MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1014 59 26.0 12.9 44 13.2 17.7 182 2 298.0 299.7 290.3 325.0 9.24 1 1000 180 24.0 11.5 45 12.5 16.2 179 2 297.1 298.7 289.3 322.0 8.53 2 950 625 19.7 10.1 54 9.6 13.8 171 3 297.1 298.6 289.0 321.0 8.18 3 900 1087 15.2 8.8 66 6.4 11.4 171 4 297.2 298.6 288.8 320.3 7.92 4 850 1567 10.6 7.8 83 2.7 9.0 179 4 297.2 298.6 288.8 320.1 7.85 5 800 2069 6.8 5.0 88 1.8 5.8 255 8 298.4 299.7 288.3 318.5 6.84 6 750 2597 4.3 3.6 95 0.7 3.9 267 11 301.2 302.4 289.0 320.9 6.61 7 700 3157 2.0 -1.2 79 3.2 0.4 260 13 304.7 305.6 288.7 319.9 5.00 8 650 3753 0.9 -13.7 33 14.6 -4.6 262 19 310.0 310.3 287.6 316.6 2.04 9 600 4392 -2.7 -19.9 25 17.2 -8.2 267 24 313.0 313.3 287.9 317.4 1.31 10 550 5076 -6.6 -25.1 21 18.5 -11.6 257 32 316.3 316.4 288.5 319.4 0.91 11 500 5814 -11.2 -28.6 22 17.4 -15.3 256 38 319.4 319.6 289.3 322.0 0.72 12 450 6613 -16.6 -27.2 40 10.5 -19.1 266 45 322.3 322.5 290.4 325.5 0.91 13 400 7489 -21.3 -40.2 17 18.9 -24.1 263 54 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.4 0.29 14 350 8460 -28.8 -45.1 19 16.3 -30.5 260 56 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.7 0.19 15 300 9548 -36.0 -47.6 29 11.6 -37.0 265 71 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.3 0.17 16 250 10788 -45.9 -52.4 48 6.5 -46.2 258 75 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.3 0.12 17 200 12228 -57.8 -64.6 42 6.8 -58.0 273 78 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.03 18 150 14031 -59.6 -80.1 5 20.5 -59.9 269 55 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.00 19 100 16545 -62.0 -88.9 2 26.9 -62.2 264 33 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5633.76 m Freezing level: 637.59 mb = 3911.93 m = 12834.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.27 mb = 3199.94 m = 10498.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.28 % Est. max temperature: 25.24 C = 77.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.02 mb = 1704.65 m = 5592.61 ft T: 9.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.94 C/km ThetaE index: 6.43 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.89 mb = 1896.18 m = 6220.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.04 C = 78.87 F Cap Strength: 3.98 C Lifted Index: 4.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.92 C Showalter Index: 5.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.71 C Cross Totals Index: 18.98 C K Index: 26.37 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 139.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.46 mb = 1799.85 m = 5904.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.46 mb = 2157.07 m = 7076.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 771.46 mb = 2366.56 m = 7764.22 ft B at Equ Level: 2.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 731.46 mb = 2800.48 m = 9187.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.9 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 286.9 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 28.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 35.96 m/s