MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1010 59 29.2 16.2 45 13.0 20.4 272 4 301.5 303.6 293.2 335.6 11.55 1 1000 150 26.8 15.1 49 11.7 19.1 271 4 299.9 301.9 292.2 331.8 10.88 2 950 599 22.2 14.1 60 8.1 16.9 269 5 299.7 301.7 292.0 331.0 10.69 3 900 1066 17.7 13.1 75 4.6 14.7 267 6 299.7 301.6 291.9 330.7 10.58 4 850 1551 12.9 12.1 95 0.8 12.4 265 6 299.6 301.5 291.8 330.3 10.48 5 800 2057 9.2 4.0 70 5.2 6.3 263 14 301.0 302.1 288.7 320.0 6.37 6 750 2590 7.2 -2.9 49 10.1 2.3 275 14 304.4 305.1 287.8 317.0 4.11 7 700 3155 4.9 -5.3 48 10.2 0.2 277 17 307.9 308.6 288.6 319.4 3.69 8 650 3756 1.8 -14.3 29 16.1 -4.3 266 18 311.0 311.4 287.9 317.3 1.95 9 600 4397 -0.8 -31.9 7 31.2 -8.5 273 16 315.2 315.3 287.7 316.8 0.44 10 550 5087 -3.6 -37.8 5 34.2 -10.9 293 20 319.8 319.9 289.0 320.8 0.27 11 500 5832 -8.8 -31.1 15 22.3 -14.0 291 25 322.3 322.5 290.1 324.4 0.57 12 450 6638 -14.6 -40.9 9 26.3 -19.0 291 26 324.8 324.9 290.5 325.7 0.24 13 400 7519 -20.3 -50.5 5 30.2 -23.8 283 28 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.9 0.09 14 350 8490 -28.9 -43.3 24 14.4 -30.6 279 36 329.7 329.8 291.9 330.6 0.24 15 300 9574 -37.7 -57.2 11 19.4 -38.8 275 41 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.4 0.06 16 250 10802 -48.1 -61.7 19 13.6 -48.5 269 48 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.04 17 200 12242 -55.8 -69.0 18 13.3 -56.0 278 72 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.5 0.02 18 150 14045 -61.5 -78.7 8 17.3 -61.6 285 52 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16544 -62.9 -87.2 2 24.3 -63.1 274 22 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.44 m Freezing level: 614.92 mb = 4205.20 m = 13796.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.80 mb = 3180.42 m = 10434.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.19 % Est. max temperature: 27.38 C = 81.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.21 mb = 1687.50 m = 5536.33 ft T: 11.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.11 C/km ThetaE index: 18.59 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.16 mb = 1618.32 m = 5309.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.54 C = 81.57 F Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lifted Index: 1.75 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.08 C Showalter Index: 2.28 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.64 C Cross Totals Index: 20.86 C K Index: 23.55 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.57 mb = 1624.24 m = 5328.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.57 mb = 1673.95 m = 5491.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 697.57 mb = 3183.19 m = 10443.40 ft B at Equ Level: 35.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 567.57 mb = 4837.35 m = 15870.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.9 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 307.9 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.4 neg: -0.2 tot: 27.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.77 Bulk Shear: 12.84 m/s