MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 19.5 18.1 92 1.4 18.6 230 1 291.7 294.0 291.3 328.5 13.03 1 1000 158 21.1 17.2 79 3.8 18.5 213 8 294.2 296.5 291.7 329.9 12.48 2 950 602 20.2 12.2 60 8.0 15.2 240 13 297.7 299.4 290.3 325.2 9.44 3 900 1066 16.3 10.4 68 5.9 12.7 259 11 298.3 299.9 290.0 324.2 8.85 4 850 1549 12.0 10.9 94 1.0 11.3 264 12 298.7 300.4 290.9 327.0 9.70 5 800 2054 8.2 6.7 90 1.6 7.3 272 14 299.9 301.3 289.6 322.7 7.70 6 750 2584 4.4 -0.1 72 4.5 2.1 288 12 301.4 302.3 287.6 316.6 5.05 7 700 3143 3.2 -12.8 30 16.0 -2.9 276 13 306.1 306.4 286.2 312.6 2.04 8 650 3740 0.2 -16.9 26 17.0 -5.7 279 17 309.2 309.5 286.8 314.3 1.57 9 600 4377 -2.8 -25.3 16 22.4 -9.1 277 20 312.8 313.0 287.3 315.6 0.82 10 550 5059 -7.4 -29.9 15 22.5 -12.7 281 24 315.4 315.5 287.9 317.4 0.58 11 500 5794 -12.3 -37.0 11 24.7 -16.9 283 31 318.0 318.1 288.5 319.2 0.32 12 450 6591 -16.5 -48.5 4 32.0 -20.6 293 37 322.5 322.5 289.6 322.9 0.10 13 400 7465 -23.0 -47.0 9 24.0 -25.8 287 45 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.6 0.14 14 350 8428 -29.5 -53.4 8 23.9 -31.4 279 57 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.08 15 300 9513 -36.3 -61.2 6 24.9 -37.5 280 66 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.03 16 250 10756 -45.0 -61.1 15 16.1 -45.6 280 75 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.04 17 200 12206 -56.5 -62.8 45 6.3 -56.6 284 98 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.04 18 150 14018 -59.7 -79.1 6 19.4 -59.9 273 49 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16528 -61.4 -88.5 2 27.1 -61.6 289 25 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.20 m Freezing level: 647.17 mb = 3776.46 m = 12389.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.63 mb = 2818.01 m = 9245.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.20 % Est. max temperature: 26.42 C = 79.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.35 mb = 232.99 m = 764.40 ft T: 20.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 14.46 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.56 mb = 1533.30 m = 5030.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.49 C = 79.69 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: 0.56 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.16 C Showalter Index: 0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.26 C Cross Totals Index: 23.25 C K Index: 19.19 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 55.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.03 mb = 1255.54 m = 4119.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.03 mb = 1898.92 m = 6229.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 695.03 mb = 3200.39 m = 10499.83 ft B at Equ Level: 54.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 515.03 mb = 5565.65 m = 18259.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.9 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 304.9 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.3 neg: -2.6 tot: 56.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.45 Bulk Shear: 22.45 m/s