MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1012 59 27.0 12.9 42 14.1 17.9 180 2 299.1 300.8 290.6 326.3 9.26 1 1000 160 25.2 11.7 43 13.5 16.7 176 2 298.3 299.9 289.9 323.7 8.67 2 950 607 20.7 10.6 52 10.1 14.4 184 3 298.2 299.7 289.6 322.9 8.46 3 900 1070 16.2 9.9 66 6.3 12.4 189 4 298.2 299.8 289.8 323.2 8.55 4 850 1553 11.5 8.9 84 2.6 9.9 193 4 298.2 299.7 289.6 322.8 8.43 5 800 2057 7.8 5.7 86 2.1 6.6 275 12 299.5 300.8 288.9 320.7 7.18 6 750 2586 4.4 1.5 81 2.9 2.9 261 13 301.4 302.4 288.2 318.4 5.68 7 700 3145 2.6 -7.4 48 9.9 -1.7 264 18 305.3 305.9 287.1 315.1 3.14 8 650 3743 1.0 -20.8 18 21.8 -5.9 268 19 310.1 310.3 286.7 313.9 1.12 9 600 4381 -2.5 -21.4 22 18.9 -8.4 265 23 313.2 313.4 287.8 317.1 1.15 10 550 5065 -6.9 -28.7 16 21.8 -12.3 259 30 315.9 316.0 288.1 318.1 0.65 11 500 5801 -11.3 -37.8 9 26.5 -16.2 263 33 319.2 319.3 288.8 320.3 0.29 12 450 6602 -15.2 -45.6 6 30.4 -19.6 271 42 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.7 0.14 13 400 7481 -21.6 -41.0 16 19.4 -24.4 263 47 326.9 326.9 291.1 327.9 0.26 14 350 8448 -28.9 -35.7 52 6.8 -29.9 261 56 329.8 329.9 292.2 331.7 0.52 15 300 9536 -36.4 -41.9 57 5.5 -36.9 260 75 334.1 334.2 293.2 335.3 0.32 16 250 10774 -45.4 -57.0 26 11.7 -45.9 274 74 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.9 0.07 17 200 12227 -55.6 -64.7 31 9.1 -55.8 285 82 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.03 18 150 14038 -59.9 -80.3 5 20.4 -60.1 269 62 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 19 100 16549 -61.8 -84.6 3 22.8 -62.0 275 35 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5640.90 m Freezing level: 635.61 mb = 3926.62 m = 12882.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.37 mb = 2934.94 m = 9628.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.84 % Est. max temperature: 26.03 C = 78.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.84 mb = 1822.52 m = 5979.33 ft T: 9.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 9.33 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.23 mb = 1981.77 m = 6501.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.14 C = 80.84 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: 3.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.78 C Showalter Index: 3.53 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.83 C Cross Totals Index: 20.20 C K Index: 21.75 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 148.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.26 mb = 1858.78 m = 6098.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.26 mb = 2324.66 m = 7626.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 724.26 mb = 2868.78 m = 9411.89 ft B at Equ Level: 6.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 694.26 mb = 3211.41 m = 10535.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.8 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 290.8 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.4 neg: -0.2 tot: 40.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 36.36 m/s