MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 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 25.0 13.8 50 11.2 17.8 117 2 297.1 298.9 290.5 325.7 9.83 1 1000 160 25.1 12.1 44 13.0 16.9 135 5 298.3 299.9 290.1 324.3 8.92 2 950 607 20.9 11.1 53 9.8 14.8 161 5 298.4 300.0 290.0 324.0 8.75 3 900 1071 16.4 10.1 66 6.3 12.6 183 6 298.5 300.0 289.9 323.8 8.66 4 850 1554 11.8 9.3 85 2.5 10.3 188 6 298.6 300.1 290.0 324.0 8.70 5 800 2058 7.9 5.9 87 2.0 6.8 273 11 299.6 300.9 289.1 321.2 7.31 6 750 2587 4.2 -1.5 66 5.7 1.5 276 15 301.2 302.0 287.1 314.9 4.57 7 700 3147 4.1 -37.7 3 41.8 -5.3 284 18 307.0 307.0 284.5 307.8 0.21 8 650 3745 0.6 -18.8 22 19.4 -5.8 273 18 309.7 309.9 286.8 314.1 1.33 9 600 4383 -2.8 -21.3 23 18.4 -8.5 267 23 312.8 313.1 287.7 316.7 1.17 10 550 5065 -7.7 -23.2 28 15.6 -12.0 265 29 315.0 315.2 288.3 318.6 1.07 11 500 5801 -11.2 -40.6 7 29.3 -16.3 266 31 319.3 319.4 288.8 320.2 0.22 12 450 6601 -15.9 -41.3 9 25.4 -19.9 269 40 323.2 323.2 290.0 324.1 0.23 13 400 7477 -22.2 -32.2 40 10.1 -24.1 260 51 326.2 326.3 291.3 328.5 0.64 14 350 8444 -29.4 -32.8 72 3.4 -29.9 259 67 329.2 329.3 292.2 331.7 0.70 15 300 9530 -36.1 -58.7 8 22.7 -37.3 259 73 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.05 16 250 10774 -43.6 -58.5 18 14.9 -44.3 284 77 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.06 17 200 12244 -53.8 -57.5 64 3.7 -53.9 289 129 347.6 347.6 296.2 347.9 0.08 18 150 14042 -61.9 -78.5 9 16.5 -62.1 272 64 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16543 -61.7 -88.5 2 26.8 -61.9 277 34 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.12 m Freezing level: 640.71 mb = 3863.29 m = 12674.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 739.15 mb = 2705.18 m = 8875.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.07 % Est. max temperature: 26.38 C = 79.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.58 mb = 1468.68 m = 4818.44 ft T: 12.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 16.27 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.11 mb = 1933.08 m = 6342.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.19 C = 80.94 F Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lifted Index: 2.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.95 C Showalter Index: 2.98 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.08 C Cross Totals Index: 20.57 C K Index: -9.40 Risk: None Sweat Index: 155.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.44 mb = 1807.66 m = 5930.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.44 mb = 2166.99 m = 7109.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 729.44 mb = 2812.57 m = 9227.48 ft B at Equ Level: 11.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 699.44 mb = 3153.46 m = 10345.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.0 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 295.0 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 58.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 51.98 m/s