MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 22.7 14.9 62 7.8 17.7 142 3 294.8 296.7 290.3 325.2 10.58 1 1000 163 23.8 14.3 55 9.5 17.6 166 10 296.9 298.8 290.8 326.7 10.28 2 950 609 20.4 12.8 62 7.6 15.5 176 9 297.8 299.6 290.7 326.4 9.82 3 900 1073 16.3 10.5 68 5.8 12.7 206 6 298.3 299.9 290.0 324.3 8.89 4 850 1555 11.7 9.6 87 2.1 10.4 227 7 298.4 300.0 290.0 324.3 8.85 5 800 2059 7.7 3.7 76 4.0 5.5 305 12 299.4 300.5 288.1 317.9 6.24 6 750 2588 5.4 -6.6 41 12.1 0.2 315 17 302.5 303.1 286.1 312.0 3.10 7 700 3150 4.0 -20.8 14 24.8 -3.9 298 17 306.9 307.1 285.5 310.4 1.04 8 650 3748 0.7 -14.5 31 15.2 -4.9 280 18 309.7 310.1 287.4 315.9 1.91 9 600 4386 -3.3 -14.3 42 11.1 -7.3 273 22 312.3 312.7 288.5 319.2 2.10 10 550 5068 -7.3 -26.9 19 19.6 -12.3 266 28 315.4 315.6 288.1 318.1 0.77 11 500 5804 -11.7 -31.3 18 19.5 -16.0 262 32 318.7 318.8 288.9 320.7 0.56 12 450 6601 -17.2 -40.4 11 23.2 -20.8 260 40 321.7 321.7 289.5 322.6 0.25 13 400 7473 -23.4 -47.0 10 23.6 -26.1 261 50 324.6 324.6 290.3 325.1 0.14 14 350 8437 -29.1 -50.1 11 21.0 -31.0 264 66 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.9 0.11 15 300 9526 -34.5 -58.5 7 24.0 -36.0 263 83 336.7 336.7 293.6 336.9 0.05 16 250 10779 -42.6 -55.3 24 12.7 -43.2 282 91 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.1 0.08 17 200 12248 -54.4 -58.1 63 3.8 -54.5 284 118 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.0 0.07 18 150 14042 -61.5 -77.6 10 16.1 -61.7 277 56 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16544 -61.3 -88.4 2 27.1 -61.5 281 30 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.09 m Freezing level: 641.22 mb = 3860.37 m = 12665.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 747.62 mb = 2614.31 m = 8577.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.44 % Est. max temperature: 26.26 C = 79.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.78 mb = 1046.13 m = 3432.13 ft T: 16.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 16.35 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.60 mb = 1637.85 m = 5373.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.43 C = 79.57 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: 1.36 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.14 C Showalter Index: 2.36 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.43 C Cross Totals Index: 21.33 C K Index: 8.22 Risk: None Sweat Index: 161.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.12 mb = 1504.55 m = 4936.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 820.12 mb = 1852.90 m = 6078.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 730.12 mb = 2807.19 m = 9209.82 ft B at Equ Level: 22.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 670.12 mb = 3502.43 m = 11490.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.8 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 300.8 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 177.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.7 neg: -8.7 tot: 38.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 60.60 m/s