MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 26.8 17.1 55 9.8 20.2 278 5 299.0 301.2 293.0 334.6 12.20 1 1000 159 24.5 16.1 59 8.4 18.9 279 4 297.7 299.8 292.1 331.3 11.60 2 950 606 20.1 14.4 70 5.6 16.4 286 6 297.5 299.5 291.5 329.3 10.94 3 900 1069 16.1 12.2 77 3.9 13.7 280 10 298.1 300.0 290.9 327.2 9.97 4 850 1552 12.3 10.0 86 2.3 10.9 278 11 299.1 300.7 290.5 325.8 9.13 5 800 2058 8.9 1.7 60 7.2 5.1 276 12 300.6 301.6 287.7 316.8 5.40 6 750 2590 6.8 -4.0 46 10.7 1.7 273 11 303.9 304.6 287.3 315.6 3.79 7 700 3154 4.9 -9.1 35 14.0 -1.0 280 14 308.0 308.5 287.6 316.7 2.74 8 650 3754 1.4 -11.2 39 12.6 -3.7 281 14 310.5 311.0 288.2 318.5 2.50 9 600 4394 -1.5 -28.7 10 27.2 -8.7 286 15 314.3 314.5 287.6 316.4 0.59 10 550 5082 -4.6 -34.8 7 30.2 -11.3 302 21 318.6 318.7 288.7 319.9 0.36 11 500 5825 -9.2 -35.3 10 26.1 -14.7 297 27 321.8 321.9 289.7 323.2 0.38 12 450 6628 -15.6 -38.2 13 22.6 -19.6 299 31 323.6 323.6 290.2 324.7 0.31 13 400 7506 -21.0 -50.5 5 29.4 -24.3 308 37 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.0 0.09 14 350 8478 -28.3 -46.1 17 17.8 -30.2 305 41 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.3 0.17 15 300 9566 -36.5 -66.3 3 29.8 -37.8 289 47 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.0 0.02 16 250 10801 -46.9 -58.9 24 12.0 -47.3 272 54 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.6 0.05 17 200 12240 -57.5 -67.7 26 10.3 -57.6 272 60 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.02 18 150 14038 -61.6 -79.0 8 17.4 -61.7 283 56 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16534 -62.4 -89.2 2 26.8 -62.6 286 23 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.57 m Freezing level: 626.59 mb = 4053.35 m = 13298.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.79 mb = 2937.17 m = 9636.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.08 % Est. max temperature: 26.69 C = 80.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.35 mb = 1284.69 m = 4214.82 ft T: 14.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 19.03 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.38 mb = 1459.68 m = 4788.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.72 C = 80.10 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: 2.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.65 C Showalter Index: 4.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.56 C Cross Totals Index: 19.27 C K Index: 17.57 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.76 mb = 1319.33 m = 4328.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.76 mb = 1663.39 m = 5457.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 728.76 mb = 2824.50 m = 9266.60 ft B at Equ Level: 23.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 608.76 mb = 4277.70 m = 14034.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.5 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 317.5 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.2 neg: -2.9 tot: 14.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.09 Bulk Shear: 11.35 m/s