MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 19.7 18.2 91 1.5 18.7 231 1 291.9 294.2 291.4 329.0 13.11 1 1000 160 20.9 17.1 79 3.8 18.4 238 9 294.0 296.2 291.5 329.3 12.35 2 950 604 20.2 11.8 58 8.4 15.0 264 12 297.7 299.3 290.1 324.5 9.19 3 900 1068 16.1 11.6 75 4.5 13.3 283 10 298.1 299.9 290.6 326.1 9.59 4 850 1551 12.2 8.6 78 3.7 10.0 283 12 299.0 300.5 289.8 323.2 8.26 5 800 2056 8.6 -0.2 54 8.8 4.2 280 11 300.3 301.2 286.9 314.5 4.73 6 750 2586 6.3 -8.8 33 15.1 -0.0 282 10 303.4 303.9 285.9 311.5 2.61 7 700 3149 3.7 -4.3 56 8.0 -0.0 283 14 306.6 307.3 288.4 318.9 3.98 8 650 3748 1.0 -13.5 33 14.6 -4.5 293 15 310.1 310.5 287.7 316.8 2.07 9 600 4386 -2.7 -23.3 19 20.6 -8.8 288 18 312.9 313.1 287.5 316.2 0.97 10 550 5070 -6.7 -30.5 13 23.8 -12.3 294 22 316.1 316.2 288.1 318.0 0.55 11 500 5809 -9.8 -47.2 3 37.4 -15.6 302 30 321.1 321.1 289.2 321.5 0.11 12 450 6611 -16.0 -40.2 11 24.2 -20.0 298 37 323.1 323.1 290.0 324.0 0.26 13 400 7486 -22.3 -47.5 8 25.2 -25.2 300 44 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.5 0.13 14 350 8454 -28.4 -54.3 6 25.9 -30.4 305 53 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.8 0.07 15 300 9543 -35.6 -60.7 6 25.0 -37.0 302 58 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.3 0.04 16 250 10784 -45.8 -60.1 18 14.3 -46.3 286 61 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.05 17 200 12228 -58.0 -63.0 52 5.1 -58.0 277 72 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.04 18 150 14025 -59.7 -80.1 5 20.5 -59.9 278 46 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.00 19 100 16529 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -61.9 285 23 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.03 m Freezing level: 636.26 mb = 3923.03 m = 12870.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 750.45 mb = 2581.11 m = 8468.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.40 % Est. max temperature: 26.62 C = 79.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.21 mb = 245.01 m = 803.81 ft T: 20.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 14.56 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.90 mb = 1590.98 m = 5219.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.92 C = 80.46 F Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lifted Index: 3.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.68 C Showalter Index: 4.83 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.06 C Cross Totals Index: 18.40 C K Index: 22.66 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.45 mb = 1253.34 m = 4111.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.45 mb = 2102.44 m = 6897.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 785.45 mb = 2206.43 m = 7238.84 ft B at Equ Level: 18.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 685.45 mb = 3318.61 m = 10887.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.2 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 318.2 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.3 neg: -3.6 tot: 46.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.29 Bulk Shear: 14.30 m/s