MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 20.9 17.7 82 3.2 18.8 189 3 293.1 295.3 291.5 329.2 12.70 1 1000 159 21.3 18.0 81 3.3 19.1 188 10 294.5 296.8 292.3 332.0 13.11 2 950 604 20.2 12.9 63 7.4 15.5 213 11 297.7 299.5 290.7 326.5 9.88 3 900 1068 16.3 10.6 69 5.6 12.8 238 9 298.3 299.9 290.1 324.5 8.97 4 850 1550 11.8 9.8 88 2.0 10.6 254 9 298.5 300.1 290.2 324.6 8.96 5 800 2055 8.0 5.8 86 2.2 6.8 293 10 299.7 301.1 289.1 321.2 7.26 6 750 2585 5.1 3.8 91 1.4 4.4 289 15 302.2 303.4 289.4 322.2 6.70 7 700 3146 2.7 0.9 88 1.8 1.8 280 13 305.5 306.6 289.8 323.2 5.84 8 650 3743 -0.4 -5.0 71 4.6 -2.5 264 14 308.5 309.2 289.1 321.2 4.06 9 600 4379 -3.4 -17.1 34 13.7 -8.0 271 21 312.2 312.5 288.0 317.7 1.67 10 550 5061 -7.7 -29.4 16 21.8 -12.8 277 26 315.0 315.1 287.8 317.1 0.61 11 500 5795 -12.4 -38.6 9 26.1 -17.0 272 32 317.9 317.9 288.4 318.9 0.27 12 450 6589 -18.7 -34.9 23 16.2 -21.5 267 40 319.8 319.9 289.2 321.4 0.44 13 400 7458 -23.3 -56.8 3 33.6 -26.2 271 52 324.7 324.8 290.2 324.9 0.04 14 350 8422 -29.4 -52.2 9 22.8 -31.3 268 66 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.5 0.09 15 300 9510 -34.7 -53.8 13 19.2 -36.0 263 81 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.9 0.08 16 250 10763 -43.0 -58.4 17 15.4 -43.7 274 88 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.3 0.06 17 200 12224 -55.8 -59.2 65 3.5 -55.8 281 111 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.06 18 150 14029 -59.3 -80.1 5 20.8 -59.5 274 52 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16541 -61.1 -88.2 2 27.1 -61.3 285 27 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.47 m Freezing level: 656.84 mb = 3661.00 m = 12011.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.22 mb = 3388.71 m = 11117.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.38 % Est. max temperature: 26.27 C = 79.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.34 mb = 465.15 m = 1526.07 ft T: 20.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 7.48 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.91 mb = 1432.86 m = 4700.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.27 C = 79.29 F Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lifted Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.90 C Showalter Index: 1.49 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.18 C Cross Totals Index: 22.19 C K Index: 32.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 138.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.53 mb = 1204.60 m = 3952.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 840.53 mb = 1643.63 m = 5392.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 420.53 mb = 7088.67 m = 23256.51 ft B at Equ Level: 137.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 330.53 mb = 8826.05 m = 28956.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.2 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 299.2 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.2 neg: -4.5 tot: 41.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 3.83 Bulk Shear: 36.22 m/s