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5626.04 m Freezing level: 634.99 mb = 3947.37 m = 12950.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.46 mb = 3235.97 m = 10616.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.05 % Est. max temperature: 25.09 C = 77.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.42 mb = 885.81 m = 2906.16 ft T: 16.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.91 C/km ThetaE index: 11.70 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.66 mb = 1845.28 m = 6053.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.47 C = 77.84 F Cap Strength: 5.89 C Lifted Index: 5.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.22 C Showalter Index: 6.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.16 C Cross Totals Index: 17.62 C K Index: 27.02 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 116.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8488.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.35 mb = 1610.62 m = 5284.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.0 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 291.0 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.2 neg: -4.0 tot: 32.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 58.75 m/s